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NEW ALGER BOOKS

• JOE, THE HOTEL BOY
  Or, Winning Out by Pluck
  BY HORATIO ALGER, JR.
  Illustrated, 12mo. Cloth, 60 cents
  THIS is one of the last stories penned by that prince of all juvenile writers, Horatio Alger, Jr., and is one of his best. It describes the adventures of a youth brought up in the country by an old hermit. When the hermit dies the boy obtains work at a nearby hotel and later on drifts to the city and obtains a position in another hotel. There is a mystery concerning the lad's identity and likewise the disappearance of a certain blue box, but in the end all terminates satisfactorily.

• BEN LOGAN'S TRIUMPH
  Or, The Boys of Boxwood Academy
  BY HORATIO ALGER, JR.
  Illustrated, 12mo. Cloth, 60 cents
  THIS story was penned by Mr. Alger some NEW story was penned by Mr. Alger years before his death but has never appeared in book form. Ben was a city newsboy, rather rough but with a heart of gold. He did a great service for a good-hearted farmer and the latter took Ben home with him. The lad had never been in the country before, and his eyes were opened to a new world. Then the youth was sent to a boarding school where he made his way to the front amid many difficulties Mr. Alger's charm as a juvenile writer is so well known it is needless to mention it here, and this story is in his best vein.

THE JACK RANGER SERIES
BY CLARENCE YOUNG
AUTHOR OF THE MOTOR BOYS SERIES

• JACK RANGER'S SCHOOL DAYS
  Or, the Rivals of Washington Hall
  Cloth, beautifully decorated. Illustrated, $1.00
  YOU will love Jack Ranger—you simply can't help it. He is so bright and cheery, and so real and life like. A typical boarding school tale without a dull line in it.

• JACK RANGER'S SCHOOL VICTORIES
  Or, Track, Gridiron and Diamond
  Cloth. Illustrated, $1.00
  IN this tale Jack gets back to Washington Hall and goes in for all sorts of school games. There are numerous contests on the athletic field, and also a great baseball game and a football game, all dear to a boy's heart. The rivalry is bitter at times and enemies try to put Jack "in a hole'' more than once. But Jack knows how to take care of himself, and all ends well. As a picture of boarding school life this is one of the best.

• JACK RANGER'S WESTERN TRIP
  Or, from Boarding School to Ranch and Range
  Cloth. Illustrated, $1.00
  THIS second volume of the "Jack Ranger Series'' takes the hero and several of his chums to the great West. Jack is anxious to clear up the mystery surrounding his father's disappearance. Before leaving the school he has several amusing adventures, and while at the ranch and on the range more adventures of the strenuous sort befall him. Jack is a jolly, lovable fellow as of old, and all boys will warm to him from the first chapter.

THE DOROTHY DALE SERIES
BY MARGARET PENROSE
Cloth, Decorated Cover. Illustrated, 60 cents

• DOROTHY DALE: A GIRL OF TO-DAY
  DOROTHY is the daughter of an old Civil War Veteran who is running a weekly newspaper in a small eastern town. When her father falls sick and the newspaper property is in danger of going to pieces the girl shows what she can do to support the family. She also aids the temperance movement in the town and helps to solve the mystery surrounding the daughter of a wealthy drunkard who had died. Any girl who reads this book will want to know more about Dorothy Dale at once.

• DOROTHY DALE AT GLENWOOD SCHOOL
  MORE prosperous times have come to the Dale family and Major Dale resolves to send Dorothy to a boarding school to complete her education. At Glenwood School the girl makes a host of friends and has many good times. But some girls are jealous of Dorothy's popularity, and they seek to get her into trouble in more ways than one. A girl's book with not a dull page in it.

BOYS OF BUSINESS SERIES
BY ALLEN CHAPMAN
ALLEN CHAPMAN is already favorably known to young people, and they are bound to hail this new series by him with immense satisfaction. These stories make the best of reading for boys getting ready to enter business.

• THE YOUNG EXPRESS AGENT
  Or Bart Stirling's Road to Success
  Illustrated. 12mo.
  Cloth. 60 cents
  BART'S father was the express agent in a country town. When an Explosion of fireworks rendered him unfit for work, the boy took it upon himself to run the express office. The tale gives a good idea of the express business in general.

• TWO BOY PUBLISHERS
  Or From Typecase to Editor's Chair
  Illustrated, 12mo.
  Cloth, 60 cents
  THIS tale will appeal strongly to all lads who wish to know how a newspaper is printed and published. The two boy publishers work their way up step by step, from a tiny printing office to the ownership of a town paper.

• MAIL ORDER FRANK
  Or A Smart Boy and His Chances
  Illustrated, 12mo.
  Cloth, 60 cents
  HERE we have a story covering an absolutely new field—that of the mail-order business. How Frank started in a small way and gradually worked his way up to a business figure of considerable importance is told in a fascinating manner.

THE MOTOR BOYS SERIES
BY CLARENCE YOUNG
IN "The Motor Boys Series'' Mr. Clarence Young has, at a single bound, placed himself in the front rank of writers for boys and young men. This line of stories is clean, bright, up-to-date, and full of adventure.
Each volume handsomely illustrated bound in cloth, stamped in colors Price per volume, 60c.

• THE MOTOR BOYS
  Or Chums Through Thick and Thin
  IN this volume are related how the three boys got together and planned to obtain a touring car and make a trip lasting through the summer.

• THE MOTOR BOYS OVERLAND
  Or A Long Trip for Fun and Fortune
  WITH the money won at the great motor cycle race the three boys purchase their touring car and commence their travels. When in the West they hear of the opening up of a new gold diggings and resolve to visit the locality in their car.

• THE MOTOR BOYS IN MEXICO
  Or The Secret of The Burred City
  FROM our own country the scene is shifted to Mexico, where the motor boys journey in quest of a city said to have been buried centuries ago by an earthquake.

• The MOTOR BOYS ACROSS the PLAINS
  Or The Hermit of Lost Lake
  THIS is the latest volume in this highly successful series and takes the boys through a variety of adventures. How they found Lost Lake, unraveled the mystery surrounding the lonely hermit who dwelt there, and saved their precious gold mine from falling into the hands of a band of sharpers.

THE BOY HUNTERS SERIES

• FOUR BOY HUNTERS
  Or The Outing of The Gun Club
  By CAPTAIN RALPH BONEHILL
  Illustrated. 12mo.
  Cloth, 60 cents
  A FINE, breezy story of the woods and waters, of adventures in search of game, and of great times around the camp-fire, told in Captain Bonehill's best style. In the book are given full directions for camping out, what to take along, how to hunt both big and little game, and the like. It carries with it an outdoor flavor that will prove appetizing to both young and old.

• GUNS AND SNOWSHOES
  Or The Winter Outing of The Young Hunters
  Cloth. 12mo. Illustrated, 60 cents
  A NEW book by Captain Ralph Bonehill is always hailed with delight by those who have good red blood in their veins. In this volume the young hunters leave home for a winter outing on the shores of a small lake. They hunt and trap to their hearts' content and have adventures in plenty, all calculated to make boys "sit up and take notice.'' A good healthy book, one with the odor of the pine forests and the glare of the welcome camp-fire in every chapter.

The Darewell Chums series
BY ALLEN CHAPMAN
Cloth. Beautifully Illustrated, 60 cents each
ALLEN CHAPMAN is already well-known to thousands of boy readers through his "Boys of Business Series'' and numerous other popular works. The lad who reads one volume of this series will surely want them all.

• THE DAREWELL CHUMS
  Or, The Heroes of the School
  A BRIGHT, lively story for boys, telling of the doings of four chums, at school and elsewhere. There is a strong holding plot, and several characters who are highly amusing. Any youth getting this book will consider it a prize and tell all his friends about it.

• THE DAREWELL CHUMS IN THE CITY
  Or, The Disappearance of Ned Wilding
  FROM a country town the scene is changed to a great city. One of the chums has disappeared in an extraordinary manner, and the others institute a hunt for him. The youths befriend a city waif, who in turn makes a revelation which clears up the mystery. A faithful picture of life in a great city to-day.

• The DAREWELL CHUMS IN THE WOODS
  Or, Frank Roscoe's Secret
  THE boys had planned for a grand outing when something happened of which none of them had dreamed. They thought one of their number had done a great wrong —at least, it looked so. But they could not really believe the accusations made so they set to work to help Frank all they could. All went camping some miles from home, and when not hunting and fishing spent their time in learning the truth of what had occurred. A story somewhat out of the ordinary, with a plot calculated to make anybody read on to the end.