saves the farm in Kansas, which his father is not able to keep
up, through a visit to Washington which results in making the place a
kind of temporary experiment station. Wonderful facts of plant and
animal life are brought out, and the boy wins a trip around the world
with his friend, the agent. This involves many adventures, while
exploring the Chinese country for the Bureau of Agriculture.

"Boys will be delighted with this story, which is one that inspires
the readers with the ideals of industry, thrift and uprightness of
conduct."--_Argus-Leader, Portland, Me._

THE BOY WITH THE U. S. LIFE SAVERS

[Illustration: Cover of _The Boy with the U. S. Life Savers_]

The billows surge and thunder through this book, heroism and the gallant
facing of peril are wrought into its very fabric, and the Coast Guard
has endorsed its accuracy. The stories of the rescue of the engineer
trapped on a burning ship, and the pluck of the men who built the
Smith's Point Lighthouse are told so vividly that it is hard to keep
from cheering aloud.

"This is an ideal book for boys because it is natural, inspiring,
and of unfailing interest from cover to cover."--_Marine Journal._

THE BOY WITH THE U. S. MAIL

How much do you know of the working of the vast and wonderful Post
Office Department? The officials of this department have, as in the case
of all other Departments covered in this series, extended their courtesy
to Dr. Rolt-Wheeler to enable him to tell us about one of the most
interesting forms of Uncle Sam's care for us.

"Stamp collecting, carrier pigeons, aeroplanes, detectives,
hold-ups, tales of the Overland trail and the Pony Express,
Indians, Buffalo Bill--what boy would not be delighted with a book
in which all these fascinating things are to be
found?"--_Universalist Leader._

_For sale by all booksellers or sent postpaid on receipt of price by the
publishers_

LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO., BOSTON

[Illustration: FUTEN, GOD OF THE WINDS.

Japanese conception of the origin of storms, which come from the bag on
the demon's back.]

[Illustration: THERE, BEFORE THE FLOOD, STOOD ANTON'S HOUSE.

Overflowed lands in the Mississippi Valley, where scores of lives are
lost when the rising waters break down a levee.

_Courtesy of U. S. Weather Bureau._]

[Illustration: THE EDGE OF A TORNADO'S WHIRL.

Note the house in the background unhar