n employment as spies. There is no
lack of exciting incidents which the youthful reader craves, but
it is healthful excitement brimming with facts which every boy
should be familiar with, and while the reader is following the
adventures of Ben Jaffrays and Ned Allen he is acquiring a fund
of historical lore which will remain in his memory long after
that which he has memorized from textbooks has been forgotten.

=At the Siege of Havana.= Being the Experiences of Three Boys
Serving under Israel Putnam in 1762. By JAMES OTIS. 12mo,
ornamental cloth, olivine edges, illustrated, price $1.50.

"At the Siege of Havana" deals with that portion of the Island's
history when the English king captured the capital, thanks to the
assistance given by the troops from New England, led in part by
Col. Israel Putnam.

The principal characters are Darius Lunt, the lad who,
represented as telling the story, and his comrades, Robert
Clement and Nicholas Vallet. Colonel Putnam also figures to
considerable extent, necessarily, in the tale, and the whole
forms one of the most readable stories founded on historical
facts.

=The Defense of Fort Henry.= A Story of Wheeling Creek in 1777.
By JAMES OTIS, 12mo, ornamental cloth, olivine edges,
illustrated, price $1.50.

Nowhere in the history of our country can be found more heroic or
thrilling incidents than in the story of those brave men and
women who founded the settlement of Wheeling in the Colony of
Virginia. The recital of what Elizabeth Zane did is in itself as
heroic a story as can be imagined. The wondrous bravery displayed
by Major McCulloch and his gallant comrades, the sufferings of
the colonists and their sacrifice of blood and life, stir the
blood of old as well as young readers.

=The Capture of the Laughing Mary.= A Story of Three New York
Boys in 1776. By JAMES OTIS. 12mo, ornamental cloth,
olivine edges, price $1.50.

"During the British occupancy of New York, at the outbreak of the
Revolution, a Yankee lad hears of the plot to take General
Washington's person, and calls in two companions to assist the
patriot cause. They do some astonishing things, and,
incidentally, lay the way for an American navy later, by the
exploit which gives its name to the work. Mr. Otis' books are too
well known to require any particular commendation to t