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THE JEWEL SERIES
BY AMES THOMPSON
_12mo. Cloth. Illustrated. Jacket in colors_
_Price per volume, 65 cents_
_A series of stories brimming with hardy adventure, vivid and accurate in detail, and with a good foundation of probability. They take the reader realistically to the scene of action. Besides being lively and full of real situations, they are written in a straightforward way very attractive to boy readers._
1. THE ADVENTURE BOYS AND THE VALLEY OF DIAMONDS
Malcolm Edwards and his son Ralph are adventurers with ample means forfollowing up their interest in jewel clues. In this book they form aparty of five, including Jimmy Stone and Bret Hartson, boys of Ralph’sage, and a shrewd level-headed sailor named Stanley Greene. They find avalley of diamonds in the heart of Africa.
2. THE ADVENTURE BOYS AND THE RIVER OF EMERALDS
The five adventurers, staying at a hotel in San Francisco, find thatPedro the elevator man has an interesting story of a hidden “river ofemeralds” in Peru, to tell. With him as guide, they set out to find it,escape various traps set for them by jealous Peruvians, and are muchamused by Pedro all through the experience.
3. THE ADVENTURE BOYS AND THE LAGOON OF PEARLS
This time the group starts out on a cruise simply for pleasure, buttheir adventuresome spirits lead them into the thick of things on aSouth Sea cannibal island.