From Farm to Fortune; or, Nat Nason's Strange Experience

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by Jr. Horatio Alger


  The Enterprise Books

  Captivating Stories for Boys by Justly Popular Writers

  The episodes are graphic, exciting, realistic--the tendency of the talesis to the formation of an honorable and manly character. They areunusually interesting, and convey lessons of pluck, perseverance andmanly independence.

  12mo. Handsomely illustrated. Printed on excellent paper, andattractively bound in colored cloth, stamped in Colors.

  MOFFAT, WILLIAM D. THE CRIMSON BANNER. A Story of College Baseball

  Books have been written about college baseball, but it remained for Mr.Moffat, a Princeton man, to come forward with a tale that grips one fromstart to finish. The students are almost flesh and blood, and thecontests become real as we read about them. The best all-around collegeand baseball tale yet presented.

  GRAYDON, WILLIAM MURRAY CANOE BOYS AND CAMP FIRES. Or, Adventures in Winding Waters

  Where is there a youth who does not love a gun, a fishing rod, a canoe,or a roaring camp-fire? In this book we have the doings of severalbright and lively boys, who go on a canoeing trip on a winding stream,and meet with many exciting happenings. The breath of the forest blowsthrough this tale, and every boy who reads it will be sorry that he wasnot a member of the canoe club that took that never-to-be-forgottenouting.

  HARKNESS, PETER T. ANDY, THE ACROBAT. Or, With the Greatest Show on Earth

  Andy is as a bright as a silver dollar. In the book we can smell thesawdust, hear the flapping of the big white canvas and the roaring ofthe lions, and listen to the merry "hoop la!" of the clown.

  FOSTER, W. BERT THE QUEST OF THE SILVER SWAN. A Tale of Ocean Adventure

  A Youth's story of the deep blue sea--of the search for a derelictcarrying a fortune. Brandon Tarr is a manly lad, and all lads will beeager to learn whether he failed or succeeded in his mission.

  WHITE, MATTHEW, JR. TWO BOYS AND A FORTUNE. Or, The Tyler Will

  If you had been poor and were suddenly left a half-million dollars, whatwould you do with it? Do you think the money would bring you happiness,or would it bring only increased cares? That was the problem thatconfronted the Pell family, and especially the twin brothers, Rex andRoy. A strong, helpful story, that should be read by every boy and everyyoung man in our land.

  WINFIELD, ARTHUR M. BOB, THE PHOTOGRAPHER. Or, A Hero in Spite of Himself

  Relates the experiences of a poor boy who falls in with a "camerafiend," and develops a liking for photography. After a number ofstirring adventures Bob becomes photographer for a railroad, and whiletaking pictures along the line thwarts the plan of those who wouldinjure the railroad corporation and incidentally clears a mysterysurrounding his parentage.

  ROCKWOOD, ROY JACK NORTH'S TREASURE HUNT. A Story of South American Adventure

  Jack is sent to South America on a business trip, and while there hehears of the wonderful treasure of the Incas located in the Andes. Helearns also of a lake that appears and disappears. He resolves toinvestigate, and organizes an expedition for that purpose. The book is athriller.

  BONEHILL, CAPTAIN RALPH LOST IN THE LAND OF ICE. Or, Daring Adventures Round the South Pole

  An expedition is fitted out by a rich young man who loves the ocean, andwith him goes the hero of the tale, a lad who has some knowledge of atreasure ship said to be cast away in the land of ice. On the way theexpedition is stopped by enemies, and the heroes land among the wildIndians of Patagonia. When the ship approaches the South Pole it iscaught in a huge iceberg, and several of those on board become trulylost in the land of ice.

 



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