and native in all their
features. The scene of the stories is the _Western Reserve_, and the
characters are types of the pioneers of the early part of this century,
in the territory now comprised in Indiana and Ohio.

_The Hoosier School-boy_, as its title shows, belongs to the same
locality, and depicts some of the characteristics of boy life, years ago,
on the Ohio, characteristics, however, that were not peculiar to that
section only. The story presents a vivid and interesting picture of the
difficulties which in those days beset the path of the youth aspiring for
an education. These obstacles, which the hero of the story succeeds by
his genuine manliness and force of character in surmounting, are just
such as a majority of the most distinguished Americans, in all walks of
life, including Lincoln and Garfield, have had to contend with, and which
they have made the stepping stone to their future greatness. Mr. Bush's
strong and life-like illustrations add much to the attractiveness of the
book.

"Edward Eggleston's new story is a thoroughly excellent one to be put
in the hands of a boy whose parents wish him to become a manly,
high-minded American citizen."--_Philadelphia Bulletin._

"A particularly wholesome volume. There is a delightful absence of
the goody-good in it, and the incidents are all natural and true to
life."--_Madison_ (Ind.) _Courier_.

"Nobody has pictured boy-life with greater power or more fidelity
than Mr. Eggleston. This story is one of his best--it should be in
the hands of every boy."--_Hartford Times._

"It has all the peculiarities of its author; his careful reproduction
of nature, his vivid descriptions, and the naturalness of his
characters, drawn, as they must have been, from
life."--_Indianapolis News._

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743 & 745 BROADWAY, NEW YORK.
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THE MERRY ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD.

OF GREAT RENOWN IN NOTTINGHAMSHIRE.

Written and Illustrated by HOWARD PYLE.

One volume, 4to, full embossed leather, antique,
from the author's designs $4.50

Cheaper edition, 1 vol., small quarto, cloth $3.00

There is something thoroughly English and home-bred in these epis