tore of
information concerning China and the Chinese, conveyed in a natural and
entertaining manner.

Mr. Stratemeyer gives his youthful readers plenty of adventures, but
there is little that might not easily happen. His books are eminently
"safe" ones, and their patriotic spirit will be considered
admirable.--_Home Journal, Boston._

_BETWEEN BOER AND BRITON
Or Two Boys' Adventures in South Africa_

Illustrated by A. Burnham Shute 354 pages Price $1.25

Relates the experiences of two boys, cousins to each other, one American
and the other English, whose fathers are engaged in the Transvaal, one
in farming and the other in mining operations. While the two boys are
off on a hunting trip after big game, the war between the Boers and
Britons suddenly breaks out, and the boys find themselves placed between
hostile armies, where their thrilling experiences are brought out in Mr.
Stratemeyer's best style.

Exhibits the same qualities which have given popularity to his former
writings.--_The Times, Pittsburg, Pa._

A stirring story of the South African war.--_The Journal, Indianapolis,
Ind._

The kind of story to please boys and give them a fair idea of a great
historical event.--_St. Louis Post-Despatch._

GREAT AMERICAN INDUSTRIES SERIES

By EDWARD STRATEMEYER

VOLUME ONE

_TWO YOUNG LUMBERMEN
Or From Maine to Oregon for Fortune_

320 pages. Cloth. Illustrated. Price $1.00 net

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A splendid new story, undoubtedly the best Mr. Stratemeyer has yet
penned. It covers the whole of the great lumber industry of our country,
the scene shifting from Maine to Michigan and the Great Lakes, and then
to the Columbia and the Great Northwest. The heroes are two sturdy
youths who have been brought up among the lumbermen of their native
State, and who strike out in an honest endeavor to better their
condition. As mill hands, fellers, log drivers, and general camp workers
they have a variety of adventures, absorbing in the extreme. An ideal
volume for the library of every wide-awake American who wishes to know
what our great lumber industry is to-day.

Boys are acquiring the Stratemeyer habit.--_Post, Chicago._

Mr. Stratemeyer's books are not only entertaining but
instructive.--_Daily Press, Portland, Me._

He knows how to attract and hold boy readers.--_Evening Standard, New
Bedford, Mass._

The demands of boy readers are peculiar, and the author who can satisfy
them, not once or twice, but uniformly