The Young Scout:  The Story of a West Point Lieutenant.  By EDWARD S. ELLIS. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.

The crafty Apache chief Geronimo but a few years ago was the most terrible scourge of the southwest border.  The author has woven, in a tale of thrilling interest, all the incidents of Geronimo’s last raid.  The hero is Lieutenant James Decker, a recent graduate of West Point.  Ambitious to distinguish himself the young man takes many a desperate chance against the enemy and on more than one occasion narrowly escapes with his life.  In our opinion Mr. Ellis is the best writer of Indian stories now before the public.

Adrift in the Wilds:  The Adventures of Two Shipwrecked Boys.  By EDWARD S. ELLIS. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.

Elwood Brandon and Howard Lawrence are en route for San Francisco.  Off the coast of California the steamer takes fire.  The two boys reach the shore with several of the passengers.  Young Brandon becomes separated from his party and is captured by hostile Indians, but is afterwards rescued.  This is a very entertaining narrative of Southern California.

A Young Hero; or, Fighting to Win.  By EDWARD S. ELLIS. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.

This story tells how a valuable solid silver service was stolen from the Misses Perkinpine, two very old and simple minded ladies.  Fred Sheldon, the hero of this story, undertakes to discover the thieves and have them arrested.  After much time spent in detective work, he succeeds in discovering the silver plate and winning the reward.  The story is told in Mr. Ellis’ most fascinating style.  Every boy will be glad to read this delightful book.

Lost in the Rockies.  A Story of Adventure in the Rocky Mountains.  By EDWARD S. ELLIS. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.

Incident succeeds incident, and adventure is piled upon adventure, and at the end the reader, be he boy or man, will have experienced breathless enjoyment in this romantic story describing many adventures in the Rockies and among the Indians.

A Jaunt Through Java:  The Story of a Journey to the Sacred Mountain.  By EDWARD S. ELLIS. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.

The interest of this story is found in the thrilling adventures of two cousins, Hermon and Eustace Hadley, on their trip across the island of Java, from Samarang to the Sacred Mountain.  In a land where the Royal Bengal tiger, the rhinoceros, and other fierce beasts are to be met with, it is but natural that the heroes of this book should have a lively experience.  There is not a dull page in the book.

The Boy Patriot.  A Story of Jack, the Young Friend of Washington.  By EDWARD S. ELLIS. 12mo, cloth, olivine edges, illustrated, price $1.50.

“There are adventures of all kinds for the hero and his friends, whose pluck and ingenuity in extricating themselves from awkward fixes are always equal to the occasion.  It is an excellent story full of honest, manly, patriotic efforts on the part of the hero.  A very vivid description of the battle of Trenton is also found in this story.”—­Journal of Education.