The Angel Children or, Stories from Cloud-Land
Chapter 7
This volume concludes the first series of Young America, and is as interesting and instructive as the preceding volumes. So great has been the success of this series, that Oliver Optic is now preparing a second. "Up the Baltic" will be the first volume, to be followed by "Northern Lands," "Vine and Olive," "Sunny Shores," "Cross and Crescent" and "Isles of the Sea." Sold by all booksellers and newsdealers, and sent by mail on receipt of price.
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WOODVILLE STORIES.
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RICH AND HUMBLE; or, the Mission of Bertha Grant. $1.25.
"No author is more welcomed by the young, and no books can be more safely placed in their hands. His writings, as in this volume of 'Rich and Humble,' inspire the reader with a lofty purpose. They show the wrong courses of life only to present, by contrast, the true and right path, and make it the way which youth will wish to walk in, because of its being the most pleasant and inviting."--_Mass. Teacher._
IN SCHOOL AND OUT; or, The Conquest of Richard and Grant. $1.25.
"Oliver Optic is as well known and as highly appreciated among the young people of our land as Charles Dickens is among the older folks. 'In School and Out' is equal to anything he has written. It is a story that will deeply interest boys particularly, and make them better."--_Notices of the Press._
WATCH AND WAIT; or, The Young Fugitives. $1.25.
The author has used, to the best advantage, the many exciting incidents that naturally attend the career of a fugitive slave, and the seeds that he may sow in youthful hearts will perhaps bear a hundred-fold.
WORK AND WIN; or, Noddy Newman on a Cruise. $1.25.
"A nautical story of adventure and endurance, written to delineate the upward progress of a boy whose moral attributes were of the lowest order, in consequence of neglected education, but in whom high religious principles were afterwards developed."--_Notices of the Press._
HOPE AND HAVE; or, Fanny Grant among the Indians. $1.25.
"This is a story of Western adventure and of peril among the Indians, and contains the experience of Fanny Grant, who, from a very naughty girl, became a very good one, by the influence of a pure and beautiful example exhibited by an erring child, in the hour of her greatest wandering from the path of virtue."--_Philadelphia Age._
HASTE AND WASTE; or, The Young Pilot of Lake Champlain. $1.25.
"This is a story of boyish daring and integrity upon Lake Champlain, and older heads than those of sixteen may read and profit by it."
The stories in the "Woodville" series are hinged together only so far as the same characters have been retained in each.
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THE STARRY FLAG; or, the Young Fisherman of Cape Ann. $1.25.
"The early history of Levi Fairfield, the boy hero of this volume, as it is graphically traced by Oliver Optic, will be apt to hold boy-readers spell-bound. His manly virtue, his determined character, his superiority to mean vice, his industry, and his stirring adventures, will suggest good lessons for imitation."--_Presbyterian._
BREAKING AWAY; or, the Fortunes of a Student. $1.25.
"In this volume Oliver Optic opens the school-room door, and shows the nature, construction, and workings of the school system; its lights and shadows; its discipline, and the serious consequences that come from want of discipline."--_Patriot._
SEEK AND FIND; or, the Adventures of a Smart Boy. $1.25.
Earnest Thornton, the "smart boy" of this story, is a clear headed, well intentioned, plucky boy, that has a high aim and means right even where he is wrong, and his adventures will be read with interest.
FREAKS OF FORTUNE; or, Half around the World,--a sequel to "The Starry Flag." $1.25.
"The adventures of Levi Fairfield, the noble young Captain of the Starry Flag, excited such an interest among the young folks that the continuance of his story was called for, with which demand the ever ready author has complied, with a story equally attractive and interesting."
MAKE OR BREAK; or, the Rich Man's Daughter. $1.25.
"This is a lively, stirring volume, full of interest and instruction from one cover to the other. Just the book a smart, wide-awake boy will enjoy intensely."--_Press._
DOWN THE RIVER; or, Buck Bradford and his Tyrants. $1.25.
"These stories are not only written in a manner well calculated to enchain the attention of young readers, but teach at the same time such important lessons of sobriety, industry and cheerfulness, that we should like to see them in the hands of every boy in the land."--_Galesburg Free Press._
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LITTLE PRUDY STORIES.
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LITTLE PRUDY. LITTLE PRUDY'S Sister Susy. LITTLE PRUDY'S Captain Horace. LITTLE PRUDY'S Cousin Grace. LITTLE PRUDY'S Story Book. LITTLE PRUDY'S Dotty Dimple.
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DOTTY DIMPLE STORIES.
By the author of "Little Prudy Stories."
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DOTTY DIMPLE at her Grandmother's. DOTTY DIMPLE at Home. DOTTY DIMPLE out West. DOTTY DIMPLE at Play. DOTTY DIMPLE at School. DOTTY DIMPLE'S Flyaway.
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=Head of Juvenile Literature.=
"Genius comes in with 'Little Prudy.' Compared with her, all other book-children are cold creations of Literature only; she alone is the real thing. All the quaintness of childhood, its originality, its tenderness and its teasing,--its infinite, unconscious drollery, the serious earnestness of its fun, the fun of its seriousness, the natural religion of its plays, and the delicious oddity of its prayers,--all these waited for dear Little Prudy to embody them. Sam Weller is not more piquant; Hans Anderson's nutcrackers and knitting-needles are not more thoroughly charged with life. There are six little green volumes in the series, and of course other _dramatis personae_ must figure; but one eagerly watches for every reappearance of Prudy, as one watches at the play for Owens or Warren to re-enter upon the stage. Who is our benefactress in the authorship of these books, the world knows not. Sophie May must doubtless be a fancy name, by reason of the spelling, and we have only to be greatful that the author did not inflict on us the customary alliteration in her pseudonyme. The rare gift of delineating childhood is hers, and may the line of 'Little Prudy' go out to the end of the earth.... To those oversaturated with transatlantic traditions we recommend a course of 'Little Prudy,'"
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THE GREAT ROSY DIAMOND. DAISY; or, The Fairy Spectacles. VIOLET: A Fairy Story. MINNIE; or, The Little Woman. THE ANGEL CHILDREN. LITTLE BLOSSOM'S REWARD.
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PLAY AND STUDY SERIES.
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PLAY AND STUDY. THE MOTHERLESS CHILDREN. HOWARD AND HIS TEACHER. JACK, THE CHIMNEY-SWEEP.
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LITTLE AGNES' LIBRARY.
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LITTLE AGNES. TRYING TO BE USEFUL. I'LL TRY. ART AND ARTLESSNESS.
For family reading and Sabbath School libraries there are no better books written than these by Mrs. Leslie. With attractive and interesting stories are mingled wholesome truths and moral lessons. Of all these books large editions have been printed, and they may be found largely circulated in Sabbath Schools.
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RIVERDALE STORY-BOOKS.
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FLORA LEE STORY BOOKS.
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These stories are written in "Oliver Optic's" best style, and all are interesting and attractive.
OUR STANDARD BEARER; Or, The Life of Gen'l Ulysses S. Grant: His Youth, His Manhood, His Campaigns, and his eminent Services in the Reconstruction of the Nation his Sword has redeemed. As seen and related by Captain Bernard Galligasken, Cosmopolitan, and written out by Oliver Optic. Illustrated by Thos. Nast. 16mo. Cloth. $1.50.
"This is a book for young men to read; for boys to read; and old men will find their dull blood stirred by its graphic descriptions, its thrilling narrative, and its hearty enthusiasm."--_New Bedford Mercury._
THE WAY OF THE WORLD.
By William T. Adams (Oliver Optic). 12mo. $2.00.
"This excellent writer for children has here tried his hand at writing for grown people, and has succeeded admirably."--_Times._
"It is long since we have read a more interesting book."--_Gazette._
"The Way of the World is a popular story of the intense class, full of thrilling incidents and exciting scenes, such as boys delight to read."--_Congregationalist._
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THE SOLDIER BOY; or, Tom Somers in the Army. 16mo. Illustrated. $1.50.
"This is a story of the rebellion, narrating the adventures of a patriotic youth, who left the comforts of home to share the dangers of the field. He is carried through several battles, and for a while shared the hospitalities of the rebels as a prisoner. The story is true to history, giving in the form of personal adventure correct accounts of many stirring scenes of the war."--_Hartford Courant._
THE SAILOR BOY; or, Jack Somers in the Navy. 16mo. Illustrated. $1.50.
"Jack is the brother of Tom, the Soldier Boy, whose adventures in the army were so much enjoyed. We have only to repeat that there are few better stories for boys than these of Mr. Adams'. Always bright and even sparkling with animation, the story never drags; there are no stupid tasks or tiresome descriptions; the boys whose characters are drawn are real boys, impulsive, with superabundant animal life, and the heroes are manly, generous, healthy creations."--_Hartford Press._
THE YOUNG LIEUTENANT; or, The Adventures of an Army Officer. 16mo. Illustrated. $1.50
"The Young Lieutenant" is a sequel to "The Soldier Boy," and carries the reader through the stormy scenes of the rebellion, creates Thomas Somers an officer, and as such he performs much difficult work in the rebellion.
YANKEE MIDDY; or, Adventures of a Naval Officer. 16mo. Illustrated. $1.50.
"The incidents of the story are those which have occurred on the ocean, and on the bays, inlets, and rivers of the South, common in the experience of all our naval officers who have been actively employed during the war."--_Notices of the Press._
FIGHTING JOE; or, The Fortunes of a Staff Officer. 16mo. Illustrated. $1.50.
"The description of battles and sieges, of picket and skirmishing, of camp life and marching, are wrought out with thrilling detail, making the story truly fascinating; while, in connection with this, useful and practical information respecting men and places is conveyed, and a proper spirit of morality and patriotism inculcated."--_Notices of the Press._
BRAVE OLD SALT; or, Life on the Quarter-Deck. 16mo. Illustrated. $1.50.
A book of adventure, of personal experience, describing a living hero, and exhibiting the great truth that, by fidelity of conscience, country, and God, earthly and heavenly blessings are secured.
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End of Project Gutenberg's The Angel Children, by Charlotte M. Higgins