i6 OLIVER OPTIC'S BOOKS 



The Great Western Series. By Oliver Optic. In six vol- 

 umes. Illustrated, Any volume sold separately. Price per 

 volume, $1.50. 



1. Going West; or, The Perils of a Poor Boy. 



a. Out "West; or, Roughing it on the Great Lakes. 



3, Lake Breezes; or, The Cruise of the Sylvania. 



4:. Going South; or. Yachting on the Atlantic Coast. 



6. Down South; or. Yacht Adventukes in Florida. 



6. Up the River; or, Yachting on the Mississippi. 



"This is the latest series of books issued by this popular writer, and denls 

 with life on the Great Lakes, for Avhich a careful study was made b,y the author 

 in a summer tour of the immense water sources of America. The story, which 

 carries the same hero through the six books of the series, is always entertaiii- 

 ing:, novel scenes and varied incidents g^iving- a constantly chanuing; yet always 

 attractive aspect to the narrative, Oliver Optic has written nothting better." 



The Yacht Chib Series. By Oliver Optic. In six volumes. 

 Illustrated. Any volume sold separately. Price per volume, 

 $1.50. 



1. liittle Bobtail; or, The Wreck of the Penobscot. 



2. The Yacht Club; oit, The Young Boat Builders. 



3. Money-Maker ; or, The Victory of the Basilisk. 



4. The Coming Wave; or, The Treasure of High Rock. 



5. The Dorcas Club; or. Our Girls Afloat. 



6. Ocean Born; or, The Cruise of the Clubs. 



*' The series has this peculiarity, that all of its constituent volumes are inde- 

 pendent of one another, and therefore each story is complete in itself. Olivkk 

 Optic is, perhaps, the favorite author of the boys and girls of this country, and 

 he seems destined to enjov an endless popularity. He deserves his success, 

 for he makes very interesting- stories, and inculcates none but the best senti- 

 ments, and the 'Yacht Club' is no exception to this rule." — JVezv Haven 

 journal and Courier. 



Onward and Upward Series. By Oliver Optic. In six 



volumes. Illustrated. Any volume sold separately. Price 



per volume, $1.25. 

 1. Field and Forest; or, The Fortunes of a Farmer. 

 3. Plane and Flank; or, The Mishaps of a Mechanic. 



3. Desk and Debit; or, The Catastrophes of a Clerk. 



4. Cringle and Crosstree; or, The Sea Swashes of a Sailor. 



5. Bivouac and Battle; or, The Struggles of a Soldier. 



6. Sea and Shore; or, The Tramps of a Traveller. 



•'Paul Farringford, the hero of these tales, is, like most of this author's 

 heroes, a younff man of high spirit, and of high aims and correct principles, 

 appearing in the different volumes as a farmer, a captain, a bookkeeper, a 

 soldier, a sailor, and a traveller. In all of them the hero meets with very 

 exciting adventures, told in the graphic style for which the author is famous." 



The Lake Shore Series. By Oliver Optic. In six volumes. 

 Illustrated. Any volume sold separately. Price per volume, 

 $1.25. 



1. Through by Daylight; or, The Young Engineer of the Lake 



Shore Railroad. . 



2. Ijightning: ^Express; or, The Rival Academies. 



3. On Time; or, The Young Captain of the Ucayga Steamer. 



4. Switch Off; or, The W^ar of the Students. 



5. Brake Up; or. The Young Peacemakers. 



6. Bear and Forbear; or, The Young Skipper of Lake Ucayga. 



*' Oliver Optic is one of the most fascinating writers for youth, and withal 

 one of the best to be found in this or any past age. Troops of young people 

 handover his vivid pages ; and not one of them ever learned to be mean, ignoble, 

 co^vardly, selfish, or to yield to any vice from anything they ever read from his 

 pen." — Providence Press. 



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