only a library of entertaining volumes, but also the
best history of the Civil War for young people ever
written."

=Boat Builders Series.= By OLIVER OPTIC. In six volumes. Illustrated.
Any volume sold separately. Price per volume, $1.25.

1. =All Adrift=; OR, THE GOLDWING CLUB.
2. =Snug Harbor=; OR, THE CHAMPLAIN MECHANICS.
3. =Square and Compasses=; OR, BUILDING THE HOUSE.
4. =Stem to Stern=; OR, BUILDING THE BOAT.
5. =All Taut=; OR, RIGGING THE BOAT.
6. =Ready About=; OR, SAILING THE BOAT.

"The series includes in six successive volumes the
whole art of boat building, boat rigging, boat
managing, and practical hints to make the ownership of
a boat pay. A great deal of useful information is
given in this =Boat Builders Series=, and in each book
a very interesting story is interwoven with the
information. Every reader will be interested at once
in Dory, the hero of 'All Adrift,' and one of the
characters retained in the subsequent volumes of the
series. His friends will not want to lose sight of
him, and every boy who makes his acquaintance in 'All
Adrift' will become his friend."

=Riverdale Story Books.= By OLIVER OPTIC. Twelve volumes. Illustrated.
Illuminated covers. Price: cloth, per set, $3.60; per volume, 30
cents.

=1. Little Merchant.=
=2. Young Voyagers.=
=3. Christmas Gift.=
=4. Dolly and I.=
=5. Uncle Ben.=
=6. Birthday Party.=
=7. Proud and Lazy.=
=8. Careless Kate.=
=9. Robinson Crusoe, Jr.=
=10. The Picnic Party.=
=11. The Gold Thimble.=
=12. The Do-Somethings.=

=Riverdale Story Books.= By OLIVER OPTIC. Six volumes. Illustrated.
Fancy cloth and colors. Price per volume, 30 cents.

=1. Little Merchant.=
=2. Proud and Lazy.=
=3. Young Voyagers.=
=4. Careless Kate.=
=5. Dolly and I.=
=6. Robinson Crusoe, Jr.=

=Laura Lee Library.= By OLIVER OPTIC. Six volumes. Illustrated. Fancy
cloth and colors. Price per volume, 30 cents.

=1. The Picnic Party.=
=2. The Gold Thimble.=
=3. The Do-Somethings.=
=4. Christmas Gift.=
=5. Uncle Ben.=
=6. Birthday Party.=

These are bright short stories for younger children