among their plunder was a
silver medal that had been given to one John
Harrison by the Humane Society for rescuing from
drowning a certain Benton Barry. Now Benton Barry
was one of the wretched housebreakers. This is the
summary of the opening chapter. The story is
intensely interesting in its serious as well as
its humorous parts.

=His Own Master.= By J. T. TROWBRIDGE. Illustrated. $1.25.

"This is a book after the typical boy's own heart.
Its hero is a plucky young fellow, who, seeing no
chance for himself at home, determines to make his
own way in the world.... He sets out accordingly,
trudges to the far West, and finds the road to
fortune an unpleasantly rough one."--_Philadelphia
Inquirer._

"We class this as one of the best stories for boys
we ever read. The tone is perfectly healthy, and
the interest is kept up to the end."--_Boston Home
Journal._

=Bound in Honor.= By J. T. TROWBRIDGE. Illustrated. $1.25.

This story is of a lad, who, though not guilty of
any bad action, had been an eye-witness of the
conduct of his comrades, and felt "Bound in Honor"
not to tell.

"The glimpses we get of New England character are
free from any distortion, and their humorous
phases are always entertaining. Mr. TROWBRIDGE'S
brilliant descriptive faculty is shown to great
advantage in the opening chapter of the book by a
vivid picture of a village fire, and is manifested
elsewhere with equally telling effect."--_Boston
Courier._

=The Pocket Rifle.= By J. T. TROWBRIDGE. Illustrated. $1.25.

"A boy's story which will be read with avidity, as
it ought to be, it is so brightly and frankly
written, and with such evident knowledge of the
temperaments and habits, the friendships and
enmities of schoolboys."--_New York Mail._

"This is a capital story for boys. TROWBRIDGE
never tells a story poorly. It teaches honesty,
integrity, and friendship, and how best they can
be promoted. It shows the danger of hasty judgment
and circumstantial evidence; that right-doing
pays, and dishonesty never."--_Chicago
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