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 LARRY THE WANDERER Or The Rise of a Nobody Cloth Illustrated Price $1.00 THIS is a plain tale of everyday life, written especially for boys and girls who do not c&re particularly for stories with a historical or geographical background. Larry is a youth who has been knocked around from oillar to post for a number of years. The unravelling of the curious mystery which surrounds the lad's identity makes good reading. JOE, THE SURVEYOR Or The Vaiue of a Lost Claim Illustrated by A. B. Shute 12mo Cloth Price $1.00 THIS story relates the trials and triumphs of a sturdy country youth, who is compelled, by the force of circumstances, to go forth into the world and earn, not alone his own living, but also support for his twin sister and his invalid father. TWO YOUNG LUMBERMEN Or From Maine to Oregon for Fortune pages Cloth Illustrated Price $1.25 A SPLENDID story, the scene shifting from Maine to Michigan and the Great Lakes, and then to the Columbia and the Great North- west. The heroes are two sturdy youths who have been brought up among the lumbermen of their native State, and who strike out in an honest endeavor to better their condition. An ideal volume for every wide-awake American who wishes to know what our great lumber indus- try is to-day. Mr. Stratemeyer's books are not only entertaining but instructive. Daily Press, Portland, Me. BETWEEN BOER AND BRITON Or Two Boys' Adventures in South Africa Illustrated by A. Burnham Shute 354 pages Price $1.25 T~) ELATES the experiences of two boys, cousins to each other, one Xv American and the other English, whose fathers are engaged in the Transvaal, one in farming and the other in mining operations. While the two boys are off on a hunting trip after big game the war between the Boers and Britons suddenly breaks out, and while endeavoring to rejoin their parents the boys find themselves placed between hostile armies. A stirring story of the South African War. The Journal, Indianapolis, Jnd.