The Rover Boys on the Ocean; Or, A chase for a fortune by Arthur M. Winfield

THE ROVER BOYS ON THE OCEAN

OR A CHASE FOR A FORTUNE

BY Arthur M. Winfield

(Edward Stratemeyer)

INTRODUCTION

My dear Boys: "The Rover Boys on the Ocean" is a complete tale in itself, but forms a companion volume to "The Rover Boys at School," which preceded it.

In the former volume I tried to give my young readers a glimpse of life as it actually is in one of our famous military boarding schools, with its brightness and shadows, its trials and triumphs, its little plots and counterplots, its mental and physical contests, and all that goes to make up such an existence; in the present tale I have given a little more of this, and also related the particulars of an ocean trip, which, from a small and unpretentious beginning, developed into something entirely unlooked for an outing calculated to test the nerves of the bravest of American youths. How Dick, Tom, and Sam, and their friends stood it, and how they triumphed over their enemies, I will leave for the story itself to explain. This volume will be followed by another, to be entitled, "The Rover Boys in the jungle," telling of curious adventures in the heart of Africa.

As the first volume of the series was so I well received, my one wish is that the present tale may find equal favor at your hands.

Affectionately and sincerely yours,

EDWARD STRATEMEYER

September 20, 1899 

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About the Author 

Edward L. Stratemeyer (October 4, 1862 – May 10, 1930) was an American publisher, writer of children's fiction, and founder of the Stratemeyer Syndicate. He was one of the most prolific writers in the world, producing in excess of 1,300 books himself, selling in excess of 500 million copies. He also created many well-known fictional book series for juveniles, including The Rover Boys, The Bobbsey Twins, Tom Swift, The Hardy Boys, and Nancy Drew series, many of which sold millions of copies and are still in publication today. On Stratemeyer's legacy, Fortune wrote: "As oil had its Rockefeller, literature had its Stratemeyer." Wikipedia 

 
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The Rover Boys at School; Or, The Cadets of Putnam Hall by Arthur M. Winfield

THE ROVER BOYS AT SCHOOL

Or

THE CADETS OF PUTNAM HALL

By Arthur M. Winfield
(Edward Stratemeyer)

 

INTRODUCTION

My Dear Boys:

"The Rover Boys at School" has been written that those of you who have never put in a term or more at an American military academy for boys may gain some insight into the workings of such an institution.

While Putnam Hall is not the real name of the particular place of learning I had in mind while penning this tale for your amusement and instruction, there is really such a school, and dear Captain Putnam is a living person, as are also the lively, wide-awake, fun-loving Rover brothers, Dick, Tom, and Sam, and their schoolfellows, Larry, Fred, and Frank. The same can be said, to a certain degree, of the bully Dan Baxter, and his toady, the sneak, commonly known as "Mumps."

The present story is complete in itself, but it is written as the first of a series, to be followed by "The Rover Boys on the Ocean" and "The Rover Boys in the Jungle," in both of which volumes we will again meet many of our former characters.

Trusting that this tale will find as much favor in your hands as have my previous stories, I remain,

Affectionately and sincerely yours,

EDWARD STRATEMEYER

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Edward L. Stratemeyer (October 4, 1862 – May 10, 1930) was an American publisher, writer of children's fiction, and founder of the Stratemeyer Syndicate. He was one of the most prolific writers in the world, producing in excess of 1,300 books himself, selling in excess of 500 million copies. He also created many well-known fictional book series for juveniles, including The Rover Boys, The Bobbsey Twins, Tom Swift, The Hardy Boys, and Nancy Drew series, many of which sold millions of copies and are still in publication today. On Stratemeyer's legacy, Fortune wrote: "As oil had its Rockefeller, literature had its Stratemeyer." Wikipedia 

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The Rover Boys Shipwrecked by Arthur M. Winfield

THE ROVER BOYS
SHIPWRECKED

OR

A THRILLING HUNT FOR
PIRATES’ GOLD

BY

ARTHUR M. WINFIELD
(Edward Stratemeyer)

AUTHOR OF “THE ROVER BOYS AT SCHOOL,” “THE ROVER
BOYS IN THE AIR,” “THE ROVER BOYS AT COLBY
HALL,” “THE PUTNAM HALL SERIES,” ETC.

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS

Made in the United States of America

 

Books by Arthur M. Winfield
(Edward Stratemeyer)

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THE FIRST ROVER BOYS SERIES

• THE ROVER BOYS AT SCHOOL
• THE ROVER BOYS ON THE OCEAN
• THE ROVER BOYS IN THE JUNGLE
• THE ROVER BOYS OUT WEST
• THE ROVER BOYS ON THE GREAT LAKES
• THE ROVER BOYS IN THE MOUNTAINS
• THE ROVER BOYS IN CAMP
• THE ROVER BOYS ON LAND AND SEA
• THE ROVER BOYS ON THE RIVER
• THE ROVER BOYS ON THE PLAINS
• THE ROVER BOYS IN SOUTHERN WATERS
• THE ROVER BOYS ON THE FARM
• THE ROVER BOYS ON TREASURE ISLE
• THE ROVER BOYS AT COLLEGE
• THE ROVER BOYS DOWN EAST
• THE ROVER BOYS IN THE AIR
• THE ROVER BOYS IN NEW YORK
• THE ROVER BOYS IN ALASKA
• THE ROVER BOYS IN BUSINESS
• THE ROVER BOYS ON A TOUR

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THE SECOND ROVER BOYS SERIES

• THE ROVER BOYS AT COLBY HALL
• THE ROVER BOYS ON SNOWSHOE ISLAND
• THE ROVER BOYS UNDER CANVAS
• THE ROVER BOYS ON A HUNT
• THE ROVER BOYS IN THE LAND OF LUCK
• THE ROVER BOYS AT BIG HORN RANCH
• THE ROVER BOYS AT BIG BEAR LAKE
• THE ROVER BOYS SHIPWRECKED

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THE PUTNAM HALL SERIES

• THE CADETS OF PUTNAM HALL
• THE RIVALS OF PUTNAM HALL
• THE CHAMPIONS OF PUTNAM HALL
• THE REBELLION AT PUTNAM HALL
• CAMPING OUT DAYS AT PUTNAM HALL
• THE MYSTERY AT PUTNAM HALL

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12mo. Cloth. Illustrated.

Grosset & Dunlap, Publishers, New York

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Copyright, 1924, by
EDWARD STRATEMEYER

The Rover Boys Shipwrecked

 

INTRODUCTION

My Dear Boys: This book is a complete story in itself, but forms the eighth volume in a line issued under the general title, “The Second Rover Boys Series for Young Americans.”

As related in the First Series, this line of books was started with the publication of “The Rover Boys at School,” in which I introduced my readers to Dick, Tom and Sam Rover and their friends and relatives. This First Series, consisting of twenty volumes, told of what happened to these three Rover boys while attending Putnam Hall Military Academy, Brill College, and while on outings in this country and abroad. When the boys became married Dick Rover was blessed with a son and a daughter, as was also his brother Sam, while Tom became the parent of a lively pair of twin boys.

From their homes in New York City the four younger Rovers went to boarding school, as related in the first volume of the Second Series, entitled “The Rover Boys at Colby Hall.” From that school the scene was shifted to “Snowshoe[iv] Island” and then to doings while “Under Canvas.” Then the boys went “On a Hunt,” and, later, to “The Land of Luck.” Then came exciting days at “Big Horn Ranch” and at “Big Bear Lake,” where we last met them. In the present volume the scene is shifted to the Atlantic Ocean. The boys were shipwrecked and had many thrilling adventures.

As many of my readers know, the sale of this series of books is now well past the three million mark. To me, this seems truly wonderful. My only hope is that the reading of these books will do all of the boys and girls good.

Affectionately and sincerely yours,

Edward Stratemeyer.

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Edward L. Stratemeyer (October 4, 1862 – May 10, 1930) was an American publisher, writer of children's fiction, and founder of the Stratemeyer Syndicate. He was one of the most prolific writers in the world, producing in excess of 1,300 books himself, selling in excess of 500 million copies. He also created many well-known fictional book series for juveniles, including The Rover Boys, The Bobbsey Twins, Tom Swift, The Hardy Boys, and Nancy Drew series, many of which sold millions of copies and are still in publication today. On Stratemeyer's legacy, Fortune wrote: "As oil had its Rockefeller, literature had its Stratemeyer." Wikipedia 

 
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Manly Wade Wellman In Weird Tales (1927 - 1981)

 

Manly Wade Wellman 

In Weird Tales 

(1927 - 1981)

This is a compilation of scans (with original illustrations) of all 47 of Manly Wade Wellman's stories (and one poem) from the pulp magazine Weird Tales (from 1927 to 1981).

The stories in the .pdf  have been bookmarked for ease of access. With the touch of your mouse pointer, you can instantly go to any story in the compilation.

CONTENTS:

1. BACK TO THE BEAST (Weird Tales, November 1927)
2. AT THE BEND OF THE TRAIL (Weird Tales, October 1934)
3. THE HORROR UNDYING (Weird Tales, May 1936)
4. THE KELPIE (Weird Tales, July 1936)
5. THE THEATER UPSTAIRS (Weird Tales, December 1936)
6. THE WEREWOLF SNARLS (Weird Tales, March 1937)
7. THE TERRIBLE PARCHMENT (Weird Tales, August 1937)
8. SCHOOL FOR THE UNSPEAKABLE (Weird Tales, September 1937)
9. THE GOLGOTHA DANCERS (Weird Tales, October 1937)
10. THE HAIRY ONES SHALL DANCE. (as Gans T. Field) (Three-Part Serial) (Weird Tales, January to March 1938)
11. THE BLACK DRAMA (as Gans T. Field) (Three-Part Serial)(Weird Tales, June to August 1938)
12. DEAD DOG (Weird Tales, August 1938)
13. THE CAVERN (with Gertrude Gordon) (Weird Tales, September 1938)
14. UP UNDER THE ROOF (Weird Tales, October 1938)
15. THESE DOTH THE LORD HATE (as Gans T. Field) (Weird Tales, January 1939)
16. FEARFUL ROCK (Three-Part Serial) (Weird Tales, February to April 1939)
17. THE VALLEY WAS STILL (Weird Tales, August 1939)
18. VOICE IN A VETERAN'S EAR (as Gans T. Field) (Poem) (Weird Tales, August 1939)
19. THE WITCH'S CAT (as Gans T. Field) (Weird Tales, October 1939)
20. THE SONG OF THE SLAVES (Weird Tales, March 1940)
21. THE DREADFUL RABBITS (Weird Tales, July 1940)
22. IT ALL CAME TRUE IN THE WOODS (Weird Tales, July 1941)
23. THE HALF-HAUNTED (as Gans T. Field) (Weird Tales, September 1941)
24. THE LIERS IN WAIT (Weird Tales, November 1941)
25. COVEN (Weird Tales, July 1942)
26. THE THIRD CRY TO LEGBA (Weird Tales, November 1943)
27. THE GOLDEN GOBLINS (Weird Tales, January 1944)
28. HOOFS (Weird Tales, March 1944)
29. THE LETTERS OF COLD FIRE (Weird Tales, May 1944)
30. JOHN THUNSTONE'S INHERITANCE (Weird Tales, July 1944)
31. SORCERY FROM THULE (Weird Tales, September 1944)
32. THE DEAD MAN'S HAND (Weird Tales, November 1944)
33. THORNE ON THE THRESHOLD (Weird Tales, January 1945)
34. THE SHONOKINS (Weird Tales, March 1945)
35. BLOOD FROM A STONE (Weird Tales, May 1945)
36. THE DAI SWORD (Weird Tales, July 1945)
37. SIN'S DOORWAY (Weird Tales, January 1946)
38. TWICE CURSED (Weird Tales, March 1946)
39. SHONOKIN TOWN (Weird Tales, July 1946)
40. FROGFATHER (Weird Tales, November 1946)
41. THE LEONARDO RONDACHE (Weird Tales, March 1948)
42. DHOH (Weird Tales, July 1948)
43. IN THAT SAME MOMENT (Weird Tales, January 1950)
44. HOME TO MOTHER (Weird Tales, March 1950)
45. THE PINEYS (Weird Tales, September 1950)
46. THE LAST GRAVE OF LILL WARRAN (Weird Tales, May 1951)
47. PARTHENOPE (Weird Tales, September 1953)
48. NOBODY EVER GOES THERE (Weird Tales, Fall 1981)

Manly Wade Wellman (May 21, 1903 – April 5, 1986) was an American writer.

While his science fiction and fantasy stories appeared in such pulps as Astounding Stories, Startling Stories, Unknown and Strange Stories, Wellman is best remembered as one of the most popular contributors to the legendary Weird Tales, and for his fantasy and horror stories set in the Appalachian Mountains, which draw on the native folklore of that region. Karl Edward Wagner referred to him as "the dean of fantasy writers." Wellman also wrote in a wide variety of other genres, including historical fiction, detective fiction, western fiction, juvenile fiction, and non-fiction.

Wellman was a long-time resident of North Carolina. He received many awards, including the World Fantasy Award and Edgar Allan Poe Award. In 2013, the North Carolina Speculative Fiction Foundation inaugurated an award named after him to honor other North Carolina authors of science fiction and fantasy.

Three of Wellman's most famous recurring protagonists are (1) John, a.k.a. John the Balladeer, a.k.a. "Silver John", a wandering backwoods minstrel with a silver-stringed guitar, (2) the elderly "occult detective" Judge Pursuivant, and (3) John Thunstone, also an occult investigator. Wikipedia

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Fighting King George by John T. McIntyre

FIGHTING

KING

GEORGE

by

John T McIntyre

Illustrated

by

J A Graeber

THE PENN
PUBLISHING
COMPANY
PHILADELPHIA
M C M V

Copyright 1905 by The Penn Publishing Company

Contents

I    How Fort Johnson Fell    7
II    How Tom Deering Made a Name    31
III    How the British Ships Ran From Charleston Harbor    57
IV    How Two Men Buried a Chest of Gold    84
V    How Tom Joined Marion’s Brigade    101
VI    How Francis Marion Heard Good News From Williamsburg        123
VII    How Tom Deering Fought With Gates at Camden    140
VIII    How Tom Braved the Tories    148
IX    How Tom Deering Held the Staircase    174
X    How Marion’s Men Lay in Ambush and What Came of It    200
XI    How Tom Met With a Blindfold Adventure    213
XII    How Tom Took Part in a Mysterious Consultation    245
XIII    How the Unexpected Happened on Christmas Eve    261[4]
XIV    How the British Lost Some Prisoners    283
XV    How Tom Deering Fought His First Fight Upon the Sea    306
XVI    How Tom Deering Served With General Greene    322
XVII    How a Traitor to His Country was Taken and Lost    337
XVIII    How Tom Deering Rode With Washington at Yorktown    350

Illustrations

PAGE

Two Figures Bounded Upon the Walls    Frontispiece
Marion Took the Packet    62
“They Are Rare Good Lads, All of Them,” Spoke the Burgess    134
Step by Step He was Beaten Back    194
“This Gentleman,” Said Cornwallis, “Will Introduce You”    252
“Well Aimed,” Praised Mr. Johnson    316
The Officer Sprang Forward    344

About the Author 

 

John Thomas McIntyre (26 November 1871 – 21 May 1951) was an American playwright, and novelist of mystery and crime fiction. Wikipedia 

 

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In the Dead of Night by John T. McIntyre

In the Dead of Night

by John T. McIntyre

Author of “With Fighting Jack Barry,” etc.

WITH

 ILUSTRATIONS BY 

FRANCES ROGERS

PHILADELPHIA & LONDON
J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
190

Copyright, 1908
By J. B. Lippincott Company

Published April, 1908

Electrotyped and printed by J. B. Lippincott Company
The Washington Square Press, Philadelphia, U. S. A.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. The Girl in the Hansom Cab 11
II. The Dark House in Selden’s Square 20
III. In the Face of Strange Dangers 31
IV. Kenyon is Drawn Deeper in the Maze 41
V. Garry Webster, of Chicago 52
VI. Kenyon has Another Odd Experience 68
VII. The Bellevue Hospital Puzzle 78
VIII. The Night Grows Thick with Wonder 92
IX. Kenyon Goes Blindly On 102
X. Hong Yo Strikes a Blow 111
XI. The Second Night Ends 121
XII. And the Third Night Begins 133
XIII. Kenyon Meets an Old Acquaintance 143
XIV. The Uninvited Guest 151
XV. Kenyon in a New Rôle 167
XVI. Kenyon Calls on the Man from Saginaw 176

XVII.    At the Girls’ Club in Mulberry Street    193

XVIII.    Kenyon Shows His Metal    204
XIX.    On Board the Vixen    217
XX.    Baffled    226
XXI.    Kenyon Begins to See the Light    240
XXII.    The Light Grows Stronger    251
XXIII.    What Kenyon Heard and Saw    265
XXIV.    Conclusion    273

 

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE
A Small White Hand Darted over His Shoulder    Frontispiece
All the Time Her Gaze Was Fixed upon the Two    73
He Stood for a Moment in the Doorway    117
Kenyon Touched One End of the Slip to a Flame    292

About the Author 

 

John Thomas McIntyre (26 November 1871 – 21 May 1951) was an American playwright, and novelist of mystery and crime fiction. Wikipedia 

 

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Poets of the South by F. V. N. Painter

 

PREFACE

The poets of the South, who constitute a worthy galaxy of poetic talent and achievement, are not sufficiently known. Even in the South, which might naturally be expected to take pride in its gifted singers, most of them, it is to be feared, are but little read.

This has been called an age of prose. Under the sway of what are regarded as "practical interests," there is a drifting away from poetic sentiment and poetic truth. This tendency is to be regretted, for material prosperity is never at its best without the grace and refinements of true culture. At the present time, as in former ages, the gifted poet is a seer, who reveals to us what is highest and best in life.

There is at present a new interest in literature in the South. The people read more; and in recent years an encouraging number of Southern writers have achieved national distinction. With this literary renaissance, there has been a turning back to older authors.

It is hoped that this little volume will supply a real need. It is intended to call fresh attention to the poetic achievement of the South. While minor poets are not forgotten, among whose writings is found many a gem of poetry, it is the leaders of the chorus—Poe, Hayne, Timrod, Lanier, and Ryan—who receive chief consideration. It may be doubted whether several of them have been given the place in American letters to which their gifts and achievements justly entitle them. It is hoped that the following biographical and critical sketches of these men, each highly gifted in his own way, will lead to a more careful reading of their works, in which, be it said to their honor, there is no thought or sentiment unworthy of a refined and chivalrous nature.

F. V. N. PAINTER.
SALEM, VIRGINIA.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER
I. MINOR POETS OF THE SOUTH
II. EDGAR ALLAN POE
III. PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE
IV. HENRY TIMROD
V. SIDNEY LANIER
VI. ABRAM J. RYAN
ILLUSTRATIVE SELECTIONS
NOTES

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