by Oliver Optic
The Silver Medal Stories
By J. T. TROWBRIDGE
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_Six Volumes. Cloth. Illustrated. Price per volume, $1.25_
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=The Silver Medal=, AND OTHER STORIES.
There were some schoolboys who had turned housebreakers, and among their plunder was a silver medal that had been given to one John Harris by the Humane Society for rescuing from drowning a certain Benton Barry. Now Benton Barry was one of the wretched housebreakers. This is the summary of the opening chapter. The story is intensely interesting in its serious as well as its humorous parts.
=His Own Master.=
"This is a book after the typical boy's own heart. Its hero is a plucky young fellow, who, seeing no chance for himself at home, determines to make his own way in the world.... He sets out accordingly, trudges to the far West, and finds the road to fortune an unpleasantly rough one."--_Philadelphia Inquirer._
=Bound in Honor.=
This story is of a lad, who, though not guilty of any bad action, has been an eye-witness of the conduct of his comrades, and felt "Bound in Honor" not to tell.
"A capital book in all respects, overflowing with all sorts of fun and adventure; just the sort of book, in short, that the young folks will be anxious to read and re-read with as much continuous interest as the most favored of their storybooks."--_Philadelphia Leader._
=The Pocket Rifle.=
"A boy's story which will be read with avidity, as it ought to be, it is so brightly and frankly written, and with such evident knowledge of the temperaments and habits, the friendships and enmities of schoolboys."--_New York Mail._
"This is a capital story for boys. It teaches honesty, integrity, and friendship, and how best they can be promoted. It shows the danger of hasty judgment and circumstantial evidence; that right-doing pays, and dishonesty never."--_Chicago Inter-Ocean._
=The Jolly Rover.=
"This book will help to neutralize the ill effects of any poison which children may have swallowed in the way of sham-adventurous stories and wildly fictitious tales. 'The Jolly Rover' runs away from home, and meets life as it is, till he is glad enough to seek again his father's house. Mr. Trowbridge has the power of making an instructive story absorbing in its interest, and of covering a moral so that it is easy to take."--_Christian Intelligencer._
=Young Joe=, AND OTHER BOYS.
"Young Joe," who lived at Bass Cove, where he shot wild ducks, took some to town for sale, and attracted the attention of a portly gentleman fond of shooting. This gentleman went duck shooting with Joe, and their adventures were more amusing to the boy than to the amateur sportsman.
There are thirteen other short stories in the book which will be sure to please the young folks.
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_Complete Illustrated Catalogue sent free on application._
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Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., Boston