"We shall endeavor to place before American youth ... that type of character which has transformed a wilderness into a land of liberty and wealth, and replaced the log canoe of the pioneer by a commerce"--Preface, p. 5-6.
Series title transposed from head of title page.
Copyright 1868 by Lee and Shepard.
"Electrotyped at the Boston Stereotype Foundry, 19 Spring Lane."--title page verso.
Wood-engraved plates signed by "John Andrew-Son" (i.e., John and George T. Andrew).
Numbered series list, p. [3].
Publisher's advertisements, [6] p. at end.
Reproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.