Oliver Optic

The Boat Club Oliver Optic

Excerpt from The Boat Club: Or, the Bunkers of Rippleton, a Tale for Boys

The author of the following story pleads guilty of being more than half a boy him self; and in writing a book to meet the wants and the tastes of Young America, he has had no difficulty in stepping back over the Weary waste of years that sepa rates youth from maturity, and entering fully into the spirit of the scenes he de scribes. He has'endeavored to combine healthy moral lessons with a sufficient.

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