The cover design shows many things--a globe, the Eiffel tower, mountains, seas, rivers, castles and other things Louis will see on his travels .-- _Current Review._ LEE AND SHEPARD Publishers Boston _OLIVER OPTIC'S BOOKS._ THE BLUE and THE GRAY Illustrated.

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AFLOAT TAKEN BY THE ENEMY WITHIN THE ENEMY'S LINES A VICTORIOUS UNION ON THE BLOCKADE STAND BY THE UNION FIGHTING FOR THE RIGHT ON LAND BROTHER AGAINST BROTHER IN THE SADDLE A LIEUTENANT AT EIGHTEEN _Other volumes in preparation_ The opening of a new series of books from the pen of Oliver Optic is bound to arouse the highest anticipation in the minds of boy and girl readers.

There never has been a more interesting writer in the field of juvenile literature than Mr.W.T.Adams, who under his well-known pseudonym, is known and admired by every boy and girl in the country, and by thousands who have long since passed the boundaries of youth, yet who remember with pleasure the genial, interesting pen that did so much to interest, instruct and entertain their younger years.

The present volume opens "The Blue and the Gray Series," a title that is sufficiently indicative of the nature and spirit of the series, of which the first volume is now presented, while the name of Oliver Optic is sufficient warrant of the absorbing style of narrative.