THOMAS R. KNOX & CO.,

in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.


New York, January 1st, 1869.

Messrs. Fields, Osgood & Co.:—

I accept the terms offered, and hereby concede to you the exclusive right of publication, in the United States, of all my juvenile Tales of Adventure, known as Boys’ Novels.

MAYNE REID.

TROW’S

PRINTING AND BOOKBINDING COMPANY,

NEW YORK.