deal of information in a most attractive form."
--_Universalist Leader._

THE BOUND TO SUCCEED SERIES

By EDWARD STRATEMEYER,

_Author of "Under Dewey at Manila," etc._

Three Volumes. Cloth. Illustrated. Price per volume, $1.00.

=RICHARD DARE'S VENTURE Or Striking Out for Himself.=
=OLIVER BRIGHT'S SEARCH Or The Mystery of a Mine.=
=TO ALASKA FOR GOLD Or The Fortune Hunters of the Yukon.=

PRESS OPINIONS OF EDWARD STRATEMEYER'S BOOKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.

"In 'Richard Dare's Venture,' Edward Stratemeyer has fully
sustained his reputation as an entertaining, helpful, and
instructive writer for boys."--_Philadelphia Call._

"'Richard Dare's Venture,' by Edward Stratemeyer, tells the
story of a country lad who goes to New York to earn enough to
support his widowed mother and orphaned sisters. Richard's energy,
uprightness of character, and good sense carry him through some
trying experiences, and gain him friends."--_The Churchman_, New
York.

"A breezy boy's book is 'Oliver Bright's Search.' The author has
a direct, graphic style, and every healthy minded youth will enjoy
the volume."--_N. Y. Commercial Advertiser._

"'Richard Dare's Venture' is a fresh, wholesome book to put into a
boy's hands."--_St. Louis Post Dispatch._

"'Richard Dare's Venture' is a wholesome story of a practical boy
who made a way for himself when thrown upon his own resources."
--_Christian Advocate._

"It is such books as 'Richard Dare's Venture' that are calculated
to inspire young readers with a determination to succeed in life,
and to choose some honorable walk in which to find that success.
The author, Edward Stratemeyer, has shown a judgment that is
altogether too rare in the makers of books for boys, in that he
has avoided that sort of heroics in the picturing of the life of
his hero which deals in adventures of the daredevil sort. In that
respect alone the book commends itself to the favor of parents who
have a regard for the education of their sons, but the story is
sufficiently enlivening and often thrilling to satisfy the
healthful desires of the young reader."--_Kansas City Star._

"Of standard writers of boys' stories there is quite a li