een uniformly excellent
in moral tone and literary quality. As indicated
in the general title, it is the author's intention
to conduct the readers of this entertaining series
"around the world." As a means to this end, the
hero of the story purchases a steamer which he
names the "Guardian Mother," and with a number of
guests she proceeds on her voyage.--_Christian
Work, N. Y._

=All-Over-the-World Library.= By OLIVER OPTIC. Second Series.
Illustrated. Price per volume, $1.25.

=1. American Boys Afloat=; OR, CRUISING IN THE ORIENT.
=2. The Young Navigators=; OR, THE FOREIGN CRUISE OF THE "MAUD."
=3. Up and Down the Nile=; OR, YOUNG ADVENTURERS IN AFRICA.
=4. Asiatic Breezes=; OR, STUDENTS ON THE WING.

The interest in these stories is continuous, and
there is a great variety of exciting incident
woven into the solid information which the book
imparts so generously and without the slightest
suspicion of dryness. Manly boys will welcome this
volume as cordially as they did its
predecessors.--_Boston Gazette._

=All-Over-the-World Library.= By OLIVER OPTIC. Third Series.
Illustrated. Price per volume, $1.25.

=1. Across India=; OR, LIVE BOYS IN THE FAR EAST.
=2. Half Round the World=; OR, AMONG THE UNCIVILIZED.
=3. Four Young Explorers=; OR, SIGHT-SEEING IN THE TROPICS.
=4. Pacific Shores=; OR, ADVENTURES IN EASTERN SEAS.

Amid such new and varied surroundings it would be
surprising indeed if the author, with his faculty
of making even the commonplace attractive, did not
tell an intensely interesting story of adventure,
as well as give much information in regard to the
distant countries through which our friends pass,
and the strange peoples with whom they are brought
to contact. This book, and indeed the whole
series, is admirably adapted to reading aloud in
the family circle, each volume containing matter
which will interest all the members of the
family.--_Boston Budget._

=The Blue and the Gray--Afloat.= By OLIVER OPTIC. Six volumes.
Illustrated. Beautiful binding in blue and gray, with emblematic dies.
Cloth. Any volume sold separately. Price per volume, $1.50.

=1. Taken by the Enemy.=
=2. Within the Enemy's Line