hole 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;
paper, per set, $2.00.

=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.=

=Flora 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 who are unable to comprehend the
=Starry Flag Series= or the =Army and Navy
Series=. But they all display the author's
talent for pleasing and interesting the little
folks. They are all fresh and original,
preaching no sermons, but inculcating good
lessons.

=The Way of the World.= By OLIVER OPTIC. Illustrated. $1.50.

"One of the most interesting American novels we
have ever read."--_Philadelphia City Item._

"This story treats of a fortune of three
million dollars left a youthful heir. The
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