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Square and Compasses; Or, Building the House

Chapter 32: YACHT CLUB SERIES.
By Oliver Optic
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The narrative follows students at an industrial school whose orderly workshop life is disrupted by rival pupils and a gang of unruly local boys, producing contests on the lake and a school-room rebellion. Episodes of seamanship, barge encounters, and small-boat maneuvers alternate with practical lessons in carpentry and engineering as the youths design, frame, and equip a boathouse. Personal tests of courage, discipline, and moral choice arise from clashes between well-trained, industrious lads and their ill-disciplined peers, and the tale closes with the students completing and celebrating their building project.

OLIVER OPTIC'S BOOKS.

ARMY AND NAVY STORIES

Six Volumes. Illustrated. Per vol., $1.50.

1. THE SOLDIER BOY;
Or, Tom Somers in the Army.

2. THE SAILOR BOY;
Or, Jack Somers in the Navy.

3. THE YOUNG LIEUTENANT;
Or, Adventures of an Army Officer.

4. THE YANKEE MIDDY;
Or, Adventures of a Navy Officer.

5. FIGHTING JOE;
Or, The Fortunes of a Staff Officer.

6. BRAVE OLD SALT;
Or, Life on the Quarter-Deck.

This series of six volumes recounts the adventures of two brothers, Tom and Jack Somers, one in the army, the other in the navy, in the great civil war. The romantic narratives of the fortunes and exploits of the brothers are thrilling in the extreme. Historical accuracy in the recital of the great events of that period is strictly followed, and the result is not only a library of entertaining volumes, but also the best history of the civil war for young people ever written.

OLIVER OPTIC'S BOOKS.

YACHT CLUB SERIES.

Uniform with the ever popular "Boat Club," Series. Completed in six vols. 16mo. Illustrated. Per vol., $1.50.

1. LITTLE BOBTAIL;
Or, The Wreck of the Penobscot.

2. THE YACHT CLUB;
Or, The Young Boat-Builders.

3. MONEY-MAKER;
Or, The Victory of the Basilisk.

4. THE COMING WAVE;
Or, The Treasure of High Rock.

5. THE DORCAS CLUB;
Or, Our Girls Afloat.

6. OCEAN BORN;
Or, The Cruise of the Clubs.

The series has this peculiarity, that all of its constituent volumes are independent of one another, and therefore each story is complete in itself. "Oliver Optic" is perhaps the favorite author of the boys and girls of this country, and he seems destined to enjoy an endless popularity. He deserves his success, for he makes very interesting stories, and inculcates none but the best sentiments; and the "Yacht Club" is no exception to this rule.—New Haven Jour. and Courier.