Part 3
A wholesome story of circus life. Toby is a great favorite, and Mr. Stubbs, the monkey, a humorous character.
TWO ARROWS. By William O. Stoddard.
“Two Arrows” was a brave Indian boy who rendered his white friends such good service that they determined to give him the advantage of an education.
TWO LITTLE CONFEDERATES. By Thomas Nelson Page.
Tells of the adventures of two small boys left on a Virginia plantation during the Civil War.
TWO LITTLE SAVAGES. By Ernest Thompson Seton.
Tells about two boys who camped out, living as Indians.
WILLIAM HENRY AND HIS FRIENDS. By Mrs. A. M. Diaz.
A companion to “The William Henry Letters.”
WILLIAM HENRY LETTERS, THE. By Mrs. A. M. Diaz.
A series of entertaining letters between a small boy at boarding-school and his friends at home.
_For Boys Twelve to Fourteen_
“AIRSHIP BOYS” SERIES, THE. By H. L. Sayler.
1. AIRSHIP BOYS, THE; OR, THE QUEST OF THE AZTEC TREASURE.
2. AIRSHIP BOYS ADRIFT, THE; OR, SAVED BY AN AEROPLANE.
3. AIRSHIP BOYS DUE NORTH, THE; OR, BY BALLOON TO THE POLE.
4. AIRSHIP BOYS IN BARREN LANDS, THE; OR, THE SECRET OF THE WHITE ESKIMOS.
5. AIRSHIP BOYS IN FINANCE, THE; OR, THE FLIGHT OF THE FLYING COW.
6. AIRSHIP BOYS’ OCEAN FLYER, THE; OR, FROM NEW YORK TO LONDON IN TWELVE HOURS.
The author of this series possesses technical knowledge of aerial navigation, and has woven with this knowledge attractive, exciting and wholesome stories.
BARNABY LEE. By John Bennett.
A boy’s adventures with pirates in the seventeenth century. Tells about New Amsterdam in the time of the doughty Peter Stuyvesant.
BEACH PATROL, THE. By William Drysdale.
A story of the life-saving service.
BEARS OF BLUE RIVER, THE. By Charles Major.
A story of pioneer life in Indiana.
BEN COMEE. By Michael J. Canavan.
A tale of Roger’s Rangers. Gives a vivid picture of boy life in Lexington.
BIG BROTHER, THE. By George Cary Eggleston.
A story of Indian fighting during the War of 1812.
BOY LIFE OF NAPOLEON, THE. Adapted by Elbridge S. Brooks from the French of Eugenia Foa.
An attractive account of the boy life of the great emperor.
BOY OF THE FIRST EMPIRE, A. By Elbridge S. Brooks.
A story of Napoleon’s time. The hero is in the personal service of the emperor.
BOYHOOD IN NORWAY. By Hjalmar H. Boyesen.
Short stories of boy life in Norway.
BOY’S FROISSART, THE. Edited by Sidney Lanier.
A good condensed edition of these chronicles of England, France, and Spain.
BOY’S LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN. By Helen Nicolay.
Re-written for young people from the standard work by Nicolay and Hay.
BOY’S PERCY, THE. Edited by Sidney Lanier.
Old ballads of war, adventure, and love.
BOY’S TOWN, A. By William Dean Howells.
Describes life in an Ohio town twenty years ago.
CAPTAIN OF THE SCHOOL TEAM. By John Prescott Earl.
Follows “The School Team in Camp.” Bob Farrar, captain of the school team, refuses, on what he thinks good grounds, to protest a player on a rival football team. Bob sticks to his guns, in spite of the clamor against him, wins the game, and proves he is right.
CAPTAIN SAM. By George Cary Eggleston.
Boy scouts of 1814. Follows “The Big Brother.”
CLIFF STIRLING, CAPTAIN OF THE NINE. By Gilbert Patten.
An entertaining baseball story.
“CRIMSON SWEATER” SERIES, THE. By Ralph Henry Barbour.
CRIMSON SWEATER, THE.
TOM, DICK, AND HARRIET.
HARRY’S ISLAND.
CAPTAIN CHUB.
The first two volumes deal with school and football; the third tells about a summer vacation spent on an island in the Hudson River, where the boys camped, and where Harry (who is a girl) joined them every day; and in the fourth a house-boat is rented, and with Harriet and her father as guests, they cruise up and down the Hudson, meeting with various adventures.
CROFTON BOYS. By Harriet Martineau.
A story of life at an English school early in the last century.
DECATUR AND SOMERS. By Molly Elliot Seawell.
A story of the War with Tripoli. Describes the burning of the _Philadelphia_.
FEATS ON THE FIORD. By Harriet Martineau.
An active and interesting story the scene of which is Norway in the eighteenth century. Describes incidentally the manners and customs of the time.
FLIGHT OF PONY BAKER, THE. By William Dean Howells.
A “Boy’s Town” story. The adventures are told from the boy’s point of view.
FOR THE HONOR OF THE SCHOOL. By Ralph Henry Barbour.
A good story of school athletics.
FORWARD PASS. By Ralph Henry Barbour.
This is a story of the “new” football—a story of preparatory-school life. Dan Vinton enters Yardley Hall School, and after many vicissitudes makes the first team as “sub” end. He gets into the big game of the year and by means of a clever play of his own, involving the forward pass, becomes the hero of the hour.
FURTHER ADVENTURES OF PINKEY PERKINS, THE. By Harold Hammond.
A second book about Pinkey Perkins, a natural, healthy-minded boy in a country town.
HALF-BACK, THE. By Ralph Henry Barbour.
A story of school, football, and golf.
HARDING OF ST. TIMOTHY’S. By Arthur Stanwood Pier.
A boys’ boarding-school story, dealing with the election of the president of the athletic association at St. Timothy’s.
HOOSIER SCHOOLBOY, THE. By Edward Eggleston.
A story of school life in Indiana fifty years ago.
INDIAN BOYHOOD. By Charles A. Eastman.
In this book the author, who is a Sioux Indian, describes his own boyhood.
JACK COLLERTON’S ENGINE. By Hollis Godfrey.
An exciting airship story for boys.
KIDNAPPED CAMPERS, THE. By Flavia A. Canfield.
A good, wholesome story of outdoor life.
KINGSFORD, QUARTER. By Ralph Henry Barbour.
Particularly a football story. The boys of Riverport study and have lots of fun, but football practice, football business, and football games are the important things.
KNIGHT OF THE WHITE CROSS, A. By G. A. Henty.
A tale of the War of the Roses, and of the siege of Rhodes.
“LAKERIM” SERIES, THE. By Rupert Hughes.
LAKERIM ATHLETIC CLUB, THE.
DOZEN FROM LAKERIM, THE.
LAKERIM CRUISE, THE.
The Lakerim Athletic Club was composed of twelve fun and sport-loving boys who played football, baseball, tennis, and golf; who skated, coasted, canoed, and indulged in outdoor fun generally.
LIGHT HORSE HARRY’S LEGION. By Everett T. Tomlinson.
A story of adventure, involving fights with marauding Tories on the Jersey Pine Barrens, and exciting experiences in carrying a letter from General Washington to General Greene, and at the battle of Eutaw Springs.
LITTLE CITIZEN, A. By Mary E. Waller.
The story of a New York newsboy who met with an accident. He was given a home by a good-hearted Vermont farmer, and became a very useful little citizen.
LONE PATROL, THE. By John Finnemore.
A story of boy scouts in Queensland.
LOST IN THE JUNGLE. By Paul B. du Chaillu.
Hunting trips and adventures in equatorial Africa.
MARTIN HYDE, THE DUKE’S MESSENGER. By John Masefield.
An adventure story of an English boy’s service for the Duke of Monmouth, at the close of the seventeenth century.
MASTER OF THE STRONG HEARTS. By Eldredge S. Brooks.
Tells about Custer’s last fight with Sitting Bull.
MASTER SKYLARK. By John Bennett.
An excellent story of the times of Shakespeare. He and Queen Elizabeth are characters in the book.
“MATE” SERIES, THE. By Kirk Munroe.
CANOEMATES.
A story of the Florida reefs and everglades. The travels of two boys from Key West, along the reefs to the mainland, and through the everglades.
CAMPMATES.
A story of the plains. A boy’s adventures with an engineering party in the West.
DORYMATES.
A tale of the fishing banks off Newfoundland. Gives a graphic description of the dangers and hardships of deep-sea fishermen.
RAFTMATES.
A story of the Mississippi. Tells of an adventurous voyage down the Mississippi, from Minnesota to Louisiana.
MEN OF IRON. By Howard Pyle.
A stirring tale of the time of Henry IV of England.
NEW BOY, THE. By Arthur Stanwood Pier.
A St. Timothy’s school story, telling how a young Westerner made his way with the other boys and with his teachers.
ON THE SCHOOL TEAM. By John Prescott Earl.
A preparatory-school story dealing with football, track athletics, and wholesome, boyish fun.
PACIFIC COAST SERIES, THE. By Kirk Munroe.
FUR SEAL’S TOOTH, THE.
A story of adventure in Alaska.
SNOWSHOES AND SLEDGES.
A sequel to “The Fur Seal’s Tooth.” More adventures in Alaska.
RICK DALE.
A story of the northwest coast. Adventures among smugglers and in logging camps.
PAINTED DESERT, THE.
A story of Northern Arizona. A tale of adventure encountered in search of a diamond-mine in the desert of Arizona.
PINKEY PERKINS, JUST A BOY. By Harold Hammond.
The adventures of a mischievous American boy, who is full of fun.
PRINCE AND PAGE. By Charlotte M. Yonge.
A tale of the last Crusade.
PRINCE AND THE PAUPER, THE. By Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain).
Through a misadventure a boy, afterwards Edward VI, king of England, changes places with a street waif.
RED MUSTANG, THE. By William O. Stoddard.
A story of the Mexican border, which pictures adventures with the Apache Indians.
ROBIN HOOD, MERRY ADVENTURES OF. By Howard Pyle.
An especially good rendition of this romantic tale.
ROBINSON CRUSOE. By Daniel Defoe.
One of the great classics for young people. The usual edition contains the first part only. Houghton Mifflin Co. issue a more complete book in two volumes. Two of the best editions for boys are those published by Harper & Bros. and E. P. Dutton Co. The Cassell Co. and the Bohn Library editions are complete.
ROLF IN THE WOODS. By Ernest Thompson Seton.
Rolf Kittering lived with an uncle whose treatment of him was so brutal that finally he escaped and sought refuge at the camp of a chance friend, old Quonab, the Indian. His education in woodcraft then became a matter of existence, and under Quonab’s tutelage Rolf became familiar with the intimate life of the wild creatures of the great North woods. An exciting part of the story is where Rolf puts his knowledge into practice as a daring scout during the War of 1812.
ROUT OF THE FOREIGNER, THE. By Gulielma Zollinger.
An historical story of England in the early part of the reign of Henry III. The events include the siege of the Castle of Bedford.
SCHOOL TEAM IN CAMP, THE. By John Prescott Earl.
A companion to “On the School Team.” In this volume the companions, who are members of the football team, are camping with their friends in Maine.
SIGNAL BOYS, THE. By George Cary Eggleston.
A story of the War of 1812. Follows “Captain Sam.”
ST. BARTHOLOMEW’S EVE. By G. A. Henty.
A tale of the Huguenot wars.
STEPHEN. By Eva A. Madden.
A story of the historical Children’s Crusade.
STORIES OF THE GORILLA COUNTRY. By Paul B. du Chaillu.
Adventures on the West Coast of Africa.
STORY OF A BAD BOY, THE. By Thomas Bailey Aldrich.
Supposedly the story of the author’s own boyhood days.
STORY OF VITEAU, THE. By Frank R. Stockton.
A story of adventure in France in the days of chivalry.
THREE COLONIAL BOYS. By Everett T. Tomlinson.
A story of the times of ’76. Vol. I of the “War of the Revolution” Series.
THREE YOUNG CONTINENTALS. By Everett T. Tomlinson.
About the boys who served in the Continental army. Vol. II of the “War of the Revolution” Series.
TOM BROWN’S SCHOOL DAYS. By Thomas Hughes.
A splendid picture of school life at Rugby during the head-mastership of the famous Dr. Arnold.
TWO BOYS IN THE TROPICS. By Eliza H. Figyelmessy.
A narrative of equatorial South America. It gives glimpses of the curious birds and beasts of the region and of the little-known people and their strange manners.
TWO YOUNG PATRIOTS. By Everett T. Tomlinson.
A story of Burgoyne’s invasion. Vol. IV of the “War of the Revolution” Series.
WASHINGTON’S YOUNG AIDS. By Everett T. Tomlinson.
A story of the New Jersey campaign in 1776–1777. Vol. III of the “War of the Revolution” Series.
WIDOW O’CALLAGHAN’S BOYS, THE. By Gulielma Zollinger.
The brave struggle for a livelihood of an Irish widow and her seven sons.
WINNING HIS “Y.” By Ralph Henry Barbour.
A Yardley Hall story. Friends of “Double Play” and “Forward Pass” are introduced at the “trying out” for a cross-country team. The story moves rapidly with their doings through the autumn and winter terms.
WITH CLIVE IN INDIA. By G. A. Henty.
Tells of the founding of the British Empire in the east.
WITH CROCKETT AND BOWIE; OR, FIGHTING FOR THE LONE STAR FLAG. By Kirk Munroe.
A tale of Texas.
WON BY THE SWORD. By G. A. Henty.
A story of the Thirty-years’ War.
YOUNG CARTHAGINIAN, THE. By G. A. Henty.
A tale of the Second Punic War.
YOUNG CONTINENTALS AT BUNKER HILL, THE. By John T. McIntyre.
Follows “The Young Continentals at Lexington.” There are four young patriots, one of whom brings valuable information to his leaders at great risk. The boys are in the battle of Bunker Hill, and also help Knox to bring from Ticonderoga the big guns that Washington needs.
YOUNG CONTINENTALS AT LEXINGTON, THE. By John T. McIntyre.
The hero of the story discovers a plot to seize General Washington, and is very useful to General Warren and other leaders. The climax of the story is at Lexington.
“THE YOUNG KENTUCKIANS” SERIES. By Byron A. Dunn.
5 vols. Titles:—
GENERAL NELSON’S SCOUT.
ON GENERAL THOMAS’S STAFF.
BATTLING FOR ATLANTA.
FROM ATLANTA TO THE SEA.
RAIDING WITH MORGAN.
These books tell in an interesting and captivating manner the story of the Civil War from start to finish. The first four volumes deal with the war from the Northern standpoint, and the fifth volume, “Raiding with Morgan,” gives the Southern point of view.
_For Boys Fourteen to Sixteen_
ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER, THE. By Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain).
Boy life in Missouri sixty years ago.
ANNAPOLIS SERIES, THE. By E. L. Beach.
1. ANNAPOLIS PLEBE, AN.
Robert Drake, the hero, spends his first year at the United States Naval Academy.
2. ANNAPOLIS YOUNGSTER, AN.
Cadet Robert Drake’s second year at Annapolis. Includes an exciting cruise on a battleship.
3. ANNAPOLIS SECOND CLASSMAN, AN.
In his third year, Robert Drake discovers a plot against the United States Government, and helps to check it.
4. ANNAPOLIS FIRST CLASSMAN, AN.
This concludes the hero’s course at the Naval Academy, from which he graduates with honor.
An excellent series, written by a Lieutenant-Commander in the United States Navy.
AROUND THE WORLD WITH THE BATTLESHIPS. By Roman J. Miller.
The author, an enlisted man in the United States Navy, accompanied the battleship fleet on its remarkable voyage around the world, and this book is the result of his personal observations. Contains illustrations from photographs.
BAR B BOYS. By Edwin L. Sabin.
A good, wholesome story of cowboy life.
BEHIND THE LINE. By Ralph Henry Barbour.
A story of New England college life. The first chapter takes the reader right into the midst of a big football game. There is another game later in the story in which the hero is hurt but manages to save the day at the last moment.
BISHOP’S SHADOW, THE. By I. T. Thurston.
A story about Bishop Phillips Brooks and a little street gamin of Boston. One Sunday the boy heard him preach, and from that time on the Bishop was the great influence in his life.
BLACK ARROW, THE. By Robert Louis Stevenson.
A story of the Wars of the Roses (England).
BOOTS AND SADDLES. By Elizabeth Bacon Custer.
Tells about the life in the U. S. Army, and describes many fights with the Indians.
BOY LIFE ON THE PRAIRIE. By Hamlin Garland.
Describes graphically the life of a boy on the prairie of the Middle West.
BOY WANTED. By Nixon Waterman.
A book of bright, cheerful and inspiring counsel that boys read with pleasure. It is also of interest to their parents and teachers.
BOY WITH THE U. S. FORESTERS, THE. By Francis Rolt-Wheeler.
A story full of information and adventure, dealing, in an interesting manner, with a department of public work much in the public eye. It tells of the prevention and fighting of forest fires, of the regulation of the grazing of cattle and sheep, the preservation and disposition of lumber, the ardor of the pursuit of big game, and the responsible life of the individual forester.
BOY WITH THE U. S. SURVEY, THE. By Francis Rolt-Wheeler.
This story describes the adventures of members of the U. S. Geological Survey, woven into a narrative that both pleases and instructs. It will show the boys something of the resources and energies of their country and the needs of conservation.
CADET DAYS. By Charles King.
Follows the career of a Western boy at West Point, describing customs and ideals at the military school.
CAPTAIN OF THE CREW, THE. By Ralph Henry Barbour.
A school story with good character sketch. Follows “For the Honor of the School.”
CAPTAIN PHIL. By M. M. Thomas.
A boy’s experiences in the Western army during the Civil War. Almost every incident of this story is a real experience.
CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS. By Rudyard Kipling.
The story of a boy who fell overboard from an Atlantic liner and was rescued by the crew of a fishing schooner. His experiences changed him from a spoiled boy to a manly one.
CATTLE RANCH TO COLLEGE. By Russell Doubleday.
A true story of life in the cattle country of Dakota.
CHRONICLES OF AESCENDUNE, THE. By A. D. Crake.
1. EDWY THE FAIR; OR, THE FIRST CHRONICLE OF AESCENDUNE.
A tale of the days of Saint Dunstan.
2. ALFGAR THE DANE; OR, THE SECOND CHRONICLE OF AESCENDUNE.
A tale of the Days of Edmund Ironside.
3. RIVAL HEIRS, THE; OR, THE THIRD AND LAST CHRONICLE OF AESCENDUNE.
A tale of the Norman Conquest.
A very excellent series of books dealing with the history of England under the Saxon kings. The struggle between the English and the Danish invaders—a struggle intensified by religious bitterness, and by the sanguinary nature of the Danish creed—is graphically pictured. And after the Danish and the English elements were consolidated, and the Danes converted to Christianity, there came another alloy of foreign blood through the Norman Conquest, the period which completes these chronicles.
COMRADES OF THE TRAILS. By G. E. Theodore Roberts.
The story of a courageous English lad, Dick Ramsey, who, after the death of his father, crosses the seas and takes up the life of a hunter and trapper in the Canadian forests. There he has many adventures and hairbreadth escapes.
CRUISE OF THE CACHELOT. By Frank T. Bullen.
Tells about deep-sea wonders and mystery. Pictures remarkably the business of whale-fishing.
DICK IN THE EVERGLADES. By A. W. Dimock.
A tale of the adventures of two boys hunting and exploring in the Everglades.
DICK AMONG THE LUMBER-JACKS. By A. W. Dimock.
A companion to “Dick in the Everglades.” The same boys go to the wilds of Canada, where they join a surveyor’s party and have many adventures, hunting, logging, etc.
EAGLE BADGE; OR, THE SKOKUMS OF THE ALLAGASH. By Holman Francis Day.
A story of the Maine lumber regions. Gives the adventures of an honest, manly boy who helps bring to justice a gang of counterfeiters.
FIGHTING WITH FREMONT. By Everett McNeil.
The story of how California was won for the Union by the hardy frontiersmen of 1846.
FINN THE WOLFHOUND. By A. J. Dawson.
The adventurous life story of an Irish wolfhound, both in England and in the antipodes, where he lived and fought valiantly among the creatures of the wild, whom he forced to regard him as leader. A dog story of much merit.
FIRST ACROSS THE CONTINENT. By Noah Brooks.
The story of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
FOREST RUNNERS, THE. By Joseph A. Altsheler.
A story of the great war trail in early Kentucky.
GLENGARRY SCHOOL DAYS. By Charles William Gordon (Ralph Connor).
A story of country life in a backwoods school in Canada.
GREAT AEROPLANE, THE. By F. S. Brereton.
A tale of adventure in mid-air. The _Essex Ghost_ is a flying vessel of huge proportions, and exciting incidents follow one another swiftly.
HEAD COACH, THE. By Ralph D. Paine.
A book for the football enthusiast. With many exciting incidents, the story tells how the coach won out.
HECTOR, MY DOG; HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY. By Egerton R. Young.
Hector, the dog, is the supposed narrator. The scene is the Northland, and the studies in dog nature are very interesting. He tells of his race with the gray wolf, and of his trials in a land where all wood and hay were dragged home by the dogs.
HORSEMEN OF THE PLAINS, THE. By Joseph A. Altsheler.
A story of hunting and exploring in the years when the Rocky Mountains were the Far West, and the regions around a battleground between red and white men.
HUCKLEBERRY FINN. By Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain).
A good companion book to “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.”
HUGH GWYETH; A ROUNDHEAD CAVALIER. By Beulah Marie Dix.
The story of a plucky English boy who fought for the king in the great civil war.
IN LINCOLN GREEN. By Edward Gilliat.
A story of Robin Hood.
IN TEXAS WITH DAVY CROCKETT. By Everett McNeil.
A story of the Texas War of Independence.
IVANHOE. By Sir Walter Scott.
Portrays the time of the Saxons and Normans in England during the reign of Richard I.
“JACK” SERIES, THE. By George Bird Grinnell.
JACK, THE YOUNG RANCHMAN.
A boy’s adventures in the Rockies.
JACK AMONG THE INDIANS.
Follows “Jack, the Young Ranchman.”
JACK IN THE ROCKIES.
Adventures with a pack train in Yellowstone Park. Follows “Jack Among the Indians.”
JACK, THE YOUNG CANOEMAN.
The story of a canoe trip along the coast of British Columbia.
JACK, THE YOUNG EXPLORER.
A story of life among the Blackfoot Indians.
JACK, THE YOUNG TRAPPER.
Tells of fur hunting in the Rocky Mountains.
JACK BALLISTER’S FORTUNES. By Howard Pyle.
The adventures of a boy who was kidnapped and sent to the Virginia plantations. The noted pirate Blackbeard is a prominent character in the story.
JEB HUTTON. By James B. Connolly.
The story of a Georgia boy employed on a government dredge. A fine character delineation.
JUNIOR IN THE LINE, A. By T. Truxton Hare.
A companion to “A Sophomore Half-Back.” Bob Walters, in his Junior year at college, succeeds by sheer force of character and common sense.
LAND OF THE LONG NIGHT, THE. By Paul B. du Chaillu.
The story of a winter journey by reindeer sledge and skis to Northern Scandinavia.
LEATHERSTOCKING TALES, THE. By James Fenimore Cooper.
1. DEERSLAYER, THE.
A tale of warfare between the white settlers in New York and the Iroquois Indians.
2. LAST OF THE MOHICANS, THE.
A splendid Indian story. Depicts the life of the frontiersman at the time of the French and Indian War.
3. PATHFINDER, THE.
A story of the French and Indian War. The scene is the vicinity of Lake Ontario.
4. PIONEERS, THE.
A story of pioneer life on the banks of Lake Otsego.
5. PRAIRIE, THE.
Shows Leatherstocking, in his old age, living on the Western prairies.
LITTLE KING, THE. By Charles Major.
An attractive study of the childhood of Louis XIV. The author has woven a story of much interest around his early life, with its many adventures. Many powerful historical characters figure in the narrative.
LONG TRAIL, THE. By Hamlin Garland.
The adventures of a boy who went to the Klondike in 1898.
LOYAL TRAITOR, A. By James Barnes.
A story of the War of 1812. The adventures of a boy who ships on a privateer at the beginning of the war.
MAKING THE FRESHMAN TEAM. By T. Truxton Hare.
College athletics form the chief theme of the story. There are interesting descriptions of training, track meets, football games, etc.
MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY, THE. By Edward Everett Hale.