True to the Old Flag A Tale of the Revolution

The Young Colonists A Tale of the Zulu and Boer Wars

The Dragon and the Raven A Tale of King Alfred

The Boy Knight A Tale of the Crusades

Through the Fray A Story of the Luddite Riots

Under Drake's Flag A Tale of the Spanish Main

With Wolfe in Canada The Tale of Winning a Continent

With Clive in India The Beginning of an Empire

With Lee in Virginia A Story of the American Civil War

Young Carthaginian A Story of the Times of Hannibal

Young Buglers A Tale of the Peninsular War

Young Franc-Tireurs A Tale of the Franco-Prussian War

THE MERSHON COMPANY 156 Fifth Avenue, New York Rahway, N. J.

FLAG OF FREEDOM SERIES

By CAPTAIN RALPH BONEHILL

THE YOUNG BANDMASTER; or, Concert Stage and Battlefield

In this tale Captain Bonehill touches upon a new field. The hero is a youth with a pa.s.sion for music, who, compelled to make his own way in the world, becomes a cornetist in an orchestra and works his way up, first to the position of a soloist, and then to that of leader of a bra.s.s band. He is carried off to sea and falls in with a secret-service cutter bound for Cuba, and while in that island joins a military band which accompanied our soldiers in the never-to-be-forgotten attack on Santiago. A mystery connected with the hero's inheritance adds to the interest of the tale.

OFF FOR HAWAII; or, The Mystery of a Great Volcano

Here we have fact and romance cleverly interwoven. Several boys start on a tour of the Hawaiian Islands. They have heard that there is a treasure located in the vicinity of Kilauea, the largest active volcano in the world, and go in search of it. Their numerous adventures will be followed with much interest.

A SAILOR BOY WITH DEWEY; or, Afloat in the Philippines

The story of Dewey's victory in Manila Bay will never grow old, but here we have it told in a new form--not as those in command witnessed the contest, but as it appeared to a real, live American youth who was in the navy at the time. Many adventures in Manila and in the interior follow, giving true-to-life scenes from this remote portion of the globe. A book that should be in every boy's library.

WHEN SANTIAGO FELL; or, The War Adventures of Two Chums

Captain Bonehill has never penned a better tale than this stirring story of adventures in Cuba. Two boys, an American and his Cuban chum, leave New York to join their parents in the interior of Cuba. The war between Spain and the Cubans is on, and the boys are detained at Santiago de Cuba, but escape by crossing the bay at night. Many adventures between the lines follow, and a good pen-picture of General Garcia is given. The American lad, with others, is captured and cast into a dungeon in Santiago; and then follows the never-to-be-forgotten campaign in Cuba under General Shafter. How the hero finally escapes makes reading no wide-awake boy will want to miss.

PRESS OPINIONS OF CAPTAIN BONEHILL'S BOOKS FOR BOYS

"Captain Bonehill's stories will always be popular with our boys, for the reason that they are thoroughly up-to-date and true to life. As a writer of outdoor tales he has no rival."--_Bright Days._

"The story is by Captain Ralph Bonehill, and that is all that need be said about it, for all of our readers know that the captain is one of America's best story-tellers, so far as stories for young people go."--_Young People of America._

"We understand that Captain Bonehill will soon be turning from sporting stories to tales of the war. This field is one in which he should feel thoroughly at home. We are certain that the boys will look eagerly for the Bonehill war tales."--_Weekly Messenger._

THE MERSHON COMPANY 156 Fifth Avenue, New York Rahway, N. J.

Mrs. L. T. Meade's

FAMOUS BOOKS FOR GIRLS

There are few more favorite authors with American girls than Mrs. L. T.

Meade, whose copyright works can only be had from us. Essentially a writer for the home, with the loftiest aims and purest sentiments, Mrs.

Meade's books possess the merit of utility as well as the means of amus.e.m.e.nt. They are girls' books--written for girls, and fitted for every home.

Here will be found no maudlin nonsense as to the affections. There are no counts in disguise nor castles in Spain. It is pure and wholesome literature of a high order with a lofty ideal.

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THE FOLLOWING ARE THE t.i.tLES

The Children of Wilton Chase Bashful Fifteen Betty: A Schoolgirl

Four on an Island Girls New and Old Out of the Fashion

The Palace Beautiful Polly, a New-Fashioned Girl Red Rose and Tiger Lily

Temptation of Olive Latimer

A Ring of Rubies A Sweet Girl Graduate A World of Girls