The Putnam Hall Series
Companion Stories to the Famous Rover Boys Series
By ARTHUR M. WINFIELD
Open-air pastimes have always been popular with boys, and should always be encouraged. These books mingle adventure and fact, and will appeal to every manly boy.
THE PUTNAM HALL MYSTERY
Or The School Chums' Strange Discovery
The particulars of the mystery and the solution of it are very interesting reading.
THE PUTNAM HALL ENCAMPMENT
Or The Secret of the Old Mill
A story full of vim and vigor, telling what the cadets did during the summer encampment, including a visit to a mysterious old mill, said to be haunted. The book has a wealth of fun in it.
THE PUTNAM HALL REBELLION
Or The Rival Runaways
The boys had good reasons for running away during Captain Putnam's absence. They had plenty of fun, and several queer adventures.
THE PUTNAM HALL CHAMPIONS
Or Bound to Win Out
In this volume the Putnam Hall Cadets show what they can do in various keen rivalries on the athletic field and elsewhere. There is one victory which leads to a most unlooked-for discovery.
THE PUTNAM HALL CADETS
Or Good Times In School and Out
The cadets are lively, flesh-and-blood fellows, bound to make friends from the start. There are some keen rivalries, in school and out and something is told of a remarkable midnight feast and a hazing that had an unlooked-for ending.
THE PUTNAM HALL RIVALS
Or Fun and Sport Afloat and Ashore
It is a lively, rattling, breezy story of school life In this country written by one who knows all about its pleasures and its perplexities, its glorious excitements, and its chilling disappointments.
The Flag and Frontier Series
By CAPTAIN RALPH BONEHILL.
These bracing stories of America life, exploration and adventure should find a place in every school and home library for the enthusiasm they kindle in American heroism and history. The historical background is absolutely correct. Every volume complete in itself.
WITH BOONE ON THE FRONTIER, Or The Pioneer Boys of Old Kentucky.
Relates the true-to-life adventures of two boys who, in company with their folks, move westward with Daniel Boone. Contains many thrilling scenes among the Indians and encounters with wild animals.
PIONEER BOYS OF THE GREAT NORTHWEST, Or With Lewis and Clark Across the Rockies.
A splendid story describing in detail the great expedition formed under the leadership of Lewis and Clark, and telling what was done by the pioneer boys who were first to penetrate the wilderness of the northwest.
PIONEER BOYS OF THE GOLD FIELDS, Or The Nugget Hunters of '49.
Giving the particulars of the great rush of the gold seekers to California in 1849. In the party making its way across the continent are three boys who become chums, and share in no end of adventures.
WITH CUSTER IN THE BLACK HILLS, Or A Young Scout Among the Indians.
Tells of the experiences of a youth who, with his parents, goes to the Black Hills in search of gold. Custer's last battle is well described.
BOYS OF THE FORT, Or A Young Captain's Pluck.
This story of stirring doings at one of our well-known forts in the Wild West is of more than ordinary interest. Gives a good insight into army life of to-day.
THE YOUNG BANDMASTER, Or Concert, Stage and Battlefield.
The hero is a youth who becomes a cornetist in an orchestra, and works his way up to the leadership of a brass band. He is carried off to sea and is taken to Cuba, and while there joins a military band which accompanies our soldiers in the attack on Santiago.
OFF FOR HAWAII, Or The Mystery of a Great Volcano.
Several boys start on a tour of the Hawaiian Islands. They have heard that there is a treasure located in the vicinity of Kilauea, the largest active volcano in the world, and go in search of it.
A SAILOR BOY WITH DEWEY, Or Afloat In the Philippines.
The story of Dewey's victory in Manila Bay as it appeared to a real, live American youth who was in the navy at the time. Many adventures in Manila and in the interior follow.
WHEN SANTIAGO FELL, Or The War Adventures of Two Chums.
Two boys leave New York to join their parents in Cuba. The war between Spain and the Cubans is on, and the boys are detained at Santiago, but escape across the bay at night. Many adventures follow.
The Railroad Series
BY ALLEN CHAPMAN.
Ralph Fairbanks was bound to become a railroad man, as his father had been before him. Step by step he worked his way upward, serving first in the Roundhouse, cleaning locomotives; then in the Switch Tower, clearing the tracks; then on the Engine, as a fireman; then as engineer of the Overland Express; and finally as Train Dispatcher.
In this line of books there is revealed the whole workings of a great American railroad system. There are adventures in abundance—railroad wrecks, dashes through forest fires, the pursuit of a "wildcat" locomotive, the disappearance of a pay car with a large sum of money on board—but there is much more than this—the intense rivalry among railroads and railroad men, the working out of running schedules, the getting through "on time" in spite of all obstacles, and the manipulation of railroad securities by evil men who wish to rule or ruin.
Books that every American boy ought to own.
RALPH, THE TRAIN DISPATCHER
Or The Mystery of the Pay Car.
RALPH ON THE OVERLAND EXPRESS
Or The Trials and Triumphs of a Young Engineer.
RALPH ON THE ENGINE
Or The Young Fireman of the Limited Mail.
RALPH OF THE ROUND HOUSE
Or Bound to Become a Railroad Man.
RALPH IN THE SWITCH TOWER
Or Clearing the Track.
THE DICK HAMILTON SERIES
BY HOWARD R. GARIS
A NEW LINE OF CLEVER TALES FOR BOYS
DICK HAMILTON'S FORTUNE
Or The Stirring Doings of a Millionaire's Son
Dick, the son of a millionaire, has a fortune left to him by his mother. But before he can touch the bulk of this money it is stipulated in his mother's will that he must do certain things, in order to prove that he is worthy of possessing such a fortune. The doings of Dick and his chums make the liveliest kind of reading.
DICK HAMILTON'S CADET DAYS
Or The Handicap of a Millionaire's Son
The hero, a very rich young man, is sent to a military academy to make his way without the use of money. A fine picture of life at an up-to-date military academy is given, with target shooting, broad-sword exercise, trick riding, sham battles, and all. Dick proves himself a hero in the best sense of the word.
DICK HAMILTON'S STEAM YACHT
Or A Young Millionaire and the Kidnappers
A series of adventures while yachting in which our hero's wealth plays a part. Dick is marooned on an island, recovers his yacht and foils the kidnappers. The wrong young man is spirited away, Dick gives chase and there is a surprising rescue at sea.
DICK HAMILTON'S FOOTBALL TEAM
Or A Young Millionaire on the Gridiron
A very interesting account of how Dick succeeded in developing a champion team and of the lively contests with other teams. There is also related a number of thrilling incidents in which Dick is the central figure.