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THE JOHN C. WINSTON CO.'S POPULAR JUVENILES
J. T. TROWBRIDGE.
Neither as a writer does he stand apart from the great currents oflife and select some exceptional phase or odd combination ofcircumstances. He stands on the common level and appeals to theuniversal heart, and all that he suggests or achieves is on the planeand in the line of march of the great body of humanity.
The Jack Hazard series of stories, published in the late _Our YoungFolks_, and continued in the first volume of _St. Nicholas_, under thetitle of "Fast Friends," is no doubt destined to hold a high place inthis class of literature. The delight of the boys in them (and oftheir seniors, too) is well founded. They go to the right spot everytime. Trowbridge knows the heart of a boy like a book, and the heartof a man, too, and he has laid them both open in these books in a mostsuccessful manner. Apart from the qualities that render the series soattractive to all young readers, they have great value on account oftheir portraitures of American country life and character. The drawingis wonderfully accurate, and as spirited as it is true. The constable,Sellick, is an original character, and as minor figures where will wefind anything better than Miss Wansey, and Mr. P. Pipkin, Esq. Thepicture of Mr. Dink's school, too, is capital, and where else infiction is there a better nick-name than that the boys gave to poorlittle Stephen Treadwell, "Step Hen," as he himself pronounced hisname in an unfortunate moment when he saw it in print for the firsttime in his lesson in school.
On the whole, these books are very satisfactory, and afford thecritical reader the rare pleasure of the works that are just adequate,that easily fulfill themselves and accomplish all they set out todo.--_Scribner's Monthly._
THE JOHN C. WINSTON CO.'S POPULAR JUVENILES.
JACK HAZARD SERIES.
6 vols. By J. T. TROWBRIDGE $7.25
Jack Hazard and His Fortunes The Young Surveyor. Fast Friends. Doing His Best. A Chance for Himself. Lawrence's Adventures.
CHARLES ASBURY STEPHENS.
This author wrote his "Camping Out Series" at the very height of hismental and physical powers.
"We do not wonder at the popularity of these books; there is a freshness and variety about them, and an enthusiasm in the description of sport and adventure, which even the older folk can hardly fail to share."--_Worcester Spy._
"The author of the Camping Out Series is entitled to rank as decidedly at the head of what may be called boys' literature."--_Buffalo Courier._
CAMPING OUT SERIES.
By C. A. STEPHENS.
All books in this series are 12mo. with eight full page illustrations.Cloth, extra, 75 cents.
CAMPING OUT. As Recorded by "Kit."
"This book is bright, breezy, wholesome, instructive, and stands above the ordinary boys' books of the day by a whole head and shoulders."--_The Christian Register_, BOSTON.
LEFT ON LABRADOR; OR, THE CRUISE OF THE SCHOONER YACHT "CURLEW." AsRecorded by "Wash."
"The perils of the voyagers, the narrow escapes, their strange expedients, and the fun and jollity when danger had passed, will make boys even unconscious of hunger."--_New Bedford Mercury._
OFF TO THE GEYSERS; OR THE YOUNG YACHTERS IN ICELAND. As Recorded by"Wade."
"It is difficult to believe that Wade and Read and Kit and Wash were not live boys, sailing up Hudson Straits, and reigning temporarily over an Esquimaux tribe."--_The Independent_, New York.
LYNX HUNTING: From Notes by the Author of "Camping Out."
"Of _first quality_ as a boys' book, and fit to take its place beside the best."--_Richmond Enquirer._
FOX HUNTING. As Recorded by "Raed."
"The most spirited and entertaining book that has as yet appeared. It overflows with incident, and is characterized by dash and brilliancy throughout."--_Boston Gazette._
ON THE AMAZON; OR, THE CRUISE OF THE "RAMBLER." As Recorded by "Wash."
"Gives vivid pictures of Brazilian adventure and scenery."--_Buffalo Courier._