Jessica Trent's Inheritance

THE titles in this splendid juvenile series have been selected with care, and as a result all the stories can be relied upon for their excellence. They are bright and sparkling; not over-burdened with lengthy descriptions, but brimful of adventure from the first page to the last—in fact they are just the kind of yarns that appeal strongly to the healthy boy who is fond of thrilling exploits and deeds of heroism. Among the authors whose names are included in the Boys’ Own Library are Horatio Alger, Jr., Edward S. Ellis, James Otis, Capt. Ralph Bonehill, Burt L. Standish, Gilbert Patten and Frank H. Converse.

HORATIO ALGER, Jr.

One of the best known and most popular writers. Good, clean, healthy stories for the American Boy.

Adventures of a Telegraph Boy	Mark Stanton
Dean Dunham	Ned Newton
Erie Train Boy, The	New York Boy
Five Hundred Dollar Check	Tom Brace
From Canal Boy to President	Tom Tracy
From Farm Boy to Senator	Walter Griffith
Backwoods Boy, The	Young Acrobat

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C. B. ASHLEY.

One of the best stories ever written on hunting, trapping and adventure in the West, after the Custer Massacre.

Gilbert, the Boy Trapper

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ANNIE ASHMORE.

A splendid story, recording the adventures of a boy with smugglers.

Smuggler’s Cave, The

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CAPT. RALPH BONEHILL.

Capt. Bonehill is in the very front rank as an author of boys’ stories. These are two of his best works.

Neka, the Boy Conjurer Tour of the Zero Club

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WALTER F. BRUNS.

An excellent story of adventure in the celebrated Sunk Lands of Missouri and Kansas.

In the Sunk Lands

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FRANK H. CONVERSE.

This writer has established a splendid reputation as a boys’ author, and although his books usually command $1.25 per volume, we offer the following at a more popular price.

Gold of Flat Top Mountain	In Southern Seas
Happy-Go-Lucky Jack	Mystery of a Diamond
Heir to a Million	That Treasure
In Search of An Unknown Race	Voyage to the Gold Coast

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HARRY COLLINGWOOD.

One of England’s most successful writers of stories for boys. His best story is

Pirate Island

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GEORGE H. COOMER.

Two books we highly recommend. One is a splendid story of adventure at sea, when American ships were in every port in the world, and the other tells of adventures while the first railway in the Andes Mountains was being built.

Boys in the Forecastle Old Man of the Mountain

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WILLIAM DALTON.

Three stories by one of the very greatest writers for boys. The stories deal with boys’ adventures in India, China and Abyssinia. These books are strongly recommended for boys’ reading, as they contain a large amount of historical information.

Tiger PrinceWar Tiger
White Elephant

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EDWARD S. ELLIS.

These books are considered the best works this well-known writer ever produced. No better reading for bright young Americans.

Arthur Helmuth	Perils of the Jungle
Check No. 2134	On the Trail of Geronimo
From Tent to White House	White Mustang

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GEORGE MANVILLE FENN.

For the past fifty years Mr. Fenn has been writing books for boys and popular fiction. His books are justly popular throughout the English-speaking world. We publish the following select list of his boys’ books, which we consider the best he ever wrote.

Commodore Junk	Golden Magnet
Dingo Boys	Grand Chaco
Weathercock

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ENSIGN CLARKE FITCH, U. S. N.

A graduate of the U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, and thoroughly familiar with all naval matters. Mr. Fitch has devoted himself to literature, and has written a series of books for boys that every young American should read. His stories are full of very interesting information about the navy, training ships, etc.

Bound for Annapolis	Cruise of the Training Ship
Clif, the Naval Cadet	From Port to Port
Strange Cruise, A

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WILLIAM MURRAY GRAYDON.

An author of world-wide popularity. Mr. Graydon is essentially a friend of young people, and we offer herewith ten of his best works, wherein he relates a great diversity of interesting adventures in various parts of the world, combined with accurate historical data.

Butcher of Cawnpore, The	In Barracks and Wigwam
Camp in the Snow, The	In Fort and Prison
Campaigning with Braddock	Jungles and Traitors
Cryptogram, The	Rajah’s Fortress, The
From Lake to Wilderness	White King of Africa, The

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LIEUT. FREDERICK GARRISON, U. S. A.

Every American boy takes a keen interest in the affairs of West Point. No more capable writer on this popular subject could be found than Lieut. Garrison, who vividly describes the life, adventures and unique incidents that have occurred in that great institution—in these famous West Point stories.

Off for West Point	On Guard
Cadet’s Honor, A	West Point Treasure, The
West Point Rivals, The

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HEADON HILL.

The hunt for gold has always been a popular subject for consideration, and Mr. Hill has added a splendid story on the subject in this romance of the Klondyke.

Spectre Gold

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HENRY HARRISON LEWIS.

Mr. Lewis is a graduate of the Naval Academy at Annapolis, and has written a great many books for boys. Among his best works are the following titles—the subjects include a vast series of adventures in all parts of the world. The historical data is correct, and they should be read by all boys, for the excellent information they contain.

Centreboard Jim	Ensign Merrill
King of the Island	Sword and Pen
Midshipman Merrill	Valley of Mystery, The
Yankee Boys in Japan

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LIEUT. LIONEL LOUNSBERRY.

A series of books embracing many adventures under our famous naval commanders, and with our army during the War of 1812 and the Civil War. Founded on sound history, these books are written for boys, with the idea of combining pleasure with profit; to cultivate a fondness for study—especially of what has been accomplished by our army and navy.

Cadet Kit Carey	Randy, the Pilot
Captain Carey	Tom Truxton’s School Days
Kit Carey’s Protégé	Tom Truxton’s Ocean Trip
Lieut. Carey’s Luck	Treasure of the Golden Crater
Out With Commodore Decatur	Won at West Point

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BROOKS McCORMICK.

Four splendid books of adventure on sea and land, by this well-known writer for boys.

Giant Islanders, The	Nature’s Young Nobleman
How He Won	Rival Battalions

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WALTER MORRIS.

This charming story contains thirty-two chapters of just the sort of school life that charms the boy readers.

Bob Porter at Lakeview Academy

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STANLEY NORRIS.

Mr. Norris is without a rival as a writer of “Circus Stories” for boys. These four books are full of thrilling adventures, but good, wholsome reading for young Americans.

Phil, the Showman	Young Showman’s Pluck, The
Young Showman’s Rivals, The	Young Showman’s Triumph

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LIEUT. JAMES K. ORTON.

When a boy has read one of Lieut. Orton’s books, it requires no urging to induce him to read the others. Not a dull page in any of them.

Beach Boy Joe	Secret Chart, The
Last Chance Mine	Tom Havens with the White Squadron

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JAMES OTIS.

Mr. Otis is known by nearly every American boy, and needs no introduction here. The following copyrights are among his best:

Chased Through Norway	Unprovoked Mutiny
Inland Waterways	Wheeling for Fortune
Reuben Green’s Adventures at Yale

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GILBERT PATTEN.

Mr. Patten has had the distinction of having his books adopted by the U. S. Government for all naval libraries on board our war ships. While aiming to avoid the extravagant and sensational, the stories contain enough thrilling incidents to please the lad who loves action and adventure. In the Rockspur stories the description of their Baseball and Football Games and other contests with rival clubs and teams make very exciting and absorbing reading; and few boys with warm blood in their veins, having once begun the perusal of one of these books, will willingly lay it down till it is finished.

Boy Boomers	Jud and Joe
Boy Cattle King	Rockspur Nine, The
Boy from the West	Rockspur Eleven, The
Don Kirke’s Mine	Rockspur Rivals, The

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ST. GEORGE RATHBORNE.

Mr. Rathborne’s stories for boys have the peculiar charm of dealing with localities and conditions with which he is thoroughly familiar. The scenes of these excellent stories are along the Florida coast and on the western prairies.

Canoe and Camp Fire	Chums of the Prairie
Paddling Under Palmettos	Young Range Riders
Rival Canoe Boys	Gulf Cruisers
Sunset Ranch	Shifting Winds

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ARTHUR SEWELL.

An American story by an American author. It relates how a Yankee boy overcame many obstacles in school and out. Thoroughly interesting from start to finish.

Gay Dashleigh’s Academy Days

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CAPT. DAVID SOUTHWICK.

An exceptionally good story of frontier life among the Indians in the far West, during the early settlement period.

Jack Wheeler

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The Famous Frank Merriwell Stories.

BURT L. STANDISH.

No modern series of tales for boys and youths has met with anything like the cordial reception and popularity accorded to the Frank Merriwell Stories. There must be a reason for this and there is. Frank Merriwell, as portrayed by the author, is a jolly whole-souled, honest, courageous American lad, who appeals to the hearts of the boys. He has no bad habits, and his manliness inculcates the idea that it is not necessary for a boy to indulge in petty vices to be a hero. Frank Merriwell’s example is a shining light for every ambitious lad to follow. Ten volumes now ready:

Frank Merriwell’s School Days	Frank Merriwell’s Bravery
Frank Merriwell’s Chums	Frank Merriwell’s Hunting Tour
Frank Merriwell’s Foes	Frank Merriwell’s Races
Frank Merriwell’s Trip West	Frank Merriwell’s Sports Afield
Frank Merriwell Down South	Frank Merriwell at Yale

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VICTOR ST. CLAIR.

These books are full of good, clean adventure, thrilling enough to please the full-blooded wide-awake boy, yet containing nothing to which there can be any objection from those who are careful as to the kind of books they put into the hands of the young.

Cast Away in the Jungle	From Switch to Lever
Comrades Under Castro	Little Snap, the Post Boy
For Home and Honor	Zig-Zag, the Boy Conjurer
Zip, the Acrobat

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MATTHEW WHITE, JR.

Good, healthy, strong books for the American lad. No more interesting books for the young appear on our lists.

Adventures of a Young Athlete	My Mysterious Fortune
Eric Dane	Tour of a Private Car
Guy Hammersley	Young Editor, The

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ARTHUR M. WINFIELD.

One of the most popular authors of boys’ books. Here are three of his best.

Mark Dale’s Stage VentureYoung Bank Clerk, The
Young Bridge Tender, The

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GAYLE WINTERTON.

This very interesting story relates the trials and triumphs of a Young American Actor, including the solution of a very puzzling mystery.

Young Actor, The

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ERNEST A. YOUNG.

This book is not a treatise on sports, as the title would indicate, but relates a series of thrilling adventures among boy campers in the woods of Maine.

Boats, Bats and Bicycles

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DAVID McKAY, Publisher, Philadelphia.