ADV. OF TOM SAWYER, THE(ISBN=9780307475558)

　　Tom Sawyer is as clever, imaginative, and resourceful as he is reckless and mischievous, whether conning his friends into painting a fence or helping to catch a murderer. Twain's novel sparkles with his famous humor, but it is also woven with a subtle awareness of the injustices and complexities of the old South that Twain so memorably portrays.

　　Mark Twain was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in Florida, Missouri. Following careers as a printer, Mississippi riverboat pilot, and a brief stint in the Confederate militia, Twain wrote such American classics as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.

　　Three new additions to Dutton's classics series, printed in England, and imported, are sturdy bookshelf candidates. Each is bound and made up in the familiar format of the series with a decorated cloth cover and illustrations both in black and white and colored plates. Marryat's Children of the New Forest is in a larger size than the others, hence the higher price. (Kirkus Reviews)