Books published by publisher A. L. Burt

James Otis Kaler (March 19, 1848 - December 11, 1912) was an American journalist and author of children's literature. He wrote under the name James Otis. He wrote almost 200 books in his lifetime. "On the Kentucky Frontier" was published in 1900. In 1880 he authored his first, and still most famous children's book, Toby Tyler, or Ten Weeks with a Circus, a story about an orphan who runs away to join the circus. Following the book's success he went on to author numerous other children's books, mostly historical and adventure novels. Most were signed with the Otis name, but he also used the pen names Walter Morris, Lt. James K. Orton, Harry Prentice, and Amy Prentice. (Some scholars believe that the latter books, which were aimed at a younger audience than most of his works, were in fact penned by his wife.)