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.