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Made in the United States of America

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BOOKS BY ARTHUR M. WINFIELD

(Edward Stratemeyer)

THE FIRST ROVER BOYS SERIES

THE ROVER BOYS AT SCHOOL
THE ROVER BOYS ON THE OCEAN
THE ROVER BOYS IN THE JUNGLE
THE ROVER BOYS OUT WEST
THE ROVER BOYS ON THE GREAT LAKES
THE ROVER BOYS IN THE MOUNTAINS
THE ROVER BOYS IN CAMP
THE ROVER BOYS ON LAND AND SEA
THE ROVER BOYS ON THE RIVER
THE ROVER BOYS ON THE PLAINS
THE ROVER BOYS IN SOUTHERN WATERS
THE ROVER BOYS ON THE FARM
THE ROVER BOYS ON TREASURE ISLE
THE ROVER BOYS AT COLLEGE
THE ROVER BOYS DOWN EAST
THE ROVER BOYS IN THE AIR
THE ROVER BOYS IN NEW YORK
THE ROVER BOYS IN ALASKA
THE ROVER BOYS IN BUSINESS
THE ROVER BOYS ON A TOUR

THE SECOND ROVER BOYS SERIES

THE ROVER BOYS AT COLBY HALL
THE ROVER BOYS ON SNOWSHOE ISLAND

THE PUTNAM HALL SERIES

THE PUTNAM HALL CADETS
THE PUTNAM HALL RIVALS
THE PUTNAM HALL CHAMPIONS
THE PUTNAM HALL REBELLION
THE PUTNAM HALL ENCAMPMENT
THE PUTNAM HALL MYSTERY

12mo. Cloth. Illustrated.

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Grosset & Dunlap, Publishers, New York
Copyright, 1918, by
Edward Stratemeyer

INTRODUCTION

My Dear Boys: This book is a complete story in itself, but forms the
second volume in a line issued under the general title, "The Second
Rover Boys Series for Young Americans."

As mentioned in several volumes of the first series, this line was
started a number of years ago with the publication of "The Rover Boys at
School," "On the Ocean," and "In the Jungle." In those volumes my young
readers were introduced to Dick, Tom and Sam Rover.

The volumes of the first series related the adventures of the three
Rover boys while attending Putnam Hall Military Academy, Brill College,
and while on numerous outings.

These Rover boys were, of course, growing steadily older. They met three
young ladies in whom they became intensely interested, and, after
becoming established in business, three happy marriages followed.
Presently Dick Rover was blessed with a son and a daughter, as was also
his brother Sam, while the fun-loving Tom became the proud father of
twin boys, who were as full of spirit as their parent had ever been. At
first the boys were kept at home, but then it was thought best to send
them to a boarding school.

At Colby Hall the young Rovers made a host of friends, and