in the different volumes as
a farmer, a captain, a bookkeeper, a soldier, a
sailor, and a traveller. In all of them the hero
meets with very exciting adventures, told in the
graphic style for which the author is famous."

=The Lake Shore Series.= BY OLIVER OPTIC. In six volumes. Illustrated.
Any volume sold separately. Price per volume, $1.25.

=1. Through by Daylight=; OR, THE YOUNG ENGINEER OF THE LAKE
SHORE RAILROAD.
=2. Lightning Express=; OR, THE RIVAL ACADEMIES.
=3. On Time=; OR, THE YOUNG CAPTAIN OF THE UCAYGA STEAMER.
=4. Switch Off=; OR, THE WAR OF THE STUDENTS.
=5. Brake Up=; OR, THE YOUNG PEACEMAKERS.
=6. Bear and Forbear=; OR, THE YOUNG SKIPPER OF LAKE UCAYGA.

"OLIVER OPTIC is one of the most fascinating
writers for youth, and withal one of the best to
be found in this or any past age. Troops of young
people hang over his vivid pages; and not one of
them ever learned to be mean, ignoble, cowardly,
selfish, or to yield to any vice from anything
they ever read from his pen."--_Providence Press._

=The Famous Boat Club Series.= By OLIVER OPTIC. Six volumes.
Illustrated. Any volume sold separately. Price per volume $1.25.

=1. The Boat Club=; OR, THE BUNKERS OF RIPPLETON.
=2. All Aboard=; OR, LIFE ON THE LAKE.
=3. Now or Never=; OR, THE ADVENTURES OF BOBBY BRIGHT.
=4. Try Again=; OR, THE TRIALS AND TRIUMPHS OF HARRY WEST.
=5. Poor and Proud=; OR, THE FORTUNES OF KATY REDBURN.
=6. Little by Little=; OR, THE CRUISE OF THE FLYAWAY.

"This is the first series of books written for the
young by OLIVER OPTIC. It laid the foundation for
his fame as the first of authors in which the
young delight, and gained for him the title of the
Prince of Story Tellers. The six books are varied
in incident and plot, but all are entertaining and
original."

(_Other volumes in preparation._)

=Young America Abroad:= A LIBRARY OF TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE IN FOREIGN
LANDS. By OLIVER OPTIC. Illustrated by NAST and others. First Series.
Six volumes. Any volume sold separately. Price per volume, $1.25.

=1. Outward Bound=; OR, YOUNG AMERICA AFLOAT.
=2. Shamrock and Thistle=; OR, YOUNG AMERICA IN IRELAND AND SCOTLAND.
=3. Red Cross=; OR, YOUNG AMERICA IN ENGLAND AND WALES.
=4. Dikes and Ditches=;