THE B.O.W.C. CLUB SERIES 
By James DeMille

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This series features the adventures of a group of boys at a Canadian boarding school. Although the writing is stilted and old-fashioned, and Solomon, the ex-slave, is the worst sort of stereotype, the stories are funny -- it's the sort of thing  Leo Edwards might have written 50 years before the "Poppy Ott" series. The first two and the fourth books were reprinted as part of Lothrop's "American Boy's Series."

Excerpt from "The Boys of Grand Pré School":

The school recess was over, and the boys of the Grand Pré School were now to turn from play to study. The last day of their liberty was spent by the "B.O.W.C." at their encampment in the woods. They found it in so good a condition, that it was even more attractive than when they left it. The dam had proved water-tight; the pool was full to the brim; the trees overhung with a denser foliage, while all around the fresh-turned earth was covered with young grass, springing forth with that rapidity which marks the growth of vegetation in these colder regions....
  1. THE BRETHREN OF THE WHITE CROSS: A Book for Boys -- 1869. Lee and Shepard.
  2. THE BOYS OF GRAN PRÉ SCHOOL -- engravings signed "John Andrew - son". 1870. Lee and Shepard.
  3. LOST IN THE FOG -- 1871. Lee and Shepard.
  4. FIRE IN THE WOODS -- 1872. Lee and Shepard.
  5. PICKED UP ADRIFT -- 1872. Lee and Shepard.

Source:

Online Guide to Canadian Authors: James DeMille webpage

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