Part 45 (1/2)

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.