The Boy Cruisers; or, Paddling in Florida.  By ST. GEORGE RATHBORNE. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00

Andrew George and Rowland Carter start on a canoe trip along the Gulf coast, from Key West to Tampa, Florida.  Their first adventure is with a pair of rascals who steal their boats.  Next they run into a gale in the Gulf.  After that they have a lively time with alligators and Andrew gets into trouble with a band of Seminole Indians.  Mr. Rathborne knows just how to interest the boys, and lads who are in search of a rare treat will do well to read this entertaining story.

Captured by Zulus:  A Story of Trapping in Africa.  By HARRY PRENTICE. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.

This story details the adventures of two lads, Dick Elsworth and Bob Harvey, in the wilds of South Africa.  By stratagem the Zulus capture Dick and Bob and take them to their principal kraal or village.  The lads escape death by digging their way out of the prison hut by night.  They are pursued, but the Zulus finally give up pursuit.  Mr. Prentice tells exactly how wild-beast collectors secure specimens on their native stamping grounds, and these descriptions make very entertaining reading.

Tom the Ready; or, Up from the Lowest.  By RANDOLPH HILL. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.

This is a dramatic narrative of the unaided rise of a fearless, ambitious boy from the lowest round of fortune’s ladder to wealth and the governorship of his native State.  Tom Seacomb begins life with a purpose, and eventually overcomes those who oppose him.  How he manages to win the battle is told by Mr. Hill in a masterful way that thrills the reader and holds his attention and sympathy to the end.

Captain Kidd’s Gold:  The True Story of an Adventurous Sailor Boy.  By JAMES FRANKLIN FITTS. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.

There is something fascinating to the average youth in the very idea of buried treasure.  A vision arises before his eyes of swarthy Portuguese and Spanish rascals, with black beards and gleaming eyes.  There were many famous sea rovers, but none more celebrated than Capt.  Kidd.  Paul Jones Garry inherits a document which locates a considerable treasure buried by two of Kidd’s crew.  The hero of this book is an ambitious, persevering lad, of salt-water New England ancestry, and his efforts to reach the island and secure the money form one of the most absorbing tales for our youth that has come from the press.

The Boy Explorers:  The Adventures of Two Boys in Alaska.  By HARRY PRENTICE. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.

Two boys, Raymond and Spencer Manning, travel to Alaska to join their father in search of their uncle.  On their arrival at Sitka the boys with an Indian guide set off across the mountains.  The trip is fraught with perils that test the lads’ courage to the utmost.  All through their exciting adventures the lads demonstrate what can be accomplished by pluck and resolution, and their experience makes one of the most interesting tales ever written.