The story has to do with the early days of the Republic, when the great, wild, unknown West was beset by dangers on every hand, and the Government at Washington was at its wits’ end to provide ways and means to meet the perplexing problems of national existence.

W. A. Wilde & Co., Boston and Chicago.

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THE ORCUTT GIRLS; or, One Term at the Academy. By Charlotte M. Vaile. 316 pp. Cloth, $1.50.

A well-told story of school life which will interest its readers deeply, and hold before them a high standard of living. The heroines are charming girls and their adventures are described in an entertaining way.—Pilgrim Teacher.

Mrs. Vaile gives us a story here which will become famous as a description of a phase of New England educational history which has now become a thing of the past, with an exception here and there.—Boston Transcript.

SUE ORCUTT. A Sequel to “The Orcutt Girls.” By Charlotte M. Vaile. 330 pp. Cloth, $1.50.

It is a charming story from beginning to end and is written in that easy flowing style which characterizes the best stories of our best writers.—Christian Work.