AMERICAN BOYS’ SERIES

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 de Mille, 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.

Uniform Cloth Binding Illustrated New and Attractive Dies Price per volume $1.00

  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 de Mille
  8. “B. O. W. C.” The By Prof. James de Mille
  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 de Mille
  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 de Mille
  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 or 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 de Mille
  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 W. Cozzens

ADDED IN 1900

In 1899 we increased this immensely popular series of choice copyrighted books by representative American writers for the young to fifty titles. In 1900 we added the ten following well-known books, making an important addition to an already strong list:

  1. Field and Forest or The Fortunes of a Farmer By Oliver Optic
  2. Outward Bound or Young America Afloat By Oliver Optic
  3. The Soldier Boy or Tom Somers in the Army By Oliver Optic
  4. The Starry Flag or The Young Fisherman of Cape Ann By Oliver Optic
  5. Through by Daylight or The Young Engineer of the Lake Shore Railroad By Oliver Optic
  6. Cruises with Captain Bob around the Kitchen Fire By B. P. Shillaber (Mrs. Partington)
  7. The Double-Runner Club or The Lively Boys of Rivertown By B. P. Shillaber (Mrs. Partington)
  8. Ike Partington and His Friends or The Humors of a Human Boy By B. P. Shillaber (Mrs. Partington)
  9. Locke Amsden the Schoolmaster By Judge D. P. Thompson
  10. The Rangers By Judge D. P. Thompson

ADDED IN 1901

This year we still further increase this list, which has become standard throughout the country, by adding the ever-popular “Green Mountain Boys” and four volumes of “Oliver Optic,” “All Over the World Library,” especially timely books in view of the present interest in Asiatic matters.

  1. The Green Mountain Boys By Judge D. P. Thompson
  2. A Missing Million or The Adventures of Louis Belgrave By Oliver Optic
  3. A Millionaire at Sixteen or The Cruise of the “Guardian Mother” By Oliver Optic
  4. A Young Knight Errant or Cruising in the West Indies By Oliver Optic
  5. Strange Sights Abroad or Adventures in European Waters By Oliver Optic

Lee and Shepard Publishers Boston

THE LAKE SHORE SERIES.

THROUGH BY DAYLIGHT;
OR,
THE YOUNG ENGINEER
OF THE
LAKE SHORE RAILROAD.

BY

OLIVER OPTIC

Author of “Army and Navy Stories,” “Great Western Series,” “Onward
and Upward Stories,” “Woodville Stories,” Famous “Boat-Club
Series,” “The Starry-Flag Series,” “Young America Abroad,”
“Lake-Shore Series,” “Riverdale Storybook,” “Yacht-Club
Series,” and “The Boat-Builder Series.”

BOSTON

LEE AND SHEPARD, PUBLISHERS

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1869, by

WILLIAM T. ADAMS,

In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court

of the District of Massachusetts.

Copyright, 1897, by Alice Adams Russell.

All Rights Reserved.

Through by Daylight.

TO

My Young Friend,

JAMES ELLIOT BAKER,

This Book

IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED.