_DIKES AND DITCHES_; OR, YOUNG AMERICA IN HOLLAND AND BELGIUM.
V. _PALACE AND COTTAGE_; OR, YOUNG AMERICA IN FRANCE AND SWITZERLAND.
VI. _DOWN THE RHINE_; OR, YOUNG AMERICA IN GERMANY.

_Second Series._

I. _UP THE BALTIC_; OR, YOUNG AMERICA IN NORWAY, SWEDEN, AND DENMARK.
II. _NORTHERN LANDS_; OR, YOUNG AMERICA IN RUSSIA AND PRUSSIA.
In preparation.
III. _CROSS AND CRESCENT_; OR, YOUNG AMERICA IN TURKEY AND GREECE.
In preparation.
IV. _SUNNY SHORES_; OR, YOUNG AMERICA IN ITALY AND AUSTRIA.
In preparation.
V. _VINE AND OLIVE_; OR, YOUNG AMERICA IN SPAIN AND PORTUGAL.
In preparation.
VI. _ISLES OF THE SEA_; OR, YOUNG AMERICA HOMEWARD BOUND.
In preparation.

PREFACE.

UP THE BALTIC, the first volume of the second series of "YOUNG AMERICA
ABROAD," like its predecessors, is a record of what was seen and done
by the young gentlemen of the Academy Squadron on its second voyage to
Europe, embracing its stay in the waters of Norway, Sweden, and
Denmark. Agreeably to the announcement made in the concluding volume
of the first series, the author spent the greater portion of last year
in Europe. His sole object in going abroad was to obtain the material
for the present series of books, and in carrying out his purpose, he
visited every country to which these volumes relate, and, he hopes,
properly fitted himself for the work he has undertaken.

In the preparation of UP THE BALTIC, the writer has used, besides his
own note-books, the most reliable works he could obtain at home and in
Europe, and he believes his geographical, historical, and political
matter is correct, and as full as could be embodied in a story. He has
endeavored to describe the appearance of the country, and the manners
and customs of the people, so as to make them interesting to young
readers. For this purpose these descriptions are often interwoven with
the story, or brought out in the comments of the boys of the squadron.

The story is principally the adventures of the crew of the second
cutter, who attempted "an independent excursion without running away,"
which includes the career of a young Englishman, spoiled by his
mother's indulgence, and of a Norwegian waif, picked up by the
squadron in the North Sea.

The author is encouraged to enter upon this second series by the
remarkable and unexpected success which attended the publication
of the first series. Difficult a