J. T. TROWBRIDGE'S BOOKS 41 



THE SILVER MEDAL STORIES. 6 volumes. 



The Silver Medal, and Other Stories. By J. T. Trow- 

 bridge. Illustrated, $1.25. 



There were some schoolboys who had turned housebreakers, and among their 

 plunder was a silver medal that h:id been given to one John Harrison by the 

 Humane Society for rescuing from drowning a certain Benton Barry. Now 

 Benton Barry was one of the wretched housebrealcers. This is the summary 

 of the opening chapter. The story is intensely interesting in its serious as 

 well as its humorous parts. 



Ills Own Master. BjJ. T. Trowbridge. Illustrated. $1.25. 



" This is a book after the typical boy's own heart. Its hero is a plucky young 

 fellow, who, seeing no chance for himself at home, determines to make his own 

 way in the world. . . . He sets out accordingly, trudges to the far West, and 

 finds the road to fortune an unpleasantly rough one." — Philadelphia Inquirer. 



" We class this as one of the best stories for boys we ever read. The tone is 

 perfectly healthy, and the interest is kept up to the end." — Boston Home 

 Journal. 



Bound in Honor. By J. T. Trowbridge. Illustrated. $1.25. 



This story is of a lad, who, though not guilty of any bad action, had been an 

 eye-witness of the conduct of his comrades, and felt " Bound in Honor" not 

 to tell. 



"The glimpses we get of New England character are free from any distor- 

 tion, and their humorous phases are always entertaining. Mr. Trowbridge's 

 brilliant descriptive faculty is shown to great advantage in the opening chapter 

 of the book by a vivid picture of a village fire, and is manifested elsewhere with 

 equally telling effect." — Boston Courier. 



The Pocket Rifle, By J. T. Trowbridge. Illustrated. $1.25. 



"A boy's story which will be read with avidity, as it ought to be, it is so 

 brightly and frankly written, and with such evident knowledge of the tempera- 

 ments and habits, the friendships and enmities oi schoolboys." — New York 

 Mail. 



"This is a capital story for boys. Trowbridge never tells a story poorly. 

 U teaches honesty, integrity, and friendship, and how best they can be pro- 

 moted. It shows the danger ot hasty judgment and circumstantial evidence; 

 that right-doing pays, and dishonesty never." — Chicago Inter-Ocean. 



Tiie Jolly Kover, By J. T. Trowbridge. Illustrated. $1.25. 



" This book will help to neutralize the ill effects of any poison which children 

 may have swallowed in the way of sham -adventurous stories and wildly fictitious 

 tales. *The Jolly Rover' runs away from home, and meets life as it is, till he 

 is glad enough to seek again his father's house. Mr. Trowbridge has the 

 power of making an instructive story absorbing in its interest, and of covering 

 a moral so that it is easy to take." — Christian Intelligencer. 



Young" Joe, and Other Boys. By J. T. Trowbridge. Illus- 

 trated. $1.25. 

 " Young Joe," who lived at Bass Cove, where he shot wild ducks, took some 

 to town for sale, and attracted the attention of a portly gentleman fond of shoot- 

 ing. This gentleman went duck shooting with Joe, and their adventures were 

 more amusing to the boy than to the amateur sportsman. 



There are thirteen other short stories in the book which will be sure to please 

 the young folks. 



The Vagcabonds : An Illustrated Poem. By J. T. Trow- 

 bridge. Cloth. $1.50. 

 ** The Vagabonds " are a strolling fiddler and his dog. The fiddler has been 

 ruined by drink, and his monologue is one of the most pathetic and effective 

 pieces in our literature. 



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