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BRAVE AND BOLD WEEKLY
All kinds of stories that boys like. The biggest and best nickel'sworth ever offered. =High art colored covers. Thirty-two big pages.Price, 5 cents.=
321--Madcap Max, The Boy Adventurer; or, Lost in the Land of the Mahdi. By Frank Sheridan.
322--Always to the Front; or, For Fun and Fortune. By Cornelius Shea.
323--Caught in a Trap; or, The Great Diamond Case. By Harrie Irving Hancock.
324--For Big Money; or, Beating His Way to the Pacific. By Fred Thorpe.
325--Muscles of Steel; or, The Boy Wonder. By Weldon J. Cobb.
326--Gordon Keith in Zululand; or, How "Checkers" Held the Fort. By Lawrence White, Jr.
327--The Boys' Revolt; or, Right Against Might. By Harrie Irving Hancock.
328--The Mystic Isle; or, In Peril of His Life. By Fred Thorpe.
329--A Million a Minute; or, A Brace of Meteors. By Weldon J. Cobb.
330--Gordon Keith Under African Skies; or, Four Comrades in the Danger Zone. By Lawrence White, Jr.
331--Two Chums Afloat; or, The Cruise of the "Arrow." By Cornelius Shea.
332--In the Path of Duty; or, The Fortunes of Officer Dan Deering. By Harrie Irving Hancock.
333--A Bid for Fortune; or, True as Steel. By Fred Thorpe.
334--A Battle with Fate; or, The Baseball Mascot. By Weldon J. Cobb.
335--Three Brave Boys; or, Adventures in the Balloon World. By Frank Sheridan.
MOTOR STORIES
The latest and best five-cent weekly. We won't say how interesting itis. See for yourself. =High art colored covers. Thirty-two big pages.Price, 5 cents.=
1--Motor Matt; or, The King of the Wheel.
2--Motor Matt's Daring; or, True To His Friends.
3--Motor Matt's Century Run; or, The Governor's Courier.
4--Motor Matt's Race; or, The Last Flight of the "Comet."
5--Motor Matt's Mystery; or, Foiling a Secret Plot.
6--Motor Matt's Red Flier; or, On The High Gear.
7--Motor Matt's Clue; or, The Phantom Auto.
8--Motor Matt's Triumph; or, Three Speeds Forward.
9--Motor Matt's Air-Ship; or, The Rival Inventors.
10--Motor Matt's Hard Luck; or, The Balloon House Plot.
11--Motor Matt's Daring Rescue; or, The Strange Case of Helen Brady.
12--Motor Matt's Peril; or, Castaway in the Bahamas.
TIP TOP WEEKLY
The most popular publication for boys. The adventures of Frank and DickMerriwell can be had only in this weekly. =High art colored covers.Thirty-two pages. Price, 5 cents.=
671--Dick Merriwell's "Dip;" or, The Mysterious Movements of a Hat.
672--Dick Merriwell's Rally; or, Making a Fighting Finish.
673--Dick Merriwell's Flier; or, The Champions of the Ice.
674--Frank Merriwell's Bullets; or, A Steady Nerve and a Sure Hand.
675--Frank Merriwell Cut Off; or, The Result of the Great Spring Rise.
676--Frank Merriwell's Ranch Boss; or, Big Bruce and the Blossoms.
677--Dick Merriwell's Equal; or, The Fellow with the Flying Feet.
678--Dick Merriwell's Development; or, The All-around Wonder.
679--Dick Merriwell's Eye; or, The Secret of Good Batting.
680--Frank Merriwell's Zest; or, The Spirit of the School.
681--Frank Merriwell's Patience; or, The Making of a Pitcher.
682--Frank Merriwell's Pupil; or, The Boy with the Wizard Wing.
683--Frank Merriwell's Fighters; or, The Decisive Battle with Blackstone.
684--Dick Merriwell at the "Meet"; or, Honors Worth Winning.
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ADVENTURES OF A BOY GENIUS
MOTOR STORIES
The boys who want to learn something from what they read, as wellas to be interested by it, will never find another publication thatwill satisfy them so well as MOTOR STORIES. "Motor Matt" is not animpossible boy character. He is simply a youth who has had considerabletraining in a machine shop where motors of all kinds were repaired,and who is possessed of a genius for mechanics. His sense of right andwrong is strongly developed, and his endeavors to insure certain peoplea square deal, lead him into a series of the most astonishing, but atthe same time the most natural adventures that ever befell a boy.
_HERE ARE THE TITLES NOW READY_:
1--Motor Matt; or, The King of the Wheel. 2--Motor Matt's Daring; or, True to His Friends. 3--Motor Matt's Century Run; or, The Governor's Courier. 4--Motor Matt's Race; or, The Last Flight of the "Comet." 5--Motor Matt's Mystery; or, Foiling a Secret Plot. 6--Motor Matt's Red Flier; or, On the High Gear. 7--Motor Matt's Clue; or, The Phantom Auto. 8--Motor Matt's Triumph; or, Three Speeds Forward. 9--Motor Matt's Air Ship; or, The Rival Inventors. 10--Motor Matt's Hard Luck; or, The Balloon House Plot. 11--Motor Matt's Daring Rescue; or, The Strange Case of Helen Brady. 12--Motor Matt's Peril; or, Cast Away in the Bahamas.
To be Published on May 17th.
13--Motor Matt's Queer Find; or, The Secret of the Iron Chest.
To be Published on May 24th.
14--Motor Matt's Promise; or, The Wreck of the "Hawk."
To be Published on May 31st.
15--Motor Matt's Submarine; or, The Strange Cruise of the "Grampus."
To be Published on June 7th.
16--Motor Matt's Quest; or, Three Chums in Strange Waters.
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Transcriber's Notes:
Added table of contents.
Italics are represented by _underscores_, bold by =equal signs=.
All oe ligatures have been expanded to "oe" for this text edition; theligatures are retained in the HTML edition.
Page 1, changed "se" to "see" in "I can see dot meinseluf."
Page 4, added missing apostrophe to "an', I do planty."
Page 8, changed "srceech" to "screech" in "screech of warning."
Page 10, changed "all sail sets" to "all sails set." Added missingquote after "into smithereens."
Page 11, changed "anwered" to "answered" after "knew of ArchibaldTownsend." Changed "handkerchif" to "handkerchief" ("fumbled in hispocket for a...").
Page 17, added missing open quote to "The more he talks."
Page 21, added missing open quote to "A pocketful."
Page 28, changed "Indentities" to "Identities."
Page 30, changed "matallic" to "metallic" ("metallic rattling").Changed "fact" to "fa
ce" in "The sergeant's face changed."
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