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Copyright, 1912, by
Edward Stratemeyer

_The Rover Boys in the Air_

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I. THE BOYS AND THE BIPLANE

II. SOMETHING ABOUT THE ROVER BOYS

III. SAM BRINGS NEWS

IV. AT THE TELEPHONE

V. LOOKING FOR THE LOST FLYING MACHINE

VI. TWO OLD ENEMIES

VII. THE RUNAWAY HORSES

VIII. TRIAL FLIGHTS

IX. THE NEW ARRIVAL

X. FUN WITH OLD RICKS

XI. OFF FOR BRILL COLLEGE

XII. A GRAND ARRIVAL

XIII. SOME INTERESTING NEWS

XIV. THE BIRTHDAY FEAST

XV. A PERILOUS FLIGHT

XVI. DICK AND DORA

XVII. CAUGHT IN A HAILSTORM

XVIII. TOM AND HIS FUN

XIX. STARTLING NEWS FROM HOME

XX. GRACE'S REVELATION

XXI. FOLLOWING DORA AND NELLIE

XXII. OVER THE BIG WOODS

XXIII. AT CLOSE QUARTERS

XXIV. AT THE SWAMP

XXV. THE TRAIL OF THE TOURING CAR

XXVI. THE MOONLIT TRAIL

XXVII. THE CHAUFFEUR OF THE TOURING CAR

XXVIII. AT THE OLD MANSION

XXIX. THE ARM OF THE LAW

XXX. THE ROUND-UP--CONCLUSION

INTRODUCTION

MY DEAR BOYS: This is a complete story in itself, but forms the
sixteenth volume issued under the general title of "Rover Boys Series
for Young Americans."

This line was started thirteen years ago by the publication of the first
three volumes, "The Rover Boys at School," "On the Ocean," and "In the
Jungle." I hoped that the young people would like the stories, but I was
hardly prepared for the very warm welcome the volumes received. The
three books were followed by a fourth, "The Rover Boys Out West," and
then, yearly, by "On the Great Lakes," "In Camp," "On Land and Sea," "On
the River," "On the Plains," "In Southern Waters," "On the Farm," "On
Treasure Isle," "At College," and then by "Down East," where we last
left our heroes and their friends.

Of course, as is but natural, Dick, Tom and Sam are older than when we
first met them. Indeed, Dick is thinking of getting married and settling
down, and with such a nice girl as Dora Stanhope, who could blame him?
All of the boys are at college, finishing their education, and all are
as wideawake as ever, and Tom is just as full of merriment. They have
some strenuous times, and take a trip through the air that is a good
deal out of the ordinary. They meet some of their old enemies, and prove
that they are heroes in the best meaning of that much-abused term.

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