was sent to the _New York Weekly_, and
came back, respectfully declined. It was written on both sides of the
sheets but I didn't know that this was against the rules. Nothing
abashed, I began another, and receiving some instruction, from a friend
of mine who was a clerk in a book store, I wrote it on only one side of
the paper. But mind you, he didn't know what I was doing. Nobody knew
it; but one day, after a hard Saturday's work--the other boys had been
out skating on the brick-pond--I shyly broached the subject to my
mother. I felt the need of some sympathy. She listened in amazement, and
then said: "Why, do you think you could write a book like that?" That
settled the matter, and from that day no one knew what I was up to until
I sent the first four volumes of Gunboat Series to my father. Was it
work? Well, yes; it was hard work, but each week I had the satisfaction
of seeing the manuscript grow until the "Young Naturalist" was all
complete.

--_Harry Castlemon in the Writer._

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Frank the Young Naturalist.
Frank on a Gunboat.
Frank in the Woods.
Frank before Vicksburg.
Frank on the Lower Mississippi.
Frank on the Prairie.

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Frank Among the Rancheros.
Frank at Don Carlos' Rancho.
Frank in the Mountains.

SPORTSMAN'S CLUB SERIES.

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The Sportsman's Club in the Saddle.
The Sportsman's Club Afloat.
The Sportsman's Club.
Among the Trappers.

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3 vols. BY HARRY CASTLEMON. $3.75

Snowed up.
Frank in the Forecastle.
The Boy Traders.

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George in Camp.
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George at the Wheel.

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Don Gordon's Shooting Box.
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