OLIVER OPTIC

AUTHOR OF "THE ARMY AND NAVY SERIES" "YOUNG AMERICA ABROAD" "THE
GREAT WESTERN SERIES" "THE WOODVILLE STORIES" "THE STARRY FLAG
SERIES" "THE BOAT-CLUB SERIES" "THE ONWARD AND UPWARD
SERIES" "THE YACHT-CLUB SERIES" "THE LAKE SHORE SERIES"
"THE RIVERDALE STORIES" "THE BOAT-BUILDER SERIES"
"TAKEN BY THE ENEMY" "WITHIN THE ENEMY'S
LINES" "ON THE BLOCKADE" ETC.

BOSTON 1896
LEE AND SHEPARD PUBLISHERS
10 MILK STREET NEXT "THE OLD SOUTH MEETING HOUSE."
Copyright, 1891, by Lee and Shepard.

All rights reserved.
STAND BY THE UNION.
TO
MY TWO YOUNG FRIENDS,
Miss Helen Campbell Smith
AND
Miss Anna Rockwell Smith,
THE DAUGHTERS OF
MY FRIEND MR. GEORGE A. SMITH
OF BOSTON,
This Volume
IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED.