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CHARLES ASBURY STEPHENS
This author wrote his "Camping Out Series" at the very height of hismental and physical powers.
"We do not wonder at the popularity of these books; there is a freshness and variety about them, and an enthusiasm in the description of sport and adventure, which even the older folk can hardly fail to share."--_Worcester Spy._
"The author of the Camping Out Series is entitled to rank as decidedly at the head of what may be called boys' literature."--_Buffalo Courier._
CAMPING OUT SERIES By C. A. STEPHENS
All books in this series are 12mo., with eight full-page Illustrations.Cloth, extra, 75 cents.
=Camping Out.= As Recorded by "Kit."
"This book is bright, breezy, wholesome, instructive, and stands abovethe ordinary boys' books of the day by a whole head andshoulders."--_The Christian Register_, Boston.
=Left on Labrador; or, The Cruise of the Schooner Yacht "Curlew."= As Recorded by "Wash."
"The perils of the voyagers, the narrow escapes, their strangeexpedients, and the fun and jollity when danger had passed, will makeboys even unconscious of hunger."--_New Bedford Mercury._
=Off to the Geysers; or, The Young Yachters in Iceland.= As Recorded by "Wade."
"It is difficult to believe that Wade and Raed and Kit and Wash were notlive boys, sailing up Hudson Straits, and reigning temporarily over anEsquimaux tribe."--_The Independent_, New York.
=Lynx Hunting.= From Notes by the Author of "Camping Out."
"Of _first quality_ as a boys' book, and fit to take its place besidethe best."--_Richmond Enquirer._
=Fox Hunting.= As Recorded by "Raed."
"The most spirited and entertaining book that has as yet appeared. Itoverflows with incident, and is characterized by dash and brilliancythroughout."--_Boston Gazette._
=On the Amazon; or, The Cruise of the "Rambler."= As Recorded by "Wash."
"Gives vivid pictures of Brazilian adventure and scenery."--_BuffaloCourier._
Sent Postpaid on Receipt of Price
THE JOHN C. WINSTON CO., _Publishers_ WINSTON BUILDING PHILADELPHIA
J. T. TROWBRIDGE
Neither as a writer does he stand apart from the great currents of lifeand select some exceptional phase or odd combination of circumstances.He stands on the common level and appeals to the universal heart, andall that he suggests or achieves is on the plane and in the line ofmarch of the great body of humanity.
The Jack Hazard series of stories, published in the late _Our YoungFolks_, and continued in the first volume of _St. Nicholas_, under thetitle of "Fast Friends," is no doubt destined to hold a high place inthis class of literature. The delight of the boys in them (and of theirseniors, too) is well founded. They go to the right spot every time.Trowbridge knows the heart of a boy like a book, and the heart of a man,too, and he has laid them both open in these books in a most successfulmanner. Apart from the qualities that render the series so attractive toall young readers, they have great value on account of theirportraitures of American country life and character. The drawing iswonderfully accurate, and as spirited as it is true. The constable,Sellick, is an original character, and as minor figures where will wefind anything better than Miss Wansey, and Mr. P. Pipkin, Esq. Thepicture of Mr. Dink's school, too, is capital, and where else in fictionis there a better nick-name than that the boys gave to poor littleStephen Treadwell, "Step Hen," as he himself pronounced his name in anunfortunate moment when he saw it in print for the first time in hislesson in school.
On the whole, these books are very satisfactory, and afford the criticalreader the rare pleasure of the works that are just adequate, thateasily fulfill themselves and accomplish all they set out todo.--_Scribner's Monthly._
JACK HAZARD SERIES
6 volumes By J. T. TROWBRIDGE Per vol., $1.25
Jack Hazard and His Fortune The Young Surveyor Fast Friends Doing His Best A Chance for Himself Lawrence's Adventures
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THE JOHN C. WINSTON CO., _Publishers_ WINSTON BUILDING PHILADELPHIA
Transcriber's Notes:
Converted asterisms to [***] for text edition.
Italics are represented with _underscores_, bold with =equal signs=.
Retained inconsistent hyphenation when no clear majority was found (e.g.tonight vs. to-night).
Some questionable spelling (e.g. "musn't") retained in dialogue on theassumption that it is intentional.
Page 21, changed "than" to "then" in "and then a decided cheer."
Page 53, changed "most woman are fine" to "most women are fine."
Page 62, changed "pasued" to "paused."
Page 74, added missing close quote after "cinch."
Page 77, changed "prefectly" to "perfectly."
Page 127, added missing close quote to end of page.
Page 128, changed "tomorrow" to "to-morrow" for consistency.
Page 152, removed stray quote after "attempting----"
Page 171, added missing space to second instance of "Wonderfulshooting!"
Page 226, changed "diminshed" to "diminished."
Harry Castlemon's Books for Boys ad, capitalized "the" in "HouseboatBoys, The."
Winston's Popular Fiction ad (second page), changed "Embarrasing" to"Embarrassing" and added missing close quote after "ink can do."