The Boy Scouts Book of Stories

EDITED WITH INTRODUCTION AND NOTES
PUBLISHED FOR THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
ILLUSTRATED BY WALT LOUDERBACK DECORATIONS BY ARTHUR D. SCOTT D. APPLETON AND COMPANY NEW YORK LONDON 1920

COPYRIGHT, 1919, BY D. APPLETON AND COMPANY PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

So much of my time is given to reading boys' books that, when I read books for grown-ups, now and again I find myself saying, What a bully story for boys to read! Latterly, I have been putting down the titles of such stories. When the list began to lengthen, it occurred to me, why not make a book for boys containing stories like that: stories written for grown-ups but also of interest to boys in their early teens.
Such a collection of stories could not be made, however, without the consent of the authors and publishers, but since everybody loves a boy, I didn't have much trouble in convincing them they ought to grant permission to use their stories for such a purpose and, as a result, I am pleased to present to the boy readers of our country the Boy Scouts Book of Stories.