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binding, price per set, $7.00. Sold separately, price per volume, $2.00. Mr. Lanier's books present to boy readers the old English classics of history and legend in an attractive form. While they are stories of action and stirring incident, they teach those lessons which manly, honest boys ought to learn. THE BOY'S KING ARTHUR. THE BOY'S FROISSART. THE BOY'S PERCY. THE KNIGHTLY LEGENDS OF WALES. "Amid all the strange and fanciful scenery of these stories, character and ideals of character remain at the simplest and purest. The romantic history transpires in the healthy atmosphere of the open air on the green earth beneath the open sky."--THE INDEPENDENT. * * * * * Stories for Boys. By RICHARD HARDING DAVIS. With 6 full-page illustrations. 12mo, $1.00 CONTENTS: The Reporter who made himself King--Midsummer Pirates--Richard Carr's Baby, a Football Story--The Great Tri-Club Tennis Tournament--The Jump at Corey's Slip--The Van Bibber Baseball Club--The Story of a Jockey. "It will be astonishing indeed if youths of all ages are not fascinated with these 'Stories for Boys.' Mr. Davis knows infallibly what will interest his young readers."--BOSTON BEACON. * * * * * Marvels of Animal Life Series. By CHARLES F. HOLDER. Three volumes, 8vo, each profusely illustrated. Singly, $1.75; the Set, $5.00. THE IVORY KING. A POPULAR HISTORY OF THE ELEPHANT AND ITS ALLIES. "The author talks in a lively and pleasant way about white elephants, rogue elephants, baby elephants, trick elephants, of the elephant in war, pageantry, sports and games. A charming accession to books for young people."--CHICAGO INTERIOR. MARVELS OF ANIMAL LIFE. "Mr. Holder combines his description of these odd creatures with stories of his own adventures in pursuit of them in many parts of the world. These are told with much spirit, and add greatly to the fascination of the book."--WORCESTER SPY. LIVING LIGHTS. A POPULAR ACCOUNT OF PHOSPHORESCENT ANIMALS AND VEGETABLES. "A very curious branch of natural history is expounded in most agreeable style by this delightful book. He has revealed a world of new wonders."--PHILADELPHIA BULLETIN. * * * * * White Cockades. An Incident of the "Forty-five." By EDWARD I. STEVENSON. 12mo, $1.00. "A bright historical tale. The scene is Scotland; the time that of Prince Charles' rebellion. The
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