Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers
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THE GREAT YEAR
Three fine, manly comrades, respectively captains of the football,baseball, and track and field athletic teams, make a compact to supporteach other so that they may achieve a "great year" of triple victoryover their traditional rival, "Hillbury."
THE YALE CUP
The "Cup" is an annual prize given by a club of Yale alumni to themember of the Senior class of each of several preparatory schools "whobest combines proficiency in athletics with good standing in hisstudies."
A FULL-BACK AFLOAT
At the close of his first year in college Dick Melvin is induced to earna passage to Europe by helping on a cattle steamer. The work is not sobad, but Dick finds ample use for the vigor, self control, and quick witin emergency which he has gained from football.
THE PECKS IN CAMP
The Pecks are twin brothers so resembling each other that it was almostimpossible to tell them apart, a fact which the roguish lads made themost of in a typical summer camp for boys.
THE HALF-MILER
This is the story of a young man of positive character facing the sternproblem of earning his way in a big school. The hero is not an imaginarycompound of superlatives, but a plain person of flesh and blood, aglowwith the hopeful idealism of youth, who succeeds and is not spoiled bysuccess. He can run, and he does run--through the story.
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_ST. DUNSTAN SERIES_
By WARREN L. ELDRED
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THE CRIMSON RAMBLERS
Five close friends in the freshman class at St. Dunstan's school, and ateacher of the best sort, plan for a summer vacation in camp in Maine.They adopt the name which gives the title to the book, and having goneto Boston by water, complete their journey on foot, with plenty ofadventures along the way.
CAMP ST. DUNSTAN
A typical summer camp for boys, with all its interesting routine, isdescribed in connection with the story. Interesting new characters areintroduced, a mystery develops, and every element of a good boy's storyis present.
CLASSROOM AND CAMPUS
A group of likely lads entering upon the second year at "St. Dunstan's"are led to believe that things might be much better at their school ifthere were a higher standard of student honor and obligation, and theseactive, vigorous boys work wonders in school sentiment.
ST. DUNSTAN BOY SCOUTS
There are no better stories for boys than the really clean tales ofschool life, and the boys of the school called "St. Dunstan" in thisseries are types of the best sort of American youth, good fellows andgood students, in most cases, but not _too_ good. They become interestedin the "Boy Scout" movement and organize a company at the school. Thereis work for them of a mysterious and puzzling nature, and they acquitthemselves well. In conclusion, they have a very enjoyable week's"hike."
"Here is a thoroughly wholesome book for boys, filled with boy life from cover to cover."
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FOUR GORDONS
By EDNA A. BROWN
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Louise and her three brothers are the "Four Gordons," and the storyrelates their experiences at home and school during the absence of theirparents for a winter in Italy. There is plenty of fun and frolic, withskating, coasting, dancing, and a jolly Christmas visit. Theconversation is bright and natural, the book presents no improbablesituations, its atmosphere is one of refinement, and it has the merit ofdepicting simple and wholesome comradeship between boys and girls.
"The story and its telling are worthy of Miss Alcott. Young folks of both sexes will enjoy it."--_N. Y. Sun._
"It is a hearty, wholesome story of youthful life in which the morals are never explained but simply illustrated by logical results."--_Christian Register._
UNCLE DAVID'S BOYS
By EDNA A. BROWN
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This tells how some young people whom circumstances brought together ina little mountain village spent a summer vacation, full of good times,but with some unexpected and rather mysterious occurrences. In the end,more than one head was required to find out exactly what was going on.The story is a wholesome one with a pleasant, well-bred atmosphere, andthough it holds the interest, it never approaches the sensational norpasses the bounds of the probable.
"A story which will hold the attention of youthful readers from cover to cover and prove not without its interest for older readers."--_Evening Wisconsin._
"For those young people who like a lively story with some unmistakably old fashioned characteristics, 'Uncle David's Boys,' will have a strong appeal."--_Churchman._
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Transcriber's Note: The following typographical errors present in the original text have been corrected for this electronic edition.
On the copyright page, "Norwood Perss" has been changed to "Norwood Press".
In Chapter II, a missing period was added after "I don't claim to be amphibious, exactly".
In the illustration captioned "Sliding Down to Work", "Lighthhouse-builders" was changed to "Lighthouse-builders".
In Chapter III, "holdin on to him" was changed to "holdin' on to him", and "sixteeen per cent" was changed to "sixteen per cent".
In Chapter IV, a comma was changed to a period following "rousted out the crew".
In Chapter V, "come to live" was changed to "come to life".
In Chapter VIII, "overwhemed by an avalanche" was changed to "overwhelmed by an avalanche".
In Chapter X, "As the _Miama_ neared her" was changed to "As the _Miami_ neared her".
In Chapter XI, "were sent abroad" was changed to "were sent aboard".