BOY AVIATORS’ SERIES
By Captain Wilbur Lawton
Absolutely Modern Stories for Boys
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The Boy Aviators Polar Dash Or, Facing Death in the Antarctic
If you were to hear that two boys, accompanying a South Polar expeditionin charge of the aeronautic department, were to penetrate the Antarcticregions—hitherto only attained by a few daring explorers—you would feelinterested, wouldn’t you? Well, in Captain Lawton’s latest book,concerning his Boy Aviators, you can not only read absorbing adventurein the regions south of the eightieth parallel, but absorb much usefulinformation as well. Captain Lawton introduces—besides the originalcharacters of the heroes—a new creation in the person of ProfessorSimeon Sandburr, a patient seeker for polar insects. The professor’sadventures in his quest are the cause of much merriment, and lead onceor twice to serious predicaments. In a volume so packed with incidentand peril from cover to cover—relieved with laughable mishaps to theprofessor—it is difficult to single out any one feature; still, a recentreader of it wrote the publishers an enthusiastic letter the other day,saying: “The episodes above the Great Barrier are thrilling, the attackof the condors in Patagonia made me hold my breath, the—but what’s theuse? The Polar Dash, to my mind, is an even more entrancing book thanCaptain Lawton’s previous efforts, and that’s saying a good deal. Theaviation features and their technical correctness are by no means theleast attractive features of this up-to-date creditable volume.”
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OAKDALE ACADEMY SERIES Stories of Modern School Sports By MORGAN SCOTT. Cloth Bound. Illustrated. Price, 60c. per vol., postpaid
BEN STONE AT OAKDALE.
Under peculiarly trying circumstances Ben Stone wins his way at OakdaleAcademy, and at the same time enlists our sympathy, interest andrespect. Through the enmity of Bern Hayden, the loyalty of Roger Eliotand the clever work of the “Sleuth,” Ben is falsely accused, championedand vindicated.
BOYS OF OAKDALE ACADEMY.
“One thing I will claim, and that is that all Grants fight open andsquare and there never was a sneak among them.” It was Rodney Grant, ofTexas, who made the claim to his friend, Ben Stone, and this story showshow he proved the truth of this statement in the face of apparentevidence to the contrary.
RIVAL PITCHERS OF OAKDALE.
Baseball is the main theme of this interesting narrative, and that meansnot only clear and clever descriptions of thrilling games, but anintimate acquaintance with the members of the teams who played them. TheOakdale Boys were ambitious and loyal, and some were even disgruntledand jealous, but earnest, persistent work won out.
OAKDALE BOYS IN CAMP.
The typical vacation is the one that means much freedom, littlerestriction, and immediate contact with “all outdoors.” These conditionsprevailed in the summer camp of the Oakdale Boys and made it a scene oflively interest.
THE GREAT OAKDALE MYSTERY.
The “Sleuth” scents a mystery! He “follows his nose.” The plot thickens!He makes deductions. There are surprises for the reader—and for the“Sleuth,” as well.
NEW BOYS AT OAKDALE.
A new element creeps into Oakdale with another year’s registration ofstudents. The old and the new standards of conduct in and out of schoolmeet, battle, and cause sweeping changes in the lives of several of theboys.
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BOY INVENTORS SERIES Stories of Skill and Ingenuity By RICHARD BONNER Cloth Bound. Illustrated. Price, 50c. per vol., postpaid
THE BOY INVENTORS’ WIRELESS TELEGRAPH.
Blest with natural curiosity,—sometimes called the instinct ofinvestigation,—favored with golden opportunity, and gifted with creativeability, the Boy Inventors meet emergencies and contrive mechanicalwonders that interest and convince the reader because they always “work”when put to the test.
THE BOY INVENTORS’ VANISHING GUN.
A thought, a belief, an experiment; discouragement, hope, effort andfinal success—this is the history of many an invention; a history inwhich excitement, competition, danger, despair and persistence figure.This merely suggests the circumstances which draw the daring BoyInventors into strange experiences and startling adventures, and whichdemonstrate the practical use of their vanishing gun.
THE BOY INVENTORS’ DIVING TORPEDO BOAT.
As in the previous stories of the Boy Inventors, new and interestingtriumphs of mechanism are produced which become immediately valuable,and the stage for their proving and testing is again the water. On thesurface and below it, the boys have jolly, contagious fun, and the storyof their serious, purposeful inventions challenge the reader’s deepestattention.
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Transcriber’s Notes:
Italicized phrases are presented by surrounding the text with _underscores_. Boldface phrases are presented by surrounding the text with =equal signs=. Small capitals have been rendered in full capitals.
Minor spelling, punctuation and typographic errors were corrected silently, except as noted below. Hyphenated words have been retained as they appear in the original text.
On the frontmatter page enumerating the Boy Aviators books, the count listed ("Six Titles") is left as is, even though seven books are listed in the subsequent text.
Note that some archaic spellings have been retained, even though they might be typographical errors; for example, "whity", "propellor", "collapsable", "disillusionized", "stancher", "monocule".
Inconsistent spellings of "airship" versus "air-ship" have been left as is, due to the frequency of both spellings. Inconsistent use of hyphenation in less frequently used words have been corrected to the form used most often.
Inconsistent usage of "anyone" versus "any one" has been left as is, due to the frequency of both spellings.
On the illustration after page 168, the caption has been changed slightly, to match the quote in the preceding paragraph.
On page 263, the error in Morse code (for the letter "O") has been left as is.
On page 317, "fit" was changed to "fix", as "fit" seemed like a typographical error. The original text is "I don’t think we were ever in a neater fit than this".
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