p and Shore Series," etc._
Cloth. Illustrated. Price per volume, $1.25.
=UNDER DEWEY AT MANILA Or the War Fortunes of a Castaway.=
=A YOUNG VOLUNTEER IN CUBA Or Fighting for the Single Star.=
=FIGHTING IN CUBAN WATERS Or Under Schley on the Brooklyn.=
=UNDER OTIS IN THE PHILIPPINES Or a Young Officer in the Tropics.=
(_In press._)
PRESS NOTICES.
"'Under Dewey at Manila' is a thoroughly timely book, in perfect
sympathy with the patriotism of the day. Its title is conducive to
its perusing, and its reading to anticipation. For the volume is
but the first of the Old Glory Series, and the imprint is that of
the famed firm of Lee and Shepard, whose name has been for so many
years linked with the publications of Oliver Optic. As a matter of
fact, the story is right in line with the productions of that gifted
and most fascinating of authors, and certainly there is every cause
for congratulation that the stirring events of our recent war are
not to lose their value for instruction through that valuable school
which the late William T. Adams made so individually distinctive.
"Edward Stratemeyer, who is the author of the present work, has
proved an extraordinarily apt scholar, and had the book appeared
anonymously there could hardly have failed of a unanimous opinion
that a miracle had enabled the writer of the famous Army and Navy
and other series to resume his pen for the volume in hand. Mr.
Stratemeyer has acquired in a wonderfully successful degree the
knack of writing an interesting educational story which will appeal
to the young people, and the plan of his trio of books as outlined
cannot fail to prove both interesting and valuable."--_Boston Ideas._
"Stratemeyer's style suits the boys."--JOHN TERHUNE, _Supt. of
Public Instruction, Bergen Co., New Jersey._
"'The Young Volunteer in Cuba,' the second of the Old Glory Series,
is better than the first; perhaps it traverses more familiar
ground. Ben Russell, the brother of Larry, who was 'with Dewey,'
enlists with the volunteers and goes to Cuba, where he shares in
the abundance of adventure and has a chance to show his courage and
honesty and manliness, which win their reward. A good book for boys,
giving a good
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