Down the River; Or, Buck Bradford and His Tyrants by Oliver Optic (children's ebooks free online txt) 📖

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By EDWARD STRATEMEYER,

Author of "The Bound to Succeed Series," "The Ship and Shore Series," etc.

Cloth. Illustrated. Price per volume, $1.25.

UNDER DEWEY AT MANILA Or the War Fortunes of a Castaway.

A YOUNG VOLUNTEER IN CUBA Or Fighting for the Single Star.

FIGHTING IN CUBAN WATERS Or Under Schley on the Brooklyn.

UNDER OTIS IN THE PHILIPPINES Or a Young Officer in the Tropics. (In press.)

"'Under Dewey at Manila' is a thoroughly timely book, in perfect sympathy with the patriotism of the day. Its title is conducive to its perusing, and its reading to anticipation. For the volume is but the first of the Old Glory Series, and the imprint is that of the famed firm of Lee and Shepard, whose name has been for so many years linked with the publications of Oliver Optic. As a matter of fact, the story is right in line with the productions of that gifted and most fascinating of authors, and certainly there is every cause for congratulation that the stirring events of our recent war are not to lose their value for instruction through that valuable school which the late William T. Adams made so individually distinctive.

"Edward Stratemeyer, who is the author of the present work, has proved an extraordinarily apt scholar, and had the book appeared anonymously there could hardly have failed of a unanimous opinion that a miracle had enabled the writer of the famous Army and Navy and other series to resume his pen for the volume in hand. Mr. Stratemeyer has acquired in a wonderfully successful degree the knack of writing an interesting educational story which will appeal to the young people, and the plan of his trio of books as outlined cannot fail to prove both interesting and valuable."—Boston Ideas.

"Stratemeyer's style suits the boys."—John Terhune, Supt. of Public Instruction, Bergen Co., New Jersey.

"'The Young Volunteer in Cuba,' the second of the Old Glory Series, is better than the first; perhaps it traverses more familiar ground. Ben Russell, the brother of Larry, who was 'with Dewey,' enlists with the volunteers and goes to Cuba, where he shares in the abundance of adventure and has a chance to show his courage and honesty and manliness, which win their reward. A good book for boys, giving a good deal of information in a most attractive form." —Universalist Leader.

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By EDWARD STRATEMEYER,

Author of "Under Dewey at Manila," etc.

Three Volumes. Cloth. Illustrated. Price per volume, $1.00.

RICHARD DARE'S VENTURE Or Striking Out for Himself.

OLIVER BRIGHT'S SEARCH Or The Mystery of a Mine.

TO ALASKA FOR GOLD Or The Fortune Hunters of the Yukon.

"In 'Richard Dare's Venture,' Edward Stratemeyer has fully sustained his reputation as an entertaining, helpful, and instructive writer for boys."—Philadelphia Call.

"'Richard Dare's Venture,' by Edward Stratemeyer, tells the story of a country lad who goes to New York to earn enough to support his widowed mother and orphaned sisters. Richard's energy, uprightness of character, and good sense carry him through some trying experiences, and gain him friends."—The Churchman, New York.

"A breezy boy's book is 'Oliver Bright's Search.' The author has a direct, graphic style, and every healthy minded youth will enjoy the volume."—N. Y. Commercial Advertiser.

"'Richard Dare's Venture' is a fresh, wholesome book to put into a boy's hands."—St. Louis Post Dispatch.

"'Richard Dare's Venture' is a wholesome story of a practical boy who made a way for himself when thrown upon his own resources." —Christian Advocate.

"It is such books as 'Richard Dare's Venture' that are calculated to inspire young readers with a determination to succeed in life, and to choose some honorable walk in which to find that success. The author, Edward Stratemeyer, has shown a judgment that is altogether too rare in the makers of books for boys, in that he has avoided that sort of heroics in the picturing of the life of his hero which deals in adventures of the daredevil sort. In that respect alone the book commends itself to the favor of parents who have a regard for the education of their sons, but the story is sufficiently enlivening and often thrilling to satisfy the healthful desires of the young reader."—Kansas City Star.

"Of standard writers of boys' stories there is quite a list, but those who have not read any by Edward Stratemeyer have missed a very goodly thing."—Boston Ideas.

For sale by all booksellers, or will be sent, postpaid, on receipt of price by
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BOSTON.

By EDWARD STRATEMEYER.

Three Volumes. Cloth. Illustrated. Price per volume, $1.00.

THE LAST CRUISE OF THE SPITFIRE Or Luke Foster's Strange Voyage.

REUBEN STONE'S DISCOVERY Or The Young Miller of Torrent Bend.

TRUE TO HIMSELF Or Roger Strong's Struggle for Place. (In press.)

"Mr. Edward Stratemeyer is in danger of becoming very popular among the young people of the country."—Burlington (Iowa) Hawk-eye.

"'The Last Cruise of the Spitfire' is of deep interest to the bounding heart of an enthusiastic boy. The book leaves a good impression on a boy's mind, as it teaches the triumph of noble deeds and true heroism."—Kansas City (Mo.) Times.

"Let us mention in passing two admirable books for boys, 'Reuben Stone's Discovery' and 'Oliver Bright's Search,' by Edward Stratemeyer, with whom we are all acquainted. This last bit of his work is especially good, and the boy who gets one of these volumes will become very popular among his fellows until the book is worn threadbare."—N. Y. Herald.

"A good sea-tale for boys is 'The Last Cruise of the Spitfire,' by Edward Stratemeyer. There is plenty of adventure in it, a shipwreck, a cruise on a raft, and other stirring perils of the deep."—Detroit (Mich.) Journal.

"In a simple, plain, straightforward manner, Mr. Edward Stratemeyer endeavors to show his boy readers what persistency, honesty, and willingness to work have accomplished for his young hero, and his moral is evident. Mr. Stratemeyer is very earnest and sincere in his portraiture of young character beginning to shape itself to weather against the future. A book of this sort is calculated to interest boys, to feed their ambition with hope, and to indicate how they must fortify themselves against the wiles of vice." —Boston Herald.

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The books selected for this series are all thoroughly American, by such favorite American authors of boys' books as Oliver Optic, Elijah Kellogg, Prof. James DeMille, and others, now made for the first time at a largely reduced price, in order to bring them within the reach of all. Each volume complete in itself.

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1. Adrift in the Ice Fields By Capt. Chas. W. Hall 2. All Aboard or Life on the Lake By Oliver Optic 3. Ark of Elm Island By Rev. Elijah Kellogg 4. Arthur Brown the Young Captain By Rev. Elijah Kellogg 5. Boat Club, The, or the Bunkers of Rippleton By Oliver Optic 6. Boy Farmers of Elm Island, The By Rev. Elijah Kellogg 7. Boys of Grand Pré School By Prof. James DeMille 8. "B. O. W. C.", The By Prof. James DeMille 9. Brought to The Front or the Young Defenders By Rev. Elijah Kellogg 10. Burying the Hatchet or the Young Brave of the Delawares By Rev. Elijah Kellogg 11. Cast Away in the Cold By Dr. Isaac I. Hayes 12. Charlie Bell the Waif of Elm Island By Rev. Elijah Kellogg 13. Child of the Island Glen By Rev. Elijah Kellogg 14. Crossing the Quicksands By Samuel W. Cozzens 15. Cruise of the Casco By Rev. Elijah Kellogg 16. Fire in the Woods By Prof. James DeMille 17. Fisher Boys of Pleasant Cove By Rev. Elijah Kellogg 18. Forest Glen or the Mohawk's Friendship By Rev. Elijah Kellogg 19. Good Old Times By Rev. Elijah Kellogg 20. Hardscrabble of Elm Island By Rev. Elijah Kellogg 21. Haste or Waste or the Young Pilot of Lake Champlain By Oliver Optic 22. Hope and Have By Oliver Optic 23. In School and Out or the Conquest of Richard Grant By Oliver Optic 24. John Godsoe's Legacy By Rev. Elijah Kellogg 25. Just His Luck By Oliver Optic 26. Lion Ben of Elm Island By Rev. Elijah Kellogg 27. Little by Little or the Cruise of the Flyaway By Oliver Optic 28. Live Oak Boys or the Adventures of Richard Constable Afloat and Ashore By Rev. Elijah Kellogg 29. Lost in the Fog By Prof. James DeMille 30. Mission of Black Rifle or On the Trail By Rev. Elijah Kellogg 31. Now or Never or the Adventures of Bobby Bright By Oliver Optic 32. Poor and Proud or the Fortunes of Kate Redburn By Oliver Optic 33. Rich and Humble or the Mission of Bertha Grant By Oliver Optic 34. Sophomores of Radcliffe or James Trafton and His Boston Friends By Rev. Elijah Kellogg 35. Sowed by the Wind or the Poor Boy's Fortune By Rev. Elijah Kellogg 36. Spark of Genius or the College Life of James Trafton By Elijah Kellogg 37. Stout Heart or the Student from Over the Sea By Rev. Elijah Kellogg 38. Strong Arm and a Mother's Blessing By Rev. Elijah Kellogg 39. Treasure of the Sea By Prof. James DeMille 40. Try Again or the Trials and Triumphs of Harry West By Oliver Optic 41. Turning of the Tide or Radcliffe Rich and his Patients By Rev. Elijah Kellogg 42. Unseen Hand or James Renfew and His Boy Helpers By Rev. Elijah Kellogg 43. Watch and Wait or the Young Fugitives By Oliver Optic 44. Whispering Pine or the Graduates of Radcliffe By Rev. Elijah Kellogg 45. Winning His Spurs or Henry Morton's First Trial By Rev. Elijah Kellogg 46. Wolf Run or the Boys of the Wilderness By Rev. Elijah Kellogg 47. Work and Win or Noddy Newman on a Cruise By Oliver Optic 48. Young Deliverers of Pleasant Cove By Rev. Elijah Kellogg 49. Young Shipbuilders of Elm Island By Rev. Elijah Kellogg 50. Young Trail Hunters By Samuel