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A Little Girl in Old Pittsburg

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by Amanda M. Douglas


  The Navy Boys Series

  These stories are based on important historical naval events, sceneswherein boys are prominent characters being selected. They are theromance of history, vigorously told, with careful fidelity topicturing the life on ship-board, and accurate in every particularwherein mention is made of movement of vessels or the doings of notedpersons.

  THE NAVY BOYS' CRUISE WITH PAUL JONES. A boys' story of a cruise withthe Great Commodore in 1776.

  By James Otis. Cloth. Price 60 cents.

  THE NAVY BOYS ON LAKE ONTARIO. The story of two boys and theiradventures in the war of 1812.

  By James Otis. Cloth. Price 60 cents.

  THE NAVY BOYS' CRUISE ON THE PICKERING. A boy's story of privateeringin 1780.

  By James Otis. Cloth. Price 60 cents.

  THE NAVY BOYS IN NEW YORK BAY. A story of three boys who took commandof the schooner "The Laughing Mary," the first vessel of the AmericanNavy.

  By James Otis. Cloth. Price 60 cents.

  THE NAVY BOYS IN THE TRACK OF THE ENEMY. The story of a remarkablecruise with the Sloop of War "Providence" and the Frigate "Alfred."

  By William P. Chipman. Cloth. Price 60 cents.

  THE NAVY BOYS' DARING CAPTURE. The story of how the navy boys helpedto capture the British Cutter "Margaretta," in 1775.

  By William P. Chipman. Cloth. Price 60 cents.

  THE NAVY BOYS' CRUISE TO THE BAHAMAS. The adventures of two YankeeMiddies with the first cruise of an American Squadron in 1775.

  By William P. Chipman. Cloth. Price 60 cents.

  THE NAVY BOYS' CRUISE WITH COLUMBUS. The adventures of two boys whosailed with the great Admiral in his discovery of America.

  By Frederick A. Ober. Cloth. Price 60 cents.

  The Boy Chums Series

  By WILMER M. ELY

  Handsome Cloth Binding. Price, 60 Cents Per Volume.

  In this series of remarkable stories by Wilmer M. Ely are describedthe adventures of two boy chums--Charley West and Walter Hazard--inthe great swamps of interior Florida and among the cays off theFlorida Coast, and through the Bahama Islands. These are real, liveboys, and their experiences are well worth following. If you read onebook you will surely be anxious for those that are to follow.

  THE BOY CHUMS ON INDIAN RIVER, or The Boy Partners of the Schooner"Orphan."

  In this story Charley West and Walter Hazard meet deadly rattlesnakes;have a battle with a wild panther; are attacked by outlaws; their boatis towed by a swordfish; they are shipwrecked by a monster manateefish, and pass safely through many exciting scenes of danger.

  THE BOY CHUMS ON HAUNTED ISLAND, or Hunting for Pearls in the BahamaIslands.

  This book tells the story of the boy chums, Charley West and WalterHazard, whose adventures on the schooner "Eager Quest," hunting forpearls among the Bahama Islands, are fully recorded. Their hairbreadthescapes from the treacherous quicksands and dangerous water spouts;how they lost their vessel and were cast away on a lonely island, andtheir escape therefrom are fully told.

  THE BOY CHUMS IN THE FOREST, or Hunting for Plume Birds in the FloridaEverglades.

  The story of the boy chums hunting the blue herons and the pink andwhite egrets for their plumes in the forests of Florida is full ofdanger and excitement. How the chums encountered the Indians; theirbattles with the escaped convicts; their fight with the wild boars andalligators are fully told.

  THE BOY CHUMS' PERILOUS CRUISE, or Searching for Wreckage on theFlorida Coast.

  This story of the boy chums' adventures on and off the Florida Coastdescribes many scenes of daring and adventure, in hunting for shipsstranded and cargoes washed ashore. The boy chums passed through manyexciting scenes, on shore and island; and the loss of their vessel,the "Eager Quest," they will long remember.

  THE BOY CHUMS IN THE GULF OF MEXICO, or a Dangerous Cruise with theGreek Spongers.

  This story of the boy chums, Charley West and Walter Hazard, huntingfor sponges, is filled with many adventures. The dangers of gatheringsponges are fully described; the chums meet with sharks andalligators; and they are cast away on a desert island. Their rescueand arrival home make a most interesting story.

  The Boy Scout Series

  By HERBERT CARTER

  New stories of Camp Life, telling the wonderful and thrillingadventures of the Boys of the Silver Fox Patrol. HANDSOME CLOTHBINDINGS.

  PRICE, 60 CENTS PER VOLUME

  THE BOY SCOUTS FIRST CAMP FIRE; or, Scouting with the Silver FoxPatrol.

  This book, every up-to-date Boy Scout will want to read. It isbrimming over with thrilling adventure, woods lore and the story ofthe wonderful experiences that befel the Cranford troop of Boy Scoutswhen spending a part of their vacation in the wilderness. The story isclean and wholesome in tone, yet with not a dull line from cover tocover.

  THE BOY SCOUTS IN THE BLUE RIDGE; or, Marooned Among the Moonshiners.

  Those lads who have read The Boy Scouts First Camp Fire and followedthe fortunes of Thad Brewster, the Young Patrol leader, will bedelighted to read this story. It tells of the strange and mysteriousadventures that happened to the Patrol in their trip through the"mountains of the sky" in the Moonshiners' Paradise of the old TarHeel State, North Carolina. When you start to read you will not laythe book down until the last word has been reached.

  THE BOY SCOUTS ON THE TRAIL; or, Scouting through the Big GameCountry.

  In this story the Boy Scouts once more find themselves in camp andfollowing the trail. The story recites the many adventures that befelthe members of the Silver Fox Patrol with wild animals of the foresttrails, as well as the desperate men who had sought a refuge in thislonely country, making most delightful reading for every lad who hasred blood in his veins. This is a story which every boy will be gladto read and recommend to his chums.

  THE BOY SCOUTS IN THE MAINE WOODS; or, The New Test for the Silver FoxPatrol.

  In the rough field of experience the tenderfoots and greenhorns of theSilver Fox Patrol are fast learning to take care of themselves whenabroad. Many of the secrets of the woods, usually known only to oldhunters and trappers, are laid bare to the eyes of the reader. Thadand his chums have a wonderful experience when they are employed bythe State of Maine to act as Fire Wardens, since every year terribleconflagrations sweep through the pine forests, doing great damage.

  THE BOY SCOUTS THROUGH THE BIG TIMBER; or, The Search for the LostTenderfoot.

  A serious calamity threatens the Silver Fox Patrol when on one oftheir vacation trips to the wonderland of the great Northwest. Howapparent disaster is bravely met and overcome by Thad and his friends,forms the main theme of the story, which abounds in plenty of humor,rollicking situations, hairbreadth escapes and thrilling adventures,such as all boys like to read about. If you ever dream of camping outin the woods, here you may learn how to do it.

  THE BOY SCOUTS IN THE ROCKIES; or, The Secret of The Hidden SilverMine.

  By this time the boys of the Silver Fox Patrol have learned throughexperience how to rough it upon a long hike. Their last tour takesthem into the wildest region of the great Rocky Mountains, and herethey meet with many strange adventures that severely test their grit,as well as their ability to grapple with emergencies. This is one ofthe most interesting of the stories in the Boy Scout Series,--theexperiences of Thad Brewster and his Cranford troop abounds in plentyof humor, and hairbreadth escapes.

  For sale by all booksellers, or sent post-paid on receipt of price bythe publishers, A. L. BURT COMPANY, 52-58 Duane Street, New York

 


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