Breaking Away; or, The Fortunes of a Student

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by Oliver Optic


  _PHILLIPS EXETER SERIES_

  By A. T. DUDLEY

  Cloth, 12mo Illustrated by Charles Copeland Price per volume, =$1.25=

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  =FOLLOWING THE BALL=

  Here is an up-to-date story presenting American boarding-school lifeand modern athletics. Football is an important feature, but it is astory of character formation in which athletics play an importantpart.

  "Mingled with the story of football is another and higher endeavor, giving the book the best of moral tone."--_Chicago Record-Herald._

  =MAKING THE NINE=

  The life presented is that of a real school, interesting, diversified,and full of striking incidents. The athletics are technically correct,while the characters are true and consistent types of American boyhoodand youth.

  "The story is healthful, for, while it exalts athletics, it does not overlook the fact that studious habits and noble character are imperative needs for those who would win success in life."--_Herald and Presbyter, Cincinnati._

  =IN THE LINE=

  Tells how a stalwart young student won his position as guard, and madeequally marked progress in the formation of character.

  "The book gives boys an interesting story, much football information, and many lessons in true manliness."--_Watchman, Boston._

  =WITH MASK AND MITT=

  While appealing to the natural normal tastes of boys for fun andinterest in the baseball, the book, without preaching, lays emphasison the building up of character.

  "No normal boy who is interested in our great national game can fail to find interest and profit, too, in this lively boarding-school story."--_Interior, Chicago._

  THE GREAT YEAR]

  =THE GREAT YEAR=

  Three manly comrades, captains respectively of the baseball, football,and track teams, help each other to achieve a "great year" of triplevictory over their traditional rival.

  "It is a fine, inspiring story for manly boys."--_N. Y. Christian Advocate._

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  For sale by all booksellers or sent postpaid on receipt of price by the Publishers,

  LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO., BOSTON

 

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