Books published by publisher A. L. BURT CO.

As published by A.L. Burt Co., New York. No date. Sized 8x5 inches, bound in red ribbed cloth, bright gilt titles. Great condition. 427 pages. Back inside hinge is loose. Some writing on back flyleaf. Previous owner’s name and address stamped in front flyleaf. Pages are clean. No DJ. Cover is like new! “The Spy: a Tale of the Neutral Ground” was James Fenimore Cooper's second novel, published in 1821. This was the first American novel to win wide and permanent fame.

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1913. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER X, A QUEER DISCOVERY. When Ben reached the place where he had left Kit asleep, Carl stood with a searchlight in his hand, examining footprints on the ground. "He wandered away, of course!" Carl said. "He must have done so," was the puzzled reply. "Because," Carl went on, " there was no one here to lug him off." "That's the supposition!" replied Ben anxiously. "But why should the little customer sneak off without saying a word to us?" demanded Carl. "That isn't at all like him!" "Perhaps he saw Jimmie's light in the cavern and went in there," suggested Ben. "He's an inquisitive little chap." The boys went to the western extremity of the canyon and looked down an almost perpendicular wall, nearly a thousand feet in height, to the surging waters of the Pacific ocean. They looked up the vertical walls to the summits outlined ajainst the stars. They threw their lights over the crags at the head of the canyon. "He's still in here somewhere!" Ben asserted. "I don't believe any one could get out without using a flying machine!" "Of course, he's here!" Carl answered. The boys walked closer to the face of the crag and turned their lights on the broken walls. "It would be just like him to follow Jimmie in there," Carl observed. "Sure it would!" replied Ben. "But what gets me," Carl went on, "is that he went away without asking for anything to eat! The kid is second only to Jimmie in the capacity of his stomach. He's always hungry, especially after a short sleep." "It is a wonder he didn't demand a square meal, as Jimmie calls it, before wandering away," Ben admitted. "Here's an opening which seems to be the only one Jimmie could enter far enough to shut the light of his electric from the canyon," Carl said, in a moment. "If you'll go back to the machines, I'll go o...