ew York Daily Sun._
"Afloat in a Great City" recounts the strange adventures on land
and sea of a kidnaped boy. The moral of the story is sound.

_From the Boston Daily Advertiser._
"Afloat in a Great City" is an excellent book for boys. * * * It
is well and simply told, and cannot fail to interest those for whom
it was written.

_From the Brooklyn Standard-Union._
"Afloat in a Great City" is a stirring story of the life of a boy
cast upon his own resources in New York. His adventures are told with
much spirit, and are worth the telling.

_From the Boston Beacon._
"Afloat in a Great City" seems healthy and pleasant reading for a
boy who does not care particularly about being a pirate or a cowboy,
but likes to have his blood gently stirred.

_From the Chicago Times._
The material is cleverly worked up, and, although the general
drift of the tale is obvious to the experienced novel reader before
he has gone very far, the author still has in store for him some
interesting surprises of detail.

_From the New York Daily Graphic._
"Afloat in a Great City" recites the history and thrilling
adventures of a brave lad whose earliest recollections of life find
him an orphaned waif in the streets of New York. He has the right sort
of blood and grit in him. * * * * It is a strong, wholesome and
dramatic bit of fiction. There are no wearisome homilies in it, yet
everywhere it incites to truthfulness and manliness. It is well and
copiously illustrated.

_From the Evening Telegram, New York._
It is not specifically stated upon the title page that this is a
book for boys, but it is evident from subject and treatment that it
is intended to be so. There has been a great variety in the stories
published for a _clientele_ of this nature, and the space left for
evolution between "Sandford and Merton" and "Tom Brown's School Days"
is very wide indeed. It has been well traversed and greatly improved
upon. Mr. Munsey, author of "Afloat in a Great City," understands that
boys like to read of adventure, whether it takes place upon the high
seas or in the heart of Africa, or whether it is limited by the
boundaries of the American metropolis. He has chosen to condense
a good many strange and unusual incidents as happening to a good and
stout hearted though poor boy within the circumference of New York
City. Mr. Munsey is a healthy expert at this sort of business. He does