"It is a wholesome book, one tingling with health and activity, endeavor and laudable ambition to excel in more fields than one."
—New York Mail and Express.
The Half-Back.
Illustrated by B. West Clinedinst. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50.
"It is in every sense an out-and-out boys' book, simple and manly in tone, hearty and healthy in its sports, and full of that enthusiasm, life, and fondness for games which characterizes the wide-awake, active schoolboy."
—Boston Herald.
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, NEW YORK.
ILLUSTRATED JUVENILE STORIES.
Jacks of All Trades.
A Story for Girls and Boys. By Katharine N. Birdsall. Illustrated in two colors by Walter Russell, with many text cuts. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50.
Here is a story that shows conclusively that "the child is father of the man." Miss Birdsall has written a book that should be read by every boy and girl who has any ambition or purpose to develop the best that is in them. The author has taken nobility of character as the key-note for a most wholesome and inspiriting story, the plot of which is of absorbing interest.