The story abounds with pictures of Colonial life skillfully drawn, and the glimpses of Washington's soldiers which are given shown that the work has not been hastily done, or without considerable study.
The story is wholesome and patriotic in tone, as are all of Mr.Otis' works.
With Lafayette at Yorktown: A Story of How Two Boys Joined the Continental Army.

By JAMES OTIS.

12mo, ornamental cloth, olivine edges, illustrated, price $1.50.
Two lads from Portmouth, N.H., attempt to enlist in the Colonial Army, and are given employment as spies.

There is no lack of exciting incidents which the youthful reader craves, but it is healthful excitement brimming with facts which every boy should be familiar with, and while the reader is following the adventures of Ben Jaffrays and Ned Allen he is acquiring a fund of historical lore which will remain in his memory long after that which he has memorized from textbooks has been forgotten.
At the Siege of Havana.

Being the Experiences of Three Boys Serving under Israel Putnam in 1762.