the first book of the series, which volume is called "The Bobbsey
Twins," you will get a good idea of the many good times Flossie,
Freddie, Bert and Nan had.

Uncle Daniel Bobbsey, who was Mr. Bobbsey's brother, and his wife,
Aunt Sarah, lived in the country at Meadow Brook Farm. They had a ten
year old son, named Harry, and he and Bert were great chums whenever
they were together.

The Bobbsey twins often went to the country, and also to the seashore,
where their Uncle William and Aunt Emily, as well as their cousin
Dorothy, lived, at a place called Ocean Cliff.

You may read of the fun the twins had at these places in the country
and seashore books.

Bert, Nan, Flossie and Freddie also had fun at school, and when they
went to Snow Lodge they had what were, to them, a wonderful series of
adventures, and solved a strange mystery.

Their last trip had been on a houseboat. It was called the _Bluebird_,
and they had voyaged down Lake Metoka to Lemby Creek, and through that
to Lake Romano, where they had fine times. There was a mystery on the
_Bluebird_, but Bert, and his cousin Harry, who was with him, found
out what made the queer noises.

Cousin Dorothy was also a guest on the houseboat trip, and she and
Nan, who were about the same age, greatly enjoyed themselves. The
Bobbseys, and their country and seashore cousins, had come back from
the trip, Dorothy going to her home, and Harry to his, when there