Boy Scout Automobilists; Or, Jack Danby in the Woods
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THE BRADEN BOOKS
FAR PAST THE FRONTIER
_By_ JAMES A. BRADEN
The sub-title "Two Boy Pioneers" indicates the nature of thisstory--that it has to do with the days when the Ohio Valley and theNorthwest country were sparsely settled. Such a topic is an unfailingfund of interest to boys, especially when involving a couple of stalwartyoung men who leave the East to make their fortunes and to incur untolddangers.
"Strong, vigorous, healthy, manly."--_Seattle Times._
CONNECTICUT BOYS IN THE WESTERN RESERVE
_By_ JAMES A. BRADEN
The author once more sends his heroes toward the setting sun. "In allthe glowing enthusiasm of youth, the youngsters seek their fortunes inthe great, fertile wilderness of northern Ohio, and eventually achievefair success, though their progress is hindered and sometimes halted byadventures innumerable. It is a lively, wholesome tale, never dull, andabsorbing in interest for boys who love the fabled life of thefrontier."--_Chicago Tribune._
THE TRAIL of THE SENECA
_By_ JAMES A. BRADEN
In which we follow the romantic careers of John Jerome and ReturnKingdom a little farther.
These two self-reliant boys are living peaceably in their cabin on theCuyahoga when an Indian warrior is found dead in the woods nearby. TheSeneca accuses John of witchcraft. This means death at the stake if heis captured. They decide that the Seneca's charge is made to shieldhimself, and set out to prove it. Mad Anthony, then on the Ohio, comesto their aid, but all their efforts prove futile and the lone cabin isfound in ashes on their return.
CAPTIVES THREE
_By_ JAMES A. BRADEN
A tale of frontier life, and how three children--two boys and agirl--attempt to reach the settlements in a canoe, but are captured bythe Indians. A common enough occurrence in the days of ourgreat-grandfathers has been woven into a thrilling story.
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FICTION FOR BOYS
LITTLE RHODY
_By_ JEAN K. BAIRD
_Illustrated by_ R. G. Vosburgh
At The Hall, a boys' school, there is a set of boys known as the "Unionof States," to which admittance is gained by excelling in someparticular the boys deem worthy of their mettle.
Rush Petriken, a hunchback boy, comes to The Hall, and rooms withBarnes, the despair of the entire school because of his prowess inathletics. Petriken idolizes him, and when trouble comes to him, thepoor crippled lad gladly shoulders the blame, and is expelled. Butshortly before the end of the term he returns and is hailed as "littleRhody," the "capitalest State of all."
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BIGELOW BOYS
_By_ Mrs. A. F. RANSOM
_Illustrated by_ Henry Miller
Four boys, all bubbling over with energy and love of good times, andtheir mother, an authoress, make this story of a street-car strike inone of our large cities move with leaps and bounds. For it is due to thefour boys that a crowded theatre car is saved from being wrecked, andthe instigators of the plot captured.
Mrs. Ransom is widely known by her patriotic work among the boys in thenavy, and she now proves herself a friend of the lads on land by writingmore especially for them.
CLOTH, 12 mo, illustrated,--$1.50
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AKRON, OHIO
_THE BOY SCOUT SERIES_
1 THE BOY SCOUTS IN CAMP
2 THE BOY SCOUTS TO THE RESCUE
3 THE BOY SCOUTS ON THE TRAIL
4 THE BOY SCOUT FIRE-FIGHTERS
5 THE BOY SCOUTS AFLOAT
6 THE BOY SCOUT PATHFINDERS
7 THE BOY SCOUT AUTOMOBILISTS
8 THE BOY SCOUT AVIATORS
9 THE BOY SCOUTS' CHAMPION RECRUIT
10 THE BOY SCOUTS' DEFIANCE
11 THE BOY SCOUTS' CHALLENGE
12 THE BOY SCOUTS' VICTORY
13 THE BOY SCOUTS UNDER KING GEORGE
14 THE BOY SCOUTS WITH THE ALLIES
15 THE BOY SCOUTS UNDER THE KAISER
16 THE BOY SCOUTS AT LIEGE
17 THE BOY SCOUTS WITH THE COSSACKS
18 THE BOY SCOUTS BEFORE BELGRADE
19 THE BOY SCOUTS' TEST
20 THE BOY SCOUTS IN FRONT OF WARSAW
21 THE BOY SCOUTS UNDER THE RED CROSS