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M. A. Donohue & Company
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Four Books of Woodcraft and Adventure in the Forest and on the Waterthat every Boy Scout should have in his Library
By ST. GEORGE RATHBORNE
CANOEMATES IN CANADA; or, Three Boys Afloat on the Saskatchewan.
THE YOUNG FUR-TAKERS: or, Traps and Trails in the Wilderness.
THE HOUSE-BOAT BOYS; or, Drifting Down to the Sunny South.
CHUMS IN DIXIE; or, The Strange Cruise of a Motor Boat.
CAMP MATES IN MICHIGAN; or, With Pack and Paddle in the Pine Woods.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN BOYS; or, Camping in the Big Game Country.
In these four delightful volumes the author has drawn bountifully fromhis thirty-five years experience as a true sportsman and lover ofnature, to reveal many of the secrets of the woods, such as all BoysScouts strive to know. And, besides, each book is replete with stirringadventures among the four-footed denizens of the wilderness; so that afeast of useful knowledge is served up, with just that class of stirringincidents so eagerly welcomed by all boys with red blood in their veins.For sale wherever books are sold, or sent prepaid for 50 cents each bythe publishers.
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Copyright, 1912, M. A. Donohue & Co.
I—A Fashionable Mother 7
II—Ethel Hollister 14
III—Grandmother Hollister 18
IV—A Pink Tea 23
V—An invitation to Aunt Susan 29
VI—Aunt Susan Arrives 41
VII—Aunt Susan Makes Friends 48
VIII—Ethel is Invited to Visit 51
IX—Ethel and Aunt Susan Start 55
X—The Journey 58
XI—The Next Day 62
XII—Ethel Learns to Cook 65
XIII—A Little Drive 68
XIV—Some Confidences 72
XV—A New Ethel 81
XVI—Aunt Susan's Trials 84
XVII—Cousin Kate Arrives 88
XVIII—Selecting the Costume 90
XIX—Ethel Meets Her Uncle and Aunt 97
XX—Gathering of the "Ohios" 103
XXI—The Trip up the River 109
XXII—An Evening in Camp 115
XXIII—The Legend of the Muskingum River 120
XXIV—Ethel's First Day in Camp 141
XXV—Ethel's First Lesson 144
XXVI—A Loss and a Dinner