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 SCRIBNE^S <BOOKS FOR THE YOUNG KIRK MUNROE'S STIRRING TALES THE WHITE CONQUEROR WITH CROCKETT AND BOWIE AT WAR WITH PONTIAC THE WHITE CONQUERORS THROUGH SWAMP AND GLADE Each, illustrated, I2mo, 11.25. The complete set, 4 vols., in a box, $5.00. JUST PUBLISHED WITH CROCKETT AND BOWIE ; OR, FIGHTING FOR THE LONE STAR FLAG. A TALE OF TEXAS. With 8 full-page illustrations by VICTOR PERARD. The story is of the Texas revolution in 1835, when American Texans under Sam Houston, Bowie, Crockett, and Travis, fought for relief from the intolerable tyranny of the Mexican Santa Ana. The hero, Rex Hardin, son of a Texas ranch- man, and graduate of an American military school, takes a prominent part in the heroic defense of the Alamo, the terrible scenes at Golead, and the final triumph at San Jacinto. The historical side of the story has been carefully studied and its localities rendered familiar by a special trip to Texas undertaken by the author for that purpose within a year. PREVIOUS VOLUMES THROUGH SWAMP AND GLADE. A TALE OF THE SEMINOLE WAR. With 8 full-page illustrations by VICTOR PERARD. i2mo, $1.25. In this new story Mr. Munroe opens to view an exceedingly interesting period of American history the period of the Seminole War in Florida. Coacoochee, tM hero of the story, is a young Indian of noble birth, the son of Philip, the chieftain of the Seminoles. He is a boy at the time of the beginning of the Semkiole troubles and grows up to lead his tribe in the long struggle which resulted in the Indians being driven from the north of Florida down to the distant southern wilderness. It is full of strange adventure, of stirring incident and rapid action, and it is a true and faithful picture of a period of history little known to young readers. AT WAR WITH PONTIAC ; OR, THE TOTEM OF THE BEAR. A TALE OF RED- COAT AND REDSKIN. With 8 full-page illustrations by J. FINNEMORE. i2mo, $1.25. A story of old days in America when Detroit was a frontier town and the shores of Lake Erie were held by hostile Indians under Pontiac. The hero, Donald Hester, goes in search of his sister Edith, who has been captured by the Indians. Strange and terrible are his experiences; for he is wounded, taken prisoner, condemned to be burned, and contrives to escape. In the end there is peace between Pontiac and the English, and all things terminate happily for the hero. One dares not skip a page of this enthralling story. THE WHITE CONQUERORS. A TALE OF TOLTEC AND AZTEC. With 8 full- page illustrations by W. S. STACEY. i2mo, 11.25. This story deals with the Conquest of Mexico by Cortes and his Spaniards, the " White Conquerors," who, after many deeds of valor, pushed their way into the great Aztec kingdom and established their power in the wondrous city where Montezuma reigned in barbaric splendor.