Front matter
Reading edition
CONTENTS
Chapter I. A New Project.
Chapter II. The Auction at Ruoara.
Chapter III. On Board the “Belle.”
Chapter IV. In the Picnic Grove.
Chapter V. The Battle With Words.
Chapter VI. The Battle With Blows.
Chapter VII. Waddie and I.
Chapter VIII. The Wreck of the “Highflyer.”
Chapter IX. By the Great Horn Spoon!
Chapter X. Waddie in a New Character.
Chapter XI. A Steamboat Strike.
Chapter XII. Captain Wolf Penniman.
Chapter XIII. In the Wheel-house.
Chapter XIV. The Horse-Shoe Channel.
Chapter XV. A Decided Victory.
Chapter XVI. Tommy Toppleton Mounted.
Chapter XVII. Tommy Toppleton Threatens.
Chapter XVIII. The Two Majors.
Chapter XIX. The Major’s Next Move.
Chapter XX. Grace Toppleton Faints.
Chapter XXI. Grace Toppleton’s Story.
Chapter XXII. Our Next Move.
Chapter XXIII. Up the Lake.
Chapter XXIV. A Trick of the Enemy.
Chapter XXV. The Steamboat Excursion.
Chapter XXVI. Major Toppleton’s Proposition.
ALGER SERIES No. 149 On Time BY Oliver Optic
STREET & SMITH CORPORATION PUBLISHERS NEW YORK
BOOKS THAT NEVER GROW OLD
Alger Series
Price, Fifteen Cents Clean Adventure Stories for Boys
The Most Complete List Published
The following list does not contain all the books that Horatio Alger wrote, but it contains most of them, and certainly the best.
Horatio Alger is to boys what Charles Dickens is to grown-ups. His work is just as popular to-day as it was years ago. The books have a quality, the value of which is beyond computation.
There are legions of boys of foreign parents who are being helped along the road to true Americanism by reading these books which are so peculiarly American in tone that the reader cannot fail to absorb some of the spirit of fair play and clean living which is so characteristically American.
In this list will be included certain books by Edward Stratemeyer, Oliver Optic, and other authors who wrote the Alger type of stories, which are equal in interest and wholesomeness with those written by the famous author after which this great line of books for boys is named.
ALL TITLES ALWAYS IN PRINT
1—Driven From HomeBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
2—A Cousin’s ConspiracyBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
3—Ned NewtonBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
4—Andy GordonBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
5—Tony, the TrampBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
6—The Five Hundred Dollar CheckBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
7—Helping HimselfBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
8—Making His WayBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
9—Try and TrustBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
10—Only an Irish BoyBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
11—Jed, the Poorhouse BoyBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
12—Chester RandBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
13—Grit, the Young Boatman of Pine PointBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
14—Joe’s LuckBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
15—From Farm Boy to SenatorBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
16—The Young OutlawBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
17—Jack’s WardBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
18—Dean DunhamBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
19—In a New WorldBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
20—Both Sides of the ContinentBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
21—The Store BoyBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
22—Brave and BoldBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
23—A New York BoyBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
24—Bob BurtonBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
25—The Young AdventurerBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
26—Julius, the Street BoyBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
27—Adrift in New YorkBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
28—Tom BraceBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
29—Struggling UpwardBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
30—The Adventures of a New York Telegraph BoyBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
31—Tom TracyBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
32—The Young AcrobatBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
33—Bound to RiseBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
34—Hector’s InheritanceBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
35—Do and DareBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
36—The Tin BoxBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
37—Tom, the BootblackBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
38—Risen from the RanksBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
39—Shifting for HimselfBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
40—Wait and HopeBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
41—Sam’s ChanceBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
42—Striving for FortuneBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
43—Phil, the FiddlerBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
44—Slow and SureBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
45—Walter Sherwood’s ProbationBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
46—The Trials and Triumphs of Mark MasonBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
47—The Young SalesmanBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
48—Andy Grant’s PluckBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
49—Facing the WorldBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
50—Luke WaltonBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
51—Strive and SucceedBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
52—From Canal Boy to PresidentBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
53—The Erie Train BoyBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
54—Paul, the PeddlerBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
55—The Young MinerBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
56—Charlie Codman’s CruiseBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
57—A Debt of HonorBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
58—The Young ExplorerBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
59—Ben’s NuggetBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
60—The Errand BoyBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
61—Frank and FearlessBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
62—Frank Hunter’s PerilBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
63—Adrift in the CityBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
64—Tom Thatcher’s FortuneBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
65—Tom Turner’s LegacyBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
66—Dan, the NewsboyBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
67—Digging for GoldBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
68—Lester’s LuckBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
69—In Search of TreasureBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
70—Frank’s CampaignBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
71—Bernard Brook’s AdventuresBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
72—Robert Coverdale’s StrugglesBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
73—Paul Prescott’s ChargeBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
74—Mark Manning’s MissionBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
75—Rupert’s AmbitionBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
76—Sink or SwimBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
77—The Backwoods BoyBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
78—Tom Temple’s CareerBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
79—Ben BruceBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
80—The Young MusicianBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
81—The Telegraph BoyBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
82—Work and WinBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
83—The Train BoyBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
84—The Cash BoyBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
85—Herbert Carter’s LegacyBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
86—Strong and SteadyBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
87—Lost at SeaBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
88—From Farm to FortuneBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
89—Young Captain JackBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
90—Joe, the Hotel BoyBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
91—Out for BusinessBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
92—Falling in With FortuneBy Horatio Alger, Jr.
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BY OLIVER OPTIC Author of many books for boys which will never grow old.
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Copyright, 1869 By W. T. ADAMS
Renewal Granted to Alice Adams Russell, 1897
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