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Brave Tom


On a certain summer day, a few years ago, the little village of Briggsville, in Penn

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Thrilling Stories Of The Ocean


The white sharks are the dread of sailors in all hot climates, for they constantly

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A Little Book for Christmas


As a Priest of the Church, as a Missionary in the Far West, as the Rector of large a

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ACROSS INDIA


AUTHOR OF "A MISSING MILLION" "A MILLIONAIRE AT SIXTEEN" "A YOUNG KN

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Kullankaivajat ja indiaanit.


Ratsastaja, joka istui pienen, harmaan papurikkohevosen selässä, kulki lukuisan ma

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FIVE CHILDREN


The house was three miles from the station, but, before the dusty hired hack had rat

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The Tiger of Mysore


While some of our wars in India are open to the charge that they were undertaken on s

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With Kitchener in the Soudan


The reconquest of the Soudan will ever be mentioned as one of the most difficult, and

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HAYSLOPE GRANGE


It was a sweet spring day, soft and balmy as summer, and any one looking across the

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With Frederick the Great


Among the great wars of history there are few, if any, instances of so long and succ

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A Little Maid of Old Maine


“A Little Maid of Old Maine” is a true story of the brave effort of two girls to

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THE MAGIC CITY


Philip Haldane and his sister lived in a little red-roofed house in a little red-roo

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South American Fights and Fighters


The first part of this new volume of the American Fights and Fighters Series needs

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KLONDIKE NUGGETS


Jeff Graham was an Argonaut who crossed the plains in 1849, while he was yet in hi

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A Little Traitor to the South


"The tragic interlude" in this little war-time comedy of the affections really happ

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Man on the Ocean


Those who regard familiar objects in art and nature as mere matters of course, and do

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A Sailor's Lass


"Mother, we're afloat agin." It was a gruff, sleepy voice that spoke, and the old fi

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CROWDED OUT O' CROFIELD


He stood in the wide door of the blacksmith-shop, with his hands in his pockets, l

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For Name and Fame


In following the hero of this story through the last Afghan war, you will be improvin

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DASH FOR KHARTOUM:


The Cat of Bubastes: A Story of Ancient Egypt. 5s.The Young Carthaginian: A Story o

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THE YACHT CLUB;


"The Yacht Club" is the second volume of the Yacht Club Series, to which it gives a

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The MAGIC PUDDING


The plain truth was that Bunyip and his Uncle lived in a small house in a tree, and

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THE COMING WAVE;


"The Coming Wave" is the fourth volume of the Yacht Club Series, and is an entirely

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The Story of Red Feather


They were mounted on Saladin, a high-spirited, fleet, and good-tempered pony of coal

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DOWN THE RIVER;OR


"Down the River" is the sixth of the continued stories published in "Our Boys and Gi

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DIK TROM


Die twee uitzonderingen waren Flipsen, de veldwachter, en Bruin Boon, een van zijn m

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The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean


I was a boy when I went through the wonderful adventures herein set down.  With the

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The Pioneers


Being a man of action, and not particularly enamoured of the pen, his journal (For a

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Life in the Red Brigade


He was tall and good-looking, as well as stout, and, although wet and weary, had a sp

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Silver Lake


Robin’s family consisted of himself, and his wife, and his son Roy, who was twelve

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Six Months at the Cape


Dear Periwinkle,—Since that memorable, not to say miserable, day, when you and I pa

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Up in the Clouds


Every one in health knows, or at some period of life must have known, that upward bou

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Away in the Wilderness


Jasper was big and strong as well as bold, but he was not a bully. Men of true courag

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Battles with the Sea


How does this war progress? It is needful to put and reiterate this question from tim

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Digging for Gold


We introduce our hero to the reader at the interesting age of eighteen, but, long bef

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Fighting the Whales


There is a wise saying which I have often thought much upon. It is this: “Knowledge

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Fort Desolation


Jack was a type of a large class. He was what we may call an outskirter of the world.

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The Garret and the Garden


The sailor glanced in all directions, but was unable to see the owner of the voice un

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Hunting the Lions


A word in passing about the romance of the family. Just because the Brown family is l

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Jarwin and Cuffy


It was early morning, as we have said, and there was plenty of life—animal as well

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Jeff Benson


He left an only son, Jeffrey, and an elder brother, Jacob, to mourn his loss. The son

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The Life of a Ship


Davy was a fisher boy; and Davy was a very active little boy; and Davy wanted to go t

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My Doggie and I


My doggie is unquestionably the most charming, and, in every way, delightful doggie t

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Chasing the Sun


He had a romantic spirit, a quiet gentlemanly manner, a pleasant smile, and a passion

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The Cannibal Islands


Captain Cook was a true hero. His name is known throughout the whole world wherever b

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Sunk at Sea


Even in babyhood, when his limbs were fat and feeble, and his visage was round and re

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The Story of the Rock


Mrs Potter was a woman of large body and small brain. In respect of reasoning power,

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Lost in the Forest


“It’s my opinion, doctor,” said the captain in a low voice, “that this is the

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The Battle and the Breeze


When Bill was a baby—a round-faced, large-eyed, fat-legged baby, as unlike to the b

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The Lively Poll; a Tale of the North Sea


With rough pilot coat and sou’-wester, scarred and tarred hands, easy, rolling gait

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Saved by the Lifeboat


The wind was howling in the chimney with wild fury; slates and tiles were being swept

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Wrecked but not Ruined


This group of buildings was, at the time we write of, an outpost of the fur-traders,

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Handbook to the new Gold-fields


In a year more than ordinarily productive of remarkable events, one of the most notew

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Fast in the Ice


Battered by the storms of the Arctic seas, her sails and cordage stiffened by the fro

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The Cash Boy


Not knowing his name, she gave him her husband’s name, Frank Fowler. She

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Nothing to Eat

Facing the World


Horatio Alger, Jr., in “Facing the World,” gives us as his hero a boy

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The Daughter of the Chieftain


CHAPTER ONE.   OMAS, ALICE, AND LINNA CHAPTER TWO.   DANGER

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TThe Huge Hunter


There was good cause for these exclamations upon the part of the Yankee and Irishm

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TForest and Frontiers


The most daring and adventurous of all hunters is Mr. Roualeyn Gordon Cumming. Bei

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Paul Prescott's Charge


“PAUL PRESCOTT’S CHARGE” is presented to the public as the second volum

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Cast Upon the Breakers


“I scarcely know my guardian. Five years ago I spent a week at his home. I

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The Errand Boy


Jonas Webb, his step-brother, his freckled face showing a degree of di

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TPoor and Proud


If any of my adult readers are disposed to accuse me of being a little extravagant

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Joe the Hotel Boy


PREFACE. JOE THE HOTEL BOY. CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER I

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Driven from Home


A boy of sixteen, with a small gripsack in his hand, trudged along the

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Paul the Peddler


Horatio Alger, Jr., an author who lived among and for boys and himself

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Phil


PREFACE PHIL THE FIDDLER CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CH

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The Story of the Treasure Seekers


There are some things I must tell before I begin to tell about the tre

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The Wouldbegoods


These were the dreadful words of our Indian uncle. They made us feel very

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The Phoenix and the Carpet


Anthea was rummaging in the corner-drawers of her mind for a very disa

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The Story of the Amulet


There were once four children who spent their summer holidays in a white

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The Scouts of the Valley


CHAPTER I.   THE LONE CANOE CHAPTER II.   THE MYSTE

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Frank's Campaign


FRANK’S CAMPAIGN CHAPTER I.   THE WAR MEETING CHAPTER II. �

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The Railway Children


They were not railway children to begin with. I don’t suppose they had

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Saint George for England


PREFACE. CHAPTER I:   A WAYFARER CHAPTER II:   THE HUT IN THE

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TThe Guns of Bull Run


HARRY KENTON, A Lad Who Fights on the Southern Side. DICK MASON, Cousin of Har

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TThe Dragon and the Raven


Living in the present days of peace and tranquillity it is difficult to picture th

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TIn the Reign of Terror


This time only a few words are needed, for the story speaks for itself. My object

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TThe Star of Gettysburg


"The Star of Gettysburg" is a complete romance, but it is also one of the series d

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Timothy Crump's Ward by Horatio Alger


TIMOTHY CRUMP’S WARD. CHAPTER I.   INTRODUCES THE CRUMPS CH

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TIn Freedom's Cause


There are few figures in history who have individually exercised so great an influ

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Won by the Sword


PREFACE. CHAPTER I.   A STROKE OF GOOD FORTUNE CHAPTER II.  

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A Knight of the White Cross


PREFACE. CHAPTER I.   THE KING MAKER CHAPTER II.   THE BATTLE OF

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New File


"Nonsense, child. You'll find it all too small when you go out into the world. You a

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The Lion of the North


PREFACE. CHAPTER I.   THE INVITATION CHAPTER II.   SHIPWRECKED CHAP

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The Young Carthaginian


PREFACE. CHAPTER I.   THE CAMP IN THE DESERT CHAPTER II.   

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The Guns of Shiloh


“The Guns of Shiloh,” a complete story in itself, is the complement of

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The Young Musician


CHAPTER I.   A CANDIDATE FOR THE POORHOUSE CHAPTER II.   PHI

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Hector's Inheritance


HECTOR’S INHERITANCE. CHAPTER I.   MR. ROSCOE RECEIVES TWO L

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Do and Dare


CHAPTER I.   THE POST OFFICE AT WAYNEBORO CHAPTER II.   HERB

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Try and Trust


I. AROUND THE BREAKFAST TABLE II. INTRODUCING THE HERO III. A COLLIS

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In the Pecos Country


CHAPTER I.   A WARNING CHAPTER II.   A BRIEF CONFER

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Helping Himself


DEAR SIR: Inclosed you will find a bill for groceries and other goods

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Bound to Rise


BIOGRAPHY AND BIBLIOGRAPHY CHAPTER I.    CHAPTER II.   A CALAMITY CH

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Walter Sherwood's Probation


“Here’s a letter for you, Doctor Mack,” said the housekeeper, as she

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The Scouts of Stonewall


“The Scouts of Stonewall,” while an independent story, is in effect a

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TA Girl of the People


"No, no, she's funking it," suddenly called out a dancing little sprite of a newsp

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Herbert Carter's Legacy


Horatio Alger, Jr., an author who lived among and for boys and himself

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TThe Children's Pilgrimage


In a poor part of London, but not in the very poorest part—two children sat on a

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TThe Lost Trail


I   AN ENEMY IN A TREE II   WHAT A RIFLE-SHOT DID III  

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By Pike and Dyke: A Tale of the Rise of the Dutch Republic


In all the pages of history there is no record of a struggle so unequal, so obstinate

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By England's Aid


In my preface to By Pike and Dyke I promised in a future story to deal with the clos

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Bonnie Prince Charlie


Those gathered up stairs heard the bolts withdrawn. There was a confused sound of ta

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Beric the Briton


My series of stories dealing with the wars of England would be altogether incomplete

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Rujub


This famous mutiny occurred while the reins of British rule in India were

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Light O' the Morning


Hannah was a small, squat woman, of a truly Irish type. Her nose was c

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The Bravest of the Brave


PREFACE CHAPTER I.   THE WAR OF THE SUCCESSION CHAPTER II. �

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Among Malay Pirates


“I wish most heartily that something would happen,” Harry Parkhurst, a

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The Sword of Antietam


“The Sword of Antietam” tells a complete story, but it is one in the chai

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Tales Of Daring And Danger


merry party were sitting in the verandah of one of the largest and handsomest bungal

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The Life of Kit Carson


Christopher Carson, or as he was familiarly called, Kit Carson, was a man

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Colonel Thorndyke's Secret


The plot of the story hinges upon the possession of a valuable bracelet,

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Sheer Pluck


CHAPTER I.   A FISHING EXCURSION CHAPTER II.   A MA

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With Moore At Corunna


From the termination of the campaigns of Marlborough--at which time the British army

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Through the Fray


PREFACE CHAPTER I.   A FISHING EXPEDITION CHAPTER II.   TH

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Wulf the Saxon


Although the immediate results of the Battle of Hastings may have been of

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True to the Old Flag


You have probably been accustomed to regard the war between England and her colonies

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The Rock of Chickamauga


“The Rock of Chickamauga,” presenting a critical phase of the great

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Brave And Bold


Professor Granville, as he styled himself, was a traveling teacher, and generally ha

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THE DOG CRUSOE

The Lost Trail


The bank, some fifteen or twenty feet in height, descended quite abruptly to the str

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The Masters Of The Peaks


A light wind sang through the foliage, turned to varying and vivid hues now by the t

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Friends Though Divided


My dear lads: Although so long a time has elapsed since the great civil war in Engla

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The World of Ice


The gale—Anchored to a berg which proves to be a treacherous one—Dangers of the

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TThe Shades of the Wilderness


"The Shades of the Wilderness" is the seventh volume of the Civil War Series, of w

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Making His Way


"You hardly need to ask that, Herbert. Are we not always together? If I did not like

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The Soldier Boy; or


This volume is not altogether a military romance, though it contains the adventures

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And Thus He Came


The heavy perfume of rare blossoms, the wild strains of mad music, the patter of fly

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The Cave in the Mountain


Mickey O’Rooney and Fred Munson were stretched on the Apache blanket, carefully wat

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The Forest Runners


THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR SERIESThe Hunters of the HillsThe Rulers of the LakesThe

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From Canal Boy to President by Horatio Alger


The present series of volumes has been undertaken with the view of supplying the wan

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The Free Rangers


The wilderness rolled away to north and to south, and also it rolled away to east an

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The Palace Beautiful


The third and youngest of the sisters also came in the summer, but she was born in a

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The Hosts of the Air


"The Hosts of the Air" is the third and concluding volume of the World War Series, o

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BLOWN TO BITS


AUTHOR OF "BLUE LIGHTS, OR HOT WORK IN THE SOUDAN;" "THE FUGITIVES;" "RED ROONEY;" "

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Gascoyne


She might have been the former, as far as appearance went; for the sails and deck we

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The Honorable Miss


"So," continued Mrs. Meadowsweet, settling herself in a lazy, fat sort of a way in

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the Rebel Of The School


The Great Shirley School, well as it was managed, had perhaps a larger share than ma

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The Texan Star


"The Texan Star," while a complete story in itself, is the first of three, projected

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Outward Bound


Outward Bound is the first volume of "A Library of Travel and Adventure in Foreign L

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Through Forest and Fire by Edward S. Ellis.


Nick, although born in western Pennsylvania, was as thoroughly Dutch as if he had fi

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Oonomoo the Huron


        The mountain's sides Are flecked with gleams of light and spots of

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A Little Mother to the Others


The four children had rather peculiar names. The eldest girl was called Iris, which,

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TThe Tree of Appomattox


"The Tree of Appomattox" concludes the series of connected romances dealing with t

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The Luckiest Girl in the School


"There's no doubt about it, we really must economize somehow!" sighed Mrs. Woodward

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Within Enemy Lines


"Within the Enemy's Lines" is the second volume of "The Blue and the Gray Series." L

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In the Irish Brigade


An Irish Catholic had no prospects of employment or advancement at home. He could ho

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A Popular Schoolgirl


CHAPTER I. The End of the HolidaysCHAPTER II. Opening DayCHAPTER III. Wynch-on-th

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Taken by the Enemy


"Taken by the Enemy" is the first of a new series of six volumes which are to be ass

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Adrift in New York


“If he had died, I might, as you say, have become reconciled; but he was abducted

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On the Blockade


"On the Blockade" is the third of "The Blue and the Gray Series." Like the first and

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Polly


It was an intensely hot July day—not a cloud appeared in the high blue vault of th

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A Victorious Union


"A Victorious Union" is the sixth and last of "The Blue and the Gray Series." While

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The Sun Of Quebec


"The Sun of Quebec" is the sixth and closing volume of the French and Indian War Ser

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Fighting for the Right


"Fighting for the Right" is the fifth and last but one of "The Blue and the Gray Ser

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Stand by the Union


"Stand by the Union" is the fourth of "The Blue and Gray Series." As in the precedin

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Adventure of a Kite


We arrived in a large, grassy meadow, sloping down to a low hedge. Beyond the hedge

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A Sweet Little Maid


"I'll hunt up the feathers, and you get ready," Dimple went on. "And the shawl—we

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Both Sides the Border


The four opening years of the fifteenth century were among the most stirring in the

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Girlhood and Womanhood


Of this class of men, of hot passions, with rash advisers, who meditated wrong, but

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With Lee In Virginia


The Great War between the Northern and Southern States of America possesses a peculi

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Under Drake's Flag:


"I went over myself, last week," said a finely-built young sailor, "and I prayed the

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By Right of Conquest:


The conquest of Mexico, an extensive empire with a numerous and warlike population,

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Now or Never


Bobby Bright is a smart boy; perhaps the reader will think he is altogether too smar

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Frank and Fearless


A dozen boys were playing ball in a field adjoining the boarding-school of Dr. Peri

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A Girl In Ten Thousand


The speaker was a middle-aged woman. She was lying on a sofa in a shabby little parl

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Little Maid Marian


The cat and kitten were both eating supper and Marian was watching them. Her own sup

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A Final Reckoning


If, when I am away on a holiday I come across the ruins of a castle, I find myself a

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Angel Children


Genevieve lived in a large, handsome house, which had beautiful gardens all about it

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A Houseful of Girls


Is there any sensation equal to that produced by the first lover and the first propo

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No Surrender!


The losses on both sides were enormous. La Vendee was almost depopulated; and the Re

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Saint Bartholomew's Eve:


For a time the new faith, that had spread with such rapidity in Germany, England, an

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The Jolliest School of All


In a top-story bedroom in an old-fashioned house in a northern suburb of London, a g

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Under Wellington's Command:


The hero, Terence O'Connor, was the son of the senior captain of the Mayo Fusiliers

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Two Boys In Wyoming


You should have seen those youths, for it gives me pleasure to say that two manlier,

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Kate's Ordeal


"My mother wants me to do the same," said quiet Mary Green, "but although I have s

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Young Captain Jack


"Young Captain Jack" relates the adventures of a boy waif, who is cast upon the Atl

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The Eagle of the Empire


One of my best friends, and that friendship has been proved in war and peace, at h

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Through Three Campaigns


I have chosen, as an illustration of this, three campaigns; namely, the relief of Ch

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A Jolly Fellowship


I was sitting on the deck of a Savannah steam-ship, which was lying at a dock in the

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At the Point of the Bayonet


The story of the war in which the power of the great Mahratta confederacy was broken

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For the Sake of the School


Snorting and puffing, as if in agitated apology for the tardiness of its arrival, th

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The Boy Patriot


The character of Blair Robertson, the Fairport boy, will not have been sketched in v

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Fighting the Whales


There are few things in this world that have filled me with so much astonishment a

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The Boy Hunters


I do not wish you to travel to its source; only as far up as Point Coupée, about thr

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The Bush Boys


The boors of the Cape colony have figured very considerably in modern history. Althou

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The Castaways


Of the living, four are full-grown men; three of them white, the fourth of an umber-b

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The Cliff Climbers


The more skilled geographer, or geognosist, could communicate hundreds of other inter

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The Lone Ranche


Yet this same city of Chihuahua challenges weird and wonderful memories. At the menti

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The Rifle Rangers


The tourist turns his face to the Orient—the poet sings the gone glories of Greece�

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On The Irrawaddy:


Great, indeed, was the contrast presented by this first invasion of the country with

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The Goat and Her Kid


he grass plot at the back of the cottage was a very bright green, and sparkled with

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For the Temple:


Unhappily, the reverse of this was the case. Except in the defense of Jotapata and G

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Adrift In The Wilds


One beautiful misummer night in 18— a large, heavily laden steamer was making her

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Fame and Fortune


"Fame and Fortune," like its predecessor, "Ragged Dick," was contributed as a serial

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The Princess of the School


On a certain morning, just a week before[1] Christmas, the little world of school at

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The Youngest Girl in the Fifth


The speaker—Ida Bridge—a small, perky, spindle-legged Junior, jumped on to the n

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Post Haste


I have to render my grateful acknowledgments to Sir Arthur Blackwood; his private sec

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The Prairie Chief


Indeed the feelings of the latter towards Whitewing amounted almost to veneration, fo

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Red Rooney


Although possessing a broad and stalwart frame, his movements indicated, as we have s

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The Red Man's Revenge


Old Ravenshaw, as his familiars styled him, was a settler, if we may use such a term

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Rivers of Ice


Pausing at the head of one of those narrow lanes which—running down between warehou

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The Rover of the Andes


Although decidedly inelegant and unhandsome, this specimen of the human family was by

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The Settler and the Savage


It was in the first quarter of the present century that the youth referred to—Charl

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Shifting Winds


The hour was midnight. This fact was indicated by the family clock—a Dutch one, wit

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In the Track of the Troops


Some of my younger readers may not perhaps know that by analysis is meant the reducti

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Twice Bought


“It matters not,” returned Tom, angrily. “I have made up my mind to get back fr

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Ungava


If this volume should chance to fall into the hands of any of those who acted a part

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The Walrus Hunters


It is an insignificant stream compared with such well-known waterways as the Mackenzi

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The Crew of the Water Wagtail


At all events, it is certain that if the crew of the Water Wagtail had known what was

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The World of Ice


John Buzzby was an old salt—a regular true-blue jack tar of the old school, who had

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The Young Fur Traders


Snowflakes and sunbeams, heat and cold, winter and summer, alternated with their wont

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The Young Trawler


David Bright made a motion as though he were about to fling the parcel away, but he t

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The Red Eric


Captain Dunning, besides being the owner and commander of a South Sea whale-ship, was

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The Battery and the Boiler


He was cradled in squalls, and nourished in squalor—a week of dirty weather having

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The Big Otter


My friend Lumley was particularly fond of warmth and of physical ease, yet he often e

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Blue Lights


We have stood by the side of that lakelet and failed to note the slightest symptom of

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Charlie to the Rescue


At first there were few things, apparently, that did seem to his infant mind desirabl

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The Coral Island


It was a wild, black night of howling storm, the night on which I was born on the foa

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The Coxswain's Bride


Robert Massey, though quite young, was already a leader of men—not only by nature b

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Deep Down


It was a beautiful morning in June, in that period of the world’s history which is

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The Dog Crusoe and his Master


But we draw particular attention to the fact of Crusoe’s having once been a pup, be

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Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished


It was attached to a wickerwork vehicle which resembled a large clothes-basket on sma

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Erling the Bold


The two shallops moved swiftly towards the islands, their oars shivering the liquid m

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The Giant of the North


Now it must not be supposed that our giant was one of those ridiculous myths of the n

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The Golden Dream


Ned stood in the centre of a cavern of vast dimensions—so vast, and so full of inte

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The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands


I gratefully express my acknowledgment and tender my best thanks to the Elder Brethre

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The Gorilla Hunters


I was seated in an armchair in my private study in a small town on the west coast of

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Hunted and Harried


The dragoons, for such they were, trotted rapidly along the road that led into the so

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The Iron Horse


Her neat little body was surmounted by a head which no sculptor in search of an antiq

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The Island Queen


Evidently the albatross regarded the boat with curiosity not unmixed with suspicion,

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The Lifeboat


The neighbourhood around that street was emphatically dirty and noisy. There were pow

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The Lighthouse


It was about that calm hour of the morning which precedes sunrise, when most living c

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The Lonely Island


Although there was nothing piratical in the aspect of the ship—if we except her gun

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Black Ivory


In order to do this I have selected from the most trustworthy sources what I believe

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Martin Rattler


It is a curious fact, however, that, although most of the people in the village of As

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The Middy and the Moors


“Too bad,” returned the youth; “I never rise to poetry in your presence, Minnie

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The Norsemen in the West


Having gained the top of the ridge they peeped over and beheld a hamlet nestled at th

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The Ocean and its Wonders


Yes, the voice of ocean tells but one tale; yet there are many chapters in that wonde

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Philosopher Jack


Jack, whose other name was Edwin, and his age nineteen, was a student. Being of an ar

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The Hot Swamp


This captain was solid, square, bronzed, bluff, and resolute, as all sea-captains are

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Hudson Bay


Since this book was written, very considerable changes have taken place in the affair

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Held Fast For England


The Siege of Gibraltar stands almost alone in the annals of warfare, alike in its du

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The Butterfly's Ball


Come, take up your hats, and away let us haste To the Butterfly’s ball and the G

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The Birthday Party


They were very indulgent parents, and as they had plenty of money, they could affor

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The Talking Leaves


The two girls were of about the same size, and could not either of them have been

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Dickory Dock


Of course there was a baby in the case—a baby and mongrel dog, and a little boy an

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The Young Franc Tireurs


The present story was written and published a few months, only, after the terminatio

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A Modern Tomboy


Mrs. Merriman and Lucy were standing at the white gates of Sunnyside, waiting for th

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At Aboukir and Acre


With the general knowledge of geography now possessed we may well wonder at the wild

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Steve and the Steam Engine


While his father, mother, and sister Doris had been absent in New York for a week-en

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Breaking Away


"Breaking Away" is the second of the series of stories published in "Our Boys and Gi

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The Young Acrobat of the Great North American Circus


There was great excitement in Smyrna, especially among the boys. Barlow's Great Amer

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From Farm To Fortune


In penning this tale the author has endeavored to show the difference between life i

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The Young Miner


Those who were interested in Tom Nelson's trip across the Plains will find in the p

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Red Rose And Tiger Lily


Hester Thornton stepped out of the drawing-room at the Grange, and, walking a little

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Chester Rand or The New Path To Fortune


Silas Tripp had one assistant, a stout, pleasant-looking boy of fifteen, who looked

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The Young Voyageurs


A vast journey it will be. It will cost us many thousand miles of travel. We shall fi

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The Fugitives


I have ventured to modify time and place somewhat, as well as to mix my characters an

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Ted and the Telephone


Ted Turner lived at Freeman's Falls, a sleepy little town on the bank of a small Ne

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Blown to Bits


Two men slowly paced the brig’s quarterdeck for some time in silence, as if the ele

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The Buffalo Runners


Snow, fine as dust and sharp as needles, was caught up bodily by the wind in great ma

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The Eagle Cliff


We say “failed” advisedly, because his various attempts in that direction have us

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Fighting the Flames


Especially may this be said to be the case in a cold, raw night in November, when man

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The Thorogood Family


These five boys were broad, and sturdy, like their father. Like him, also, they were

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Gascoyne


She might have been the former, as far as appearance went, for the sails and decks we

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Under the Waves


I have to acknowledge myself indebted to the well-known submarine engineers Messrs Si

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Freaks on the Fells


Now, it is necessary here to guard the reader from falling into a mistake in referenc

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Work and Win


In the preparation of this volume, the author has had in his mind the intention to d

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THE TELEGRAPH BOY


The "Telegraph Boy" completes the series of sketches of street-life in New York inau

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Over the Rocky Mountains


As all classes, in every age, have proved that tales and stories, are the most popula

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Down the Rhine


Down the Rhine, the sixth and last volume of the first series of "Young America A

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A Girl of the Commune


Jeremiah Brander was one of the most prominent personages in the Cathedral town of A

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Dan


"I know him," said Dan to himself. "I ought to know Tom Carver. We used to sit toget

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The Flying Girl


The author wishes to acknowledge her indebtedness to Mr. Glenn H. Curtiss and Mr. Wi

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Don Gordon's Shooting-Box


This conversation took place one cold, frosty morning in the latter part of January,

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