WITH PORTER IN THE ESSEX
A STORY OF HIS FAMOUS CRUISE in SOUTHERN WATERS DURING THE WAR OF 1812.
By James Otis.
344 pages. Cloth. 12mo. $1.50.
One of the best books that this favorite writer has ever penned, for it is full of life and vigor.—Inter-Ocean.
It is an ideal boys’ story book and will inspire the youthful reader alike with patriotism and courage.—Library Bulletin.
The book is historically instructive and the story admirably told.—Chicago Evening Post.
Mr. Otis has a style peculiarly interesting to boys, and in this book he is up to his usual mark of excellence both as to accuracy of historical knowledge and fluency of narration.—The Examiner.
The events and issues of the war of 1812 have never received the attention they deserve at the hand of American students of history. This book will help to give life and reality to a subject at once thrilling and memorable in many ways.—The Union.
This story purports to be the personal experience of two boys, who enlist and the early age of fourteen, and who were with the Essex until the time of its capture. The book is sufficiently full of excitement to please boys, and while it pleases them it will also instruct them.—The Intelligencer.
Boston W. A. WILDE COMPANY Chicago
The Treasury Club
A STORY OF THE UNITED STATES TREASURY DEPARTMENT
BY
WILLIAM DRYSDALE
330 pp. Ill. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50
First Volume in the United States Government Series.
This, the first volume in the United States Government Series, blends true information with an interesting story; it teaches and entertains at the same time.—Congregationalist.
It is an intelligently written narrative in story form, and will prove most interesting to all up-to-date young people. The idea of the book is both good in itself and most commendably worked out.—Dial.
“The Treasury Club” is a unique book, full of useful and valuable information. Parents will be glad to be able to get such a book as this to place in the hands of their children.—Boston Journal.
We welcome most heartily this most recent book by Mr. Drysdale. Should the subsequent volumes in this series be as entertaining as is this one, the entire set will be worthy of a high place among young people’s books.—The Standard.
The underlying idea of the United States Government Series, of which this volume is the first, is a most excellent one. It is to give young readers an idea of the practical workings of the various departments of the United States Government, imparting special interest to the descriptions by putting them into story form. This volume, treating as it does of persons who may be seen to-day in and around the Treasury Department, and treating of facts gathered on the ground, is an exceedingly valuable addition to our young people’s literature. Certainly it is a most useful, instructive, and interesting volume.—Boston Transcript.