BOOKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE 



Asa Holmes; or, at the cross -roads, a 



sketch of Country Life and Country Humor. By Annie 

 Fellows Johnston. With a frontispiece by Ernest 

 Fosbery. 



Large 1 6mo, cloth, gilt top %\.qo 



" ' Asa Holmes ; or, At the Cross-Roads ' is the most delight- 

 ful, most sympathetic and wholesome book that has been pub- 

 lished in a long while. The lovable, cheerful, touching incidents, 

 the descriptions of persons and things, are wonderfully true to 

 nature." — Boston Times. 



The Rival Campers ; or, the adventures 



OF Henry Burns. By Ruel P. Smith. 



Square i2mo, cloth decorative, illustrated by A. B. 

 Shute $io5o 



Here is a book which will grip and enthuse every boy 

 reader. It is the story of a party of typical American lads, 

 courageous, alert, and athletic, who spend a summer camp- 

 ing on an island off the Maine coast. 



" The best boys' book since ' Tom Sawyer.' " — San Francisco 

 Fxaminer. 



*' Henry Burns, the hero, is the * Tom Brown ' of America." — 

 N- V. Sun. 



The Rival Campers Afloat; or, the prize 



Yacht Viking. By Ruel P. Smith, author of " The 

 Rival Campers." 



Square i2mo, cloth decorative, illustrated . . $1.50 



This book is a continuation of the adventures of " The 

 Rival Campers " on their prize yacht Viking. Every 

 reader will be enthusiastic over the adventures of Henry 

 Burns and his friends on their sailing trip. They have a 

 splendid time, fishing, racing, and sailing, until an acci- 

 dental collision results in a series of exciting adventures, 

 culminating in a mysterious chase, the loss of their prize 

 yacht, and its recapture by means of their old yacht, Sur- 

 prise ^ which they raise from its watery grave. 

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