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Fast Nine; or, A Challenge from Fairfield

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By Captain Alan Douglas
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A group of Boy Scouts engages in various adventures, culminating in a baseball challenge against a rival team from Fairfield. The narrative explores themes of teamwork, friendship, and the spirit of competition as the scouts prepare for the game. Throughout the story, the boys demonstrate their skills and camaraderie, facing challenges both on and off the field. The plot includes moments of mystery and personal growth, highlighting the importance of loyalty and perseverance among the scouts as they navigate their experiences together.

A series of wholesome stories for boys told in an interesting way and appealing to their love of the open.

Each, 12mo.          Cloth.          40 cents per volume
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Carpentry for Boys

A book which treats, in a most practical and fascinating manner all subjects pertaining to the "King of Trades"; showing the care and use of tools; drawing; designing, and the laying out of work; the principles involved in the building of various kinds of structures, and the rudiments of architecture. It contains over two hundred and fifty illustrations made especially for this work, and includes also a complete glossary of the technical terms used in the art. The most comprehensive volume on this subject ever published for boys.


Electricity for Boys

The author has adopted the unique plan of setting forth the fundamental principles in each phase of the science, and practically applying the work in the successive stages. It shows how the knowledge has been developed, and the reasons for the various phenomena, without using technical words so as to bring it within the compass of every boy. It has a complete glossary of terms, and is illustrated with two hundred original drawings.


Practical Mechanics for Boys

This book takes the beginner through a comprehensive series of practical shop work, in which the uses of tools, and the structure and handling of shop machinery are set forth; how they are utilized to perform the work, and the manner in which all dimensional work is carried out. Every subject is illustrated, and model building explained. It contains a glossary which comprises a new system of cross references, a feature that will prove a welcome departure in explaining subjects. Fully illustrated.


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THE WONDER ISLAND BOYS
By ROGER T. FINLAY
Thrilling adventures by sea and land of two boys and an aged Professor who are cast away on an island with absolutely nothing but their clothing. By gradual and natural stages they succeed in constructing all forms of devices used in the mechanical arts and learn the scientific theories involved in every walk of life. These subjects are all treated in an incidental and natural way in the progress of events, from the most fundamental standpoint without technicalities, and include every department of knowledge. Numerous illustrations accompany the text.

Two Thousand things every boy ought to know. Every page a romance. Every line a fact.
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Six titles—60 cents per volume
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THE WONDER ISLAND BOYS
The Castaways

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Exploring the Island

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The Mysteries of the Caverns

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The Tribesmen

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The Capture and Pursuit

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The Conquest of the Savages


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Christy Mathewson's Book
A Ripping Good
Baseball Story
by One Who
Knows the Game

This book has attained a larger sale than any baseball story ever published.

The narrative deals with the students of a large university and their baseball team, the members of which have names which enable the reader to recognize them as some of the foremost baseball stars of the day before their entrance into the major leagues.

One gains a very clear idea of "inside baseball" stripped of wearisome technicalities. The book is profusely illustrated throughout and contains also a number of plates showing the manner in which Mathewson throws his deceptive curves, together with brief description of each.

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A Sweet Girl Graduate.
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Planned for Two or More Persons

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MISS WINIFRED S. GIBBS
Dietitian and Teacher of Cooking for the New York
Association for Improving the Conditions of the Poor

MANY Cook Books have been published, from time to time, to meet various requirements, or to elucidate certain theories, but very few have been written to meet the needs of the large proportion of our population who are acutely affected by the constantly increasing cost of food products. Notwithstanding that by its valuable suggestions this book helps to reduce the expense of supplying the table, the recipes are so planned that the economies effected thereby are not offset by any lessening in the attractiveness, variety or palatability of the dishes.

Of equal importance are the sections of this work which deal with food values, the treatment of infants and invalids and the proper service of various dishes.

The recipes are planned for two persons, but may readily be adapted for a large number. The book is replete with illustrations and tables of food compositions—the latter taken from the latest Government statistics.

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An original line of art studies printed in full rich colors on high grade paper. This series introduces many novel features of interest, and as the subject matters have been selected with unusual care, the books make a strong appeal not only to the little ones but even to those of riper years.

 

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Size 8¼ × 10¼ inches

Price 15c. per copy

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