Front matter
Reading edition
Complete List of Stories for Boys by
HERBERT STRANG
ADVENTURES OF DICK TREVANION, THE ADVENTURES OF HARRY ROCHESTER, THE A GENTLEMAN-AT-ARMS A HERO OF LIÉGE A THOUSAND MILES AN HOUR AIR PATROL, THE AIR SCOUT, THE BARCLAY OF THE GUIDES BLUE RAIDER, THE BOYS OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE BRIGHT IDEAS BURTON OF THE FLYING CORPS CARRY ON CRUISE OF THE GYRO-CAR, THE DAN BOLTON’S DISCOVERY FIGHTING WITH FRENCH FLYING BOAT, THE FRANK FORESTER HEIR OF A HUNDRED KINGS, THE HUMPHREY BOLD JACK BROWN IN CHINA JACK HARDY KING OF THE AIR KOBO LONG TRAIL, THE LORD OF THE SEAS MARTIN OF OLD LONDON MOTOR SCOUT, THE NO MAN’S ISLAND OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN, THE ONE OF CLIVE’S HEROES PALM TREE ISLAND RIDERS, THE RIVER PIRATES, THE ROB THE RANGER ROUND THE WORLD IN SEVEN DAYS SAMBA SETTLERS AND SCOUTS SULTAN JIM SWIFT AND SURE THROUGH THE ENEMY’S LINES TOM BURNABY TOM WILLOUGHBY’S SCOUTS TRUE AS STEEL WINNING HIS NAME WITH DRAKE ON THE SPANISH MAIN WITH HAIG ON THE SOMME YOUNG JACK
HE CLUTCHED AT THE GRAPNEL, LET GO HIS HOLD OF THE MAST, AND SWUNG CLEAR. Frontispiece—see page 79
KING OF THE AIR
Or, To Morocco on an Aeroplane
By
HERBERT STRANG
ILLUSTRATED IN COLOUR BY W. E. WEBSTER
HUMPHREY MILFORD
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
LONDON, EDINBURGH, GLASGOW
TORONTO, MELBOURNE, CAPE TOWN, BOMBAY
Copyright 1907 by the Bobbs-Merrill Company
in the United States of America.
Published 1907.
Reprinted 1908, 1909, 1911, 1913 (twice), 1915 (twice),
1917, 1918, 1919 (twice), 1920, 1923, 1929
Printed in Great Britain by Richard Clay & Sons, Limited,
Bungay, Suffolk.
CONTENTS
CHAPTERPAGE
I.Mr. Greatorex is Astonished9
II.Herr Schwab20
III.Tom makes Experiments34
IV.A Prisoner in Zemmur51
V.Off the Barbary Coast63
VI.Salathiel ben Ezra81
VII.The Hills of Zemmur98
VIII.The Swordsmith of Ain Afroo116
IX.A Bolt from the Blue133
X.The Kasbah148
XI.Prison Breakers167
XII.A Hitch182
XIII.Diplomacy196
XIV.The Troglodytes218
XV.View Halloo!233
XVI.Icarus248
XVII.Compliments and Thanks262
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
“He clutched at the grapnel, let go his hold of the mast, and swung clear”79
“His sword flew from his grasp, and he reeled dizzily to the ground.”130
“Tom, seizing a big stone, threw it with all his force into the black room beneath”187
“Abdul bent over the brink and smartly rapped his knuckles with the butt of Tom’s revolver”222