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National Headquarters BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA THE FIFTH AVENUE BUILDING, 200 FIFTH AVENUE NEW YORK CITY

July 31st, 1913

TO THE PUBLIC:

In the execution of its purpose to give educational value and moral worth to the recreational activities of the boyhood of America, the leaders of the Boy Scout Movement quickly learned that to effectively carry out its program, the boy must be influenced not only in his out-of-door life but also in the diversions of his other leisure moments. It is at such times that the boy is captured by the tales of daring enterprises and adventurous good times. What now is needful is not that his taste should be thwarted but trained. There should constantly be presented to him the books the boy likes best, yet always the books that will be best for the boy. As a matter of fact, however, the boy’s taste is being constantly vitiated and exploited by the great mass of cheap juvenile literature.

To help anxiously concerned parents and educators to meet this grave peril, the Library Commission of the Boy Scouts of America has been organised. EVERY BOY’S LIBRARY is the result of their labors. All the books chosen have been approved by them. The Commission is composed of the following members: George F. Bowerman, Librarian, Public Library of the District of Columbia, Washington, D. C.; Harrison V. Graver, Librarian, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Pa.; Claude G. Leland, Superintendent, Bureau of Libraries, Board of Education, New York City; Edward F. Stevens, Librarian, Pratt Institute Free Library, Brooklyn, New York; together with the Editorial Board of our Movement, William D. Murray, George D. Pratt and Frank Presbray, with Franklin K. Mathiews, Chief Scout Librarian, as Secretary.

In selecting the books, the Commission has chosen only such as are of interest to boys, the first twenty-five being either works of fiction or stirring stories of adventurous experiences. In later lists, books of a more serious sort will be included. It is hoped that as many as twenty-five may be added to the Library each year.

Thanks are due the several publishers who have helped to inaugurate this new department of our work. Without their co-operation in making available for popular priced editions some of the best books ever published for boys, the promotion of EVERY BOY’S LIBRARY would have been impossible.

We wish, too, to express our heartiest gratitude to the Library Commission, who, without compensation, have placed their vast experience and immense resources at the service of our Movement.

The Commission invites suggestions as to future books to be included in the Library. Librarians, teachers, parents, and all others interested in welfare work for boys, can render a unique service by forwarding to National Headquarters lists of such books as in their judgment would be suitable for EVERY BOY’S LIBRARY.

Signed James E. West Chief Scout Executive.

“EACH TIME HE WITHDREW THE STICK, THE BEAST GAINED AN INCH OR TWO.”

EVERY BOY’S LIBRARY—BOY SCOUT EDITION

ALONG THE MOHAWK TRAIL

or

BOY SCOUTS ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN

BY

PERCY KEESE FITZHUGH

ILLUSTRATED BY

REMINGTON SCHUYLER

NEW YORK

GROSSET & DUNLAP

PUBLISHERS

Copyright, 1912,

By THOMAS Y. CROWELL COMPANY

CONTENTS

I.The Needle in the Haystack

II.A Glimpse at the Haystack

III.A Good Turn and a Salute

IV.The Haystack vs. Gordon Lord

V.The Forest Hits Back

VI.The Sign of the Turtle

VII.When Scout Meets Scout

VIII.The Message of the Flame

IX.Harry Arnold, Scout

X.The Swastika

XI.Frankie Squares Accounts

XII.Shades of the Green Mountain Boys

XIII.An Extraordinary Invention

XIV.On Dibble Mountain

XV.The Owner of the Reticule

XVI.Gordon interferes in Family Matters

XVII.In Hoc Signo Vinces

XVIII.At the Finish Line

XIX.The Fate of the Blue Sweaters

XX.Gordon Goes up in the Air—Also Harry

XXI.Making the Glider

XXII.Harry Finds a Way

XXIII.History Repeats Itself

XXIV.Mr. Danforth has His Way

ILLUSTRATIONS

“Each time he withdrew the stick, the beast gained an inch or two”

Map of the “Haystack”

“‘Hello, what are you doing?’”

“‘I never in my life!’ she exclaimed”

“He leaned over and seized the sinking figure by the collar”

MAP OF THE “HAYSTACK”

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