THE MEDAL LIBRARY.
Oliver Optic and Others. The Right Books at the Right Price.
There is a line of classics for youth—the books your fathers read—the books you want to read—the books the boys and girls will read and like as long as the English language endures. They have done more to shape the mind of American boys for the last fifty years than any others. We refer to the writings of Oliver Optic, Horatio Alger, Edward S. Ellis, Lieut. Lounsberry, James Otis, William Murray Graydon, etc. These names are familiar wherever the American flag floats.
Unfortunately, they have heretofore been procurable only in expensive binding at from $1.00 to $1.50 each. The average boy has not got $1.50 to invest. Ten cents is nearer the price. We have made the ten cent book the leader with the elder readers. Now we are going to do the same thing for the boys, and give them their favorites in a form in every respect equal to our well-known Eagle and Magnet Libraries, at the uniform price of ten cents. Thousands of boys have asked us to issue this line. Thousands more are ready to buy it on sight. There is no line like it in the world. We can justly call it the Medal series, as every book will be a prize winner. It will contain no story that the boys have not approved as a "standard." They have bought them by the thousands at $1.00 and upwards, and now they can get them for TEN CENTS A COPY.[Pg 69]
| 63 | In the Sunk Lands | Walter F. Burns |
| 62 | How He Won | Brooks McCormick |
| 61 | The Erie Train Boy | Horatio Alger, Jr. |
| 60 | The Mountain Cave | George H. Coomer |
| 59 | The Rajah’s Fortress | William Murray Graydon |
| 58 | Gilbert, the Trapper | Capt. C. B. Ashley |
| 57 | The Gold of Flat Top Mountain | Frank H. Converse |
| 56 | Nature’s Young Noblemen | Brooks McCormick |
| 55 | A Voyage to the Gold Coast | Frank H. Converse |
| 54 | Joe Nichols; or, Difficulties Overcome | Alfred Oldfellow |
| 53 | The adventures of a New York Telegraph Boy | Arthur Lee Putnam |
| 52 | From Farm Boy to Senator | Horatio Alger, Jr. |
| 51 | Tom Tracy | Arthur Lee Putnam |
| 50 | Dean Dunham | Horatio Alger, Jr. |
| 49 | The Mystery of a Diamond | Frank H. Converse |
| 48 | Luke Bennett’s Hide-Out | Capt. C. B. Ashley, U. S. Scout |
| 47 | Eric Dane | Matthew White, Jr. |
| 46 | Poor and Proud | Oliver Optic |
| 45 | Jack Wheeler: A Western Story | Captain David Southwick |
| 44 | The Golden Magnet | George Manville Fenn |
| 43 | In Southern Seas | Frank H. Converse |
| 42 | The Young Acrobat | Horatio Alger, Jr. |
| 41 | Check 2134 | Edward S. Ellis |
| 40 | Canoe and Campfire | St. George Rathborne |
| 39 | With Boer and Britisher in the Transvaal | William Murray Graydon |
| 38 | Gay Dashleigh’s Academy Days | Arthur Sewall |
| 37 | Commodore Junk | George Manville Fenn |
| 36 | In Barracks and Wigwam | William Murray Graydon |
| 35 | In the Reign of Terror | G. A. Henty |
| 34 | The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green | Cuthbert Bede, B. A. |
| 33 | Jud and Joe, Printers and Publishers | Gilbert Patten |
| 32 | The Curse of Carnes’ Hold | G. A. Henty |
| 31 | The Cruise of the Snow Bird | Gordon Stables |
| 30 | Peter Simple | Captain Marryat |
| 29 | True to the Old Flag | G. A. Henty |
| 28 | The Boy Boomers | Gilbert Patten |
| 27 | Centre-Board Jim | Lieut. Lionel Lounsberry |
| 26 | The Cryptogram | William Murray Graydon |
| 25 | Through the Fray | G. A. Henty |
| 24 | The Boy from the West | Gilbert Patten |
| 23 | The Dragon and the Raven | G. A. Henty |
| 22 | From Lake to Wilderness | William Murray Graydon |
| 21 | Won at West Point | Lieut. Lionel Lounsberry |
| 20 | Wheeling for Fortune | James Otis |
| 19 | Jack Archer | G. A. Henty |
| 18 | The Silver Ship | Leon Lewis |
| 17 | Ensign Merrill | Lieut. Lionel Lounsberry |
| 16 | The White King of Africa | William Murray Graydon |
| 15 | Midshipman Merrill | Lieut. Lionel Lounsberry |
| 14 | The Young Colonists: A Story of Life and War in Africa | G. A. Henty |
| 13 | Up the Ladder | Lieut. Murray |
| 12 | Don Kirk’s Mine | Gilbert Patten |
| 11 | From Tent to White House (Boyhood and Life of President McKinley) | Edward S. Ellis |
| 10 | Don Kirk, the Boy Cattle King | Gilbert Patten |
| 9 | Try Again | Oliver Optic |
| 8 | Kit Carey’s Protege | Lieut. Lionel Lounsberry |
| 7 | Chased Through Norway | James Otis |
| 6 | Captain Carey of the Gallant Seventh | Lieut. Lionel Lounsberry |
| 5 | Now or Never | Oliver Optic |
| 4 | Lieutenant Carey’s Luck | Lieut. Lionel Lounsberry |
| 3 | All Aboard | Oliver Optic |
| 2 | Cadet Kit Carey | Lieut. Lionel Lounsberry |
| 1 | The Boat Club | Oliver Optic |
OTHERS EQUALLY GOOD TO FOLLOW.
Order them at once. If you cannot get them send to us. Remember these are 12mo books, printed from new plates, with elegant covers, and are the "real thing" and only TEN CENTS A COPY.[Pg 72]
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