The friends of the Peppers are legion, and the number will be further increased by this book.
=Ben Pepper.= Illustrated by Eugenie M. Wireman. Cloth, 12mo, $1.50.
This story centres about Ben, "the quiet, steady-as-a-rock boy," while the rest of the Peppers help to make it as bright and pleasing as its predecessors.
Illustrated by C. Louise Williams. 12mo. Cloth. $1.25
This is a strong, wholesome story of achievement. The end of a high school course divides the paths of a boy and girl who have been close friends and keen rivals. The youth is to go to college, while the girl, whose family is in humbler circumstances, must remain at home and help. She sees that her comrade will feel that he is out-growing her, and she determines to and does _keep up_ with him in obtaining an education.
"The story is human to the least phase of it, and it is told with such simple force and vivacity that its effect is strong and positive. The pictures of college and home life are true bits of realism. It is an excellent piece of work."--_Bookseller, Newsdealer and Stationer, New York._
"The story is well told, and is thoroughly helpful in every respect."--_Epworth Herald, Chicago._
"The telling of the story is attractive, and will be found helpful to all readers."--_The Baptist Union, Chicago._
"Let us recommend this book for young people for the excellent lesson of honest striving and noble doing that it clearly conveys."--_Boston Courier._
"It is a healthy and inspiring story."--_Brooklyn Eagle._
"The tale is full of good lesson for all young people."--_Boston Beacon._
"The story will be both pleasant and profitable to the youth of both sexes."--_Louisville Courier-Journal._
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=The Laurel Token= A Story of the Yamassee Uprising
By ANNIE M. BARNES Author of "Little Betty Blew" and "A Lass of Dorchester"
Illustrated by G. W. Picknell 12mo Cloth $1.25
This is a book for young people of either sex, for, although the leading character is a girl of eighteen, her cousins, two boys of sixteen and fourteen respectively, are prominent throughout the story, which centres about a beautiful girl, left an orphan, as is supposed, in Barbados, who goes to live with her uncle, a leading man in the flourishing "Goose Creek" colony, in the year of the Indian uprising, 1714. The very real danger from the red men, who have been regarded as friendly, but have been the victims of selfishness, and thus made ready tools for the crafty Spanish having their headquarters at St. Augustine, forms the background to the story, and gives opportunity for the surprising developments which occur respecting the heroine and others. The illustrations by Mr. Picknell are very accurate in their composition, besides being finely executed.