The Putnam Hall Cadets; or, Good Times in School and Out

The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Putnam Hall Cadets, by Arthur M. Winfield
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Or, Good Times in School and Out
BY ARTHUR M. WINFIELD AUTHOR OF “THE ROVER BOYS SERIES,” “BOB, THE PHOTOGRAPHER,” ETC.
ILLUSTRATED
GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS · NEW YORK
THE PUTNAM HALL RIVALS; Or, Fun and Sport Afloat and Ashore. THE PUTNAM HALL CADETS; Or, Good Times in School and Out. THE ROVER BOYS ON THE PLAINS; Or, The Mystery of Red Rock Ranch. THE ROVER BOYS ON THE RIVER; Or, The Search for the Missing Houseboat. THE ROVER BOYS IN CAMP; Or, The Rivals of Pine Island. THE ROVER BOYS ON LAND AND SEA; Or, The Crusoes of Seven Islands. THE ROVER BOYS IN THE MOUNTAINS; Or, A Hunt for Fun and Fortune. THE ROVER BOYS ON THE GREAT LAKES; Or, The Secret of the Island Cave. THE ROVER BOYS OUT WEST; Or, The Search for a Lost Mine. THE ROVER BOYS IN THE JUNGLE; Or, Stirring Adventures in Africa. THE ROVER BOYS ON THE OCEAN; Or, A Chase for a Fortune. THE ROVER BOYS AT SCHOOL; Or, The Cadets of Putnam Hall.
12mo, finely illustrated and bound in cloth. Price, per volume, 60 cents.
GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS · NEW YORK
Copyright, 1901 BY THE MERSHON COMPANY
My Dear Boys: In bringing out this story, “The Putnam Hall Cadets,” the initial volume in the “Putnam Hall Series,” I feel it necessary to make an explanation why it is that this tale is brought out when I have already written so much concerning the doings of the students at Putnam Hall.
Ever since I presented to the boys the first volume in the “Rover Boys Series,” I have been urged by the boys—and girls, too, for the matter of that—to write something concerning the doings of the students at the Hall previous to the coming of the Rover boys on the scene. When the Rovers arrived they found a wide-awake, jolly crowd of cadets already there, some of whom had been at the academy several years. My young friends wished to know more about these, and it is for their benefit that I have instituted this new series, which will tell of many things that happened at the famous seat of learning from the time it was first opened to the present day.