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UNCLE SAM SERIES. 



Popular Information for the Young Concerning our 



Government. 



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GIFT. 



Our Country's Flag and the Flags of Foreign 

 Countries. 



By Edward S. Holden. Illustrated with lo colored Plates. 

 Cloth, 80 cents. 



This book is a history of national flags, standards, banners, emblems, and 

 symbols. The American flag is presented first, because every American 

 child should know how the flag of his country came to be what it is, and that 

 it has always been the flag of a country^ not the personal standard of a king 

 or of an emperor. 



Our Navy in Time of War. 



By Franklin Matthews. Cloth, 75 cents. 



The leading events of our navy's achievements and their special signifi- 

 cance are related in this book, which is designed to interest the young reader 

 in historical research No more stirring chapter in our country's history 

 could be selected than is contained in the story of the navy from 1861 to 1898. 



Uncle Sam's Secrets. 



A Story of National Affairs for the Youth of the Nation By 

 O. P. Austin. 75 cents. 



This volume furnishes to the youth of the land some facts about the 

 administrative affairs of the nation— the Post- Office, Treasury, Mint, and 

 other functions. Especially useful to the rising generation in stimulating a 

 desire to become better informed of the affairs of their country, and to love 

 and reverence its institutions. 



Uncle Sam's Soldiers. 



By O. P. Austin. 75 cents. 



The purpose of this story, like the preceding, is instruction, though here 

 it is confined to military matters, including the organization and handling of 

 armies. The story, wliich purports to be the experience of two boys verging 

 upon manhood who served in Cuba, Porto Rico, and the Philippines, gives 

 the facts regarding modern military methods in a way that can not fail to 

 interest. 



Special Gift Edition. 4 vols., i2mo. Colored Illustrations. 

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