And now we come to the end of the "_High School Boys Vacation Series_."

It is to be hoped that these four little volumes have not dwelt so much upon fun as to make it appear that pleasure is all there is in the world that is worth while.

d.i.c.k Prescott and his friends were destined to discover that all the pleasure in the world that is worth anything at all comes only as the reward of continuous, hard and useful endeavor.

The further adventures that befell d.i.c.k Prescott and his chums while they were still Gridley High School boys will be found in the fourth volume of the "_High School Boys Series_," which is published under the t.i.tle, "_The High School Captain of the Team; Or, d.i.c.k & Co. Leading the Athletic Vanguard_."

In that volume, the last dealing with d.i.c.k Prescott"s high school days, the value of sports and the worth of honor and faithful work will be set forth as strongly as lies within the power of the narrator of these events.