STEM TO STERN

OR

BUILDING THE BOAT

BY

OLIVER OPTIC

AUTHOR OF "YOUNG AMERICA ABROAD," "THE GREAT WESTERN SERIES," "THE ARMY AND NAVY SERIES," "THE WOODVILLE SERIES," "THE STARRY-FLAG SERIES," "THE BOAT-CLUB STORIES," "THE ONWARD AND UPWARD SERIES," "THE YACHT-CLUB SERIES," "THE LAKE-SHORE SERIES," "THE RIVERDALE SERIES," "ALL ADRIFT," "SNUG HARBOR," "SQUARE AND COMPASSES," ETC., ETC.

With Illustrations

BOSTON LEE AND SHEPARD PUBLISHERS NEW YORK CHARLES T. DILLINGHAM 1886

Copyright, 1885, By William T. Adams. —— All Rights Reserved. —— STEM TO STERN.

Electrotyped by C. J. Peters & Son, Boston.

TO MY ADOPTED "NEVVY," JOHN S. SHRIVER OF BALTIMORE, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED.