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PRESS NOTICES

BOSTON TIMES. "Mr. Ingersoll Lockwood is nothing if not original—and he is original. The most partial critic would not dare to deny him that desirable gift after it glance at his 'Litte Baron Trump.' Like the great Munchausen, the little Baron has a mission for travel, a lust of adventure, a fever of imagination. He sees, says, and does queer things; accidents never heard of outside the lunatic asylums and Mr. Lockwood's pages test his resources at every hand; to 'grapple with an emergency' is beneath him—he simply walks over it. We owe Mr. Lockwood thanks, too, for that he has neglected to wrap a moral around his tales, and has given us simply a delightful example of the art of sustained fooling."

UTICA HERALD. "A book which might easily be rated one of the posthumous chapters of the 'Arabian Nights.' so for to: its style goes, and possessing, as the little Baron observes, 'an almost Oriental exuberance of fancy.' The pictures by Mr. Edwards are very comical, and as ingenious as they are quaint. But they are hardly as wonderful as the doings of the young Baron and his more wonderful confidant, Bulger. Surely never was such another dog as he."

NATIONAL TRIBUNE. "The travels and adventures of Baron Trump and the bulldog are indeed extraordinary, even more so than those of 'Sinbad the Sailor.' The book is full of quaint humor, side-splitting at times. The Baron in an extremely precocious, and Bulger, through he cannot talk, is gifted with the worldly wisdom and acuteness of a Prime Minster."

WOMAN'S CYCLE. "Poor Munchausen won his reputation in the nick of time. A law generations later and he would have had no chance at all. His inventive genius would have fallen below that of a reporter for a 'great' daily. Imagination is accustomed nowadays to astounding flights. It performs a series of them in this book, which is also illustrated so comically as to make the small boy sit on the floor and wriggle with delight, while his elders guffaw boisterously. It is, in fact, a 'funny' book."

NEW YORK SUN. "A very whimsical and ingenious title is that entitled 'Little Baron Trump and His Wonderful Dog Bulger.' Young or old readers will appreciate the humor of the author. The illustrations by George Wharton Edwards admirably supplement the text.

ALTA CALIFORNIAN. "Heathen mythology. 'The Arabian Night,' and the modern fairy tale are brought to mind by the wonderful scenes, but there is no evidence of plagiarism, startling originality being far more in the author's lines than surreptitious imitation. Many of the marvels are ingeniously founded on the scientific theories of recent years, and satires on popular shortcomings or delusions are conveyed in the guise of some perilous experience. The author has evidently given full but harmless rein to an original and prolific imagination."

PORTLAND TELEGRAM. "One of the most interesting stories for young people ever issued by an American publisher. Its humor is contagious, its fun rollicking, while the variety and astonishing nature of the experiences of the pair holds the reader captive until the end. The illustrations by Wharton Edwards lend an added charm to the work." LEE AND SHEPARD Publishers Boston