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BOOKS BY J. A. ALTSHELER.
The Young Trailers.
Illustrated. 12mo. Ornamental cloth, $1.50.
A boys' story, telling of the first settlers in Kentucky. Theirpleasures and hardships, their means of protection, methods ofobtaining food and ammunition are described in a way that makes thereader live with them. The life led by the young hero--his fights withIndians and his captivity among them--is vividly pictured.
The Wilderness Road.
A Romance of St. Clair's Defeat and Wayne's Victory. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50.
"That Mr. Altsheler has caught the wild, free spirit of the life whichhe depicts is evident on every page, and nowhere more so than in one ofhis final chapters, 'The Meeting of the Chiefs,' where he vitalizes thelife-and-death struggle of a friendly and a hostile Indian."--_New YorkMail and Express._
In Circling Camps.
A Romance of the American Civil War. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50.
"We do not often get as fine a picture as that which Mr. Altshelerpaints. The tale covers the period from the election and inaugurationof Lincoln until the surrender of Lee and the entrance of the Northernarmy into Richmond.... Every good American who enjoys the smell ofpowder and the crack of the rifle will appreciate the chapters thatdescribe the battle of Gettysburg."--_The Bookman._
A Herald of the West.
An American Story of 1811-1815. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50.
"A rattling good story, and unrivalled in fiction for itspresentation of the American feeling toward England during our secondconflict."--_Boston Herald._
A Soldier of Manhattan.
And his Adventures at Ticonderoga and Quebec. 12mo. Ornamental cloth,$1.50.
"The story is told in such a simple, direct way that it holds thereader's interest to the end, and gives a most accurate picture of thetimes."--_Boston Transcript._
The Sun of Saratoga.
A Romance of Burgoyne's Surrender. 12mo. Ornamental cloth, $1.50.
"Taken altogether, 'The Sun of Saratoga' is the best historical novelof American origin that has been written for years, if not, indeed, ina fresh, simple, unpretending, unlabored, manly way, that we have everread."--_New York Mail and Express._
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, NEW YORK.