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The Rockspur Athletic Series. BY GILBERT PATTEN } The series consists of three books, each being a good clean story of athletic training, sports and contests, such as interest every healthy, growing boy of to-day. While aiming to avoid the extravagant and sensational, the stories contain enough thrilling incidents to pense the jad who loves action and adventure. From the beginning, 7he Boys of Rockspur work step by step toward the grand consummation of their desires, the building and fitting of a club house and gymnasium, a result that is finally accomplished; but, in the meantime, they have many trials, jeal- ousies, heartburnings and defeats, enemies and traitors in their own ranks, making the struggle harder and the victory sweeter. The description of their Baseball and Football Games and other contests with rival clubs and teams make very exciting and absorbing reading ; and few boys with warm blood in their veins, having once begun the edo spey of one of these books, will willingly lay it down till it is nished. {—The Rockspur Nine. A story of Baseball. 2—The Rockspur Eleven. A Story of Football. 3—The Rockspur Rivals. A Story of Winter Sports. Each volume contains about 300 pages, I12mo in size, cloth binding, per volume, $1.00 THE FRANK MERRIWELL SERIES By BURT L. STANDISH For a great number of years Frank Merriwell has been a name to conjure with among the boys of America. Frank, with his chums, has been deservedly popular, but his adventures and achievements have never before been published in book form. It was in response toa clamorous demand for the Frank Merriwell stories in this form that this series was prepared. These are unique among boys’ books; indeed, so filled are they with incident and action of every kind that it would be Barr Mle to give here any adequate idea of what they contain. Frank Merriwell was no ordinary boy, and it falls to the lot of very few fellows to have as much fun and strenuousness crowded into his school life 4s will be found in this all-absorbing history. The first titles in the series are: Frank Merriwell’s School Days. Illustrated. 12mo, 302 pages. Cloth binding. 1.00 Frank Merriwell’s Chums. Illustrated. 12mo, 302 pages. Cloth binding. (In press.) 3 $1.00 c 6) Any volume sent, postpaid, upon reeeipt ef price STREET & SMITH, PUBLISHERS, % 2% wu NEW YORK. \ (E(@) “ ‘€comicboo cS