STANLEY. One volume, 12mo, new edition, with many illustrations,
$1.50.
"A fresh, breezy, stirring story for youths, interesting in itself and
full of information regarding life in the interior of the continent in
which its scenes are laid."--NEW YORK TIMES.
"If the young reader is fond of strange adventures, he will find
enough in this volume to delight him all winter, and he will be hard
to please who is not charmed by its graphic pages."--BOSTON JOURNAL.
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Jules Verne's Greatest Work.
"THE EXPLORATION OF THE WORLD."
"M. Verne's scheme in this work is to tell fully how man has made
acquaintance with the world in which he lives, to combine into a
single work in three volumes the wonderful stories of all the great
explorers, navigators, and travelers who have sought out, one after
another, the once uttermost parts of the earth."--THE NEW YORK EVENING
POST.
The three volumes in a set, $7.50; singly, $2.50.
FAMOUS TRAVELS AND TRAVELLERS.
With over 100 full-page illustrations, maps, etc., 8vo, $2.50.
THE GREAT NAVIGATORS OF THE XVIIITH CENTURY.
With 96 full-page illustrations and 19 maps, 8vo, $2.50.
THE GREAT EXPLORERS OF THE XIXTH CENTURY.
With over 100 full-page illustrations, facsimiles, etc., 8vo, $2.50.
Jules Verne's Stories. Uniform Illustrated Edition.
Nine volumes, 8vo, extra cloth, with over 750 full-page illustrations.
Price, per set, in a box, $17.50. Sold also in separate volumes.
MICHAEL STROGOFF; or, The Courier of the Czar, $2.00. A FLOATING CITY
AND THE BLOCKADE RUNNERS, $2.00. HECTOR SERVADAC, $2.00. A JOURNEY TO
THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH, $2.00. FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON DIRECT IN
NINETY-SEVEN HOURS, TWENTY MINUTES; AND A JOURNEY AROUND IT, $2.00.
DICK SANDS, $2.00. THE STEAM HOUSE, $2.00. THE GIANT RAFT, $2.00. THE
MYSTERIOUS ISLAND, $2.50.
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Czar and Sultan.
The adventures of a British Lad in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78.
By ARCHIBALD FORBES. Illustrated. 12mo, $2.00.
"Very fascinating and graphic. Mr. Forbes is a forcible writer, and
the present work has the vigor and intensity associated with his name.
It is sure to be popular with youthful readers."--BOSTON BEACON.
"A brilliant and exciting narrative, and the drawings add to its
interest and value."--N.Y. OBSERVER.
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Books of Adventure by Robert Leighton.
OLAF THE GLORIOUS.
A Story of Olaf Triggvison, King of Norway, A.D. 995-1000. Crown 8vo,
with numerous full-page illustrations, $1.50.
THE WRECK OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE.
The Story of a North Sea Fisher Boy. Illustrated. Crown 8vo, $1.50.
THE THIRSTY SWORD.
A Story of the Norse Invasion of Scotland, 1262-65. With 8
illustrations and a map. Crown 8vo, $1.50.
THE PILOTS OF POMONA.
A Story of the Orkney Islands. With 8 illustrations and a map. Crown
8vo, $1.50.
"Mr. Leighton as a writer for boys needs no praise, as his books place
him in the front rank."--NEW YORK OBSERVER.
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Things Will Take a Turn.
By BEATRICE HARRADEN, author of "Ships that Pass in the Night."
Illustrated. 12mo, $1,00.
The charm of this tale is its delicate, wistful sympathy. It is the
story of a sunny-hearted child, Rosebud, who assists her grandfather
in his dusty, second-hand bookshop. One cannot help being fascinated
by the sweet little heroine, she is so engaging, so natural; and to
love Rosebud is to love all her friends and enter sympathetically into
the good fortune she brought them.
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Among the Lawmakers.
By EDMUND ALTON. Illustrated. Sq. 8vo, $1.50.
"The book is a diverting as well as an instructive one. Mr. Alton was
in his early days a page in the Senate, and he relates the doings of
Congress from the point of view he then obtained. His narrative is
easy and piquant, and abounds in personal anecdotes about the great
men whom the pages waited on."--CHRISTIAN UNION.