end, the hero of the story purchases
a steamer which he names the "Guardian Mother," and with a number of
guests she proceeds on her voyage.--_Christian Work, N.Y._

+All-Over-the-World Library.+ By OLIVER OPTIC. Second Series.
Illustrated. Price per volume, $1.25.

1. +American Boys Afloat+; or, Cruising in the Orient.
2. +The Young Navigator+; or, The Foreign Cruise of the "Maud."
3. +Up and Down the Nile+; or, Young Adventurers in Africa.
4. +Asiatic Breeze+; or, Students on the Wing.

The interest in these stories is continuous, and there is a great
variety of exciting incident woven into the solid information which
the book imparts so generously and without the slightest suspicion
of dryness. Manly boys will welcome this volume as cordially as they
did its predecessors.--_Boston Gazette_.

+All-Over-the-World Library.+ By OLIVER OPTIC. Third Series.
Illustrated. Price per volume, $1.25.

1. +Across India+; or, Live Boys in the Far East.
2. +Half Round the World+; or, Among the Uncivilized.
3. +Four Young Explorers+; or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics.
4. +Pacific Shores+; or, Adventures in Eastern Seas.

Amid such new and varied surroundings it would be surprising indeed
if the author, with his faculty of making even the commonplace
attractive, did not tell an intensely interesting story of
adventure, as well as give much information in regard to the distant
countries through which our friends pass, and the strange peoples
with whom they are brought in contact. This book, and indeed the
whole series, is admirably adapted to reading aloud in the family
circle, each volume containing matter which will interest all the
members of the family.--_Boston Budget_.

LEE AND SHEPARD, BOSTON, SEND THEIR COMPLETE CATALOGUE FREE.

OLIVER OPTIC'S BOOKS

+Army and Navy Stories.+ By OLIVER OPTIC. Six volumes. Illustrated.
Any volume sold separately. Price per volume, $1.25.

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 grea