THE HILLTOP BOYS SERIES
By CYRIL BURLEIGH
=The Hilltop Boys; A Story of School Life=
Jack Sheldon, a clean-minded and popular student in the academy, gainsthe enmity of several of the boys, but their efforts to injure him fail.A mystery, connected with Jack's earlier life, is used against him, buthe comes off with flying colors.
=The Hilltop Boys in Camp; or, The Rebellion at the Academy=
A strange situation arises in which an airship figures as the bearer ofan important letter. The head-master acts without investigating all thefacts, but matters are all finally adjusted to the satisfaction of allconcerned.
=The Hilltop Boys on Lost Island; or, An Unusual Adventure=
The scene now shifts to the West Indies and Jack figures as the hero ofa daring rescue. Their experiences in tropical waters form a moststirring narrative, and the young reader is assured of a tale ofgripping interest from first to last.
=The Hilltop Boys on the River; or, The Cruise Up the Hudson=
The Doctor takes a number of the boys on a cruise up the Hudson. Anunlooked-for incident finds Jack Sheldon equal to the occasion, and whatat one time promised to be a disastrous trip for all concerned wasturned into a complete victory for our young friends.
=The Hilltop Boys Doing Their Bit; or, The Young Farmers of theHighlands=
Our young friends, fired with patriotism, prove their real worth to thecommunity, and their efforts meet with unexpected success.
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=The Boy Volunteers on the Belgian Front=
Describes the adventures of two American boys who were in Europe whenthe great war commenced. Their enlistment with Belgian troops and theirremarkable experiences are based upon actual occurrences and the book isreplete with line drawings of fighting machines, air planes and maps ofplaces where the most important battles took place and of other mattersof interest.
=The Boy Volunteers with the French Airmen=
This book relates the further adventures of the young Americans inFrance, where they viewed the fighting from above the firing lines. Fromthis book the reader gains considerable knowledge of the different typesof air planes and battle planes used by the warring nations, as alldescriptions are illustrated with unusually clear line drawings.
=The Boy Volunteers with the British Artillery=
How many boys today know anything about the great guns now being used onso many European battle fronts? Our young friends had the rareopportunity of witnessing, at first hand, a number of these terrificduels, and the story which is most fascinatingly told is illustratedwith numerous drawings of the British, French and German field pieces.
=The Boy Volunteers with the Submarine Fleet=
Our young heroes little expected to be favored with so rare anexperience as a trip under the sea in one of the great submarines. Inthis book the author accurately describes the submarine in action, andthe many interesting features of this efficient fighting craft are madeclear to the reader by a series of splendid line drawings.
=The Boy Volunteers with the American Infantry=
The entry of the United States into the great conflict offers the twoboys their long-looked-for opportunity. The arrival of our troops abroadand the boys' experiences with them make a thrilling tale.
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+-----------------------------------------------------------------+ | Transcriber's Notes: | | | | Words surrounded by _ are italicized and words surrounded by = | | are bold. | | | | Obvious punctuation errors repaired. | | | | Due to the restriction of the ascii font, the word "Francaise" | | has been rendered without its cedilla mark. | | | | Printer errors and inconsistent spelling repaired, including: | | - p. 15 "Eecheren" changed to "Eeckeren" (north to Eeckeren) | | - p. 18 "Belguim" changed to "Belgium" (end of Belgium) | | - p. 21 "increditably" changed to "incredibly" (incredibly | | short space) | | - p. 77 "d'l'Opera" changed to "de l'Opera" (the rue de l'Opera)| | - p. 80 "Bologne" changed to "Boulogne" (Bois de Boulogne) | | - p. 109 "aline" changed to "aligned" (were properly aligned) | | - p. 127 "reappeared" changed to "re-appeared" (the lieutenant | | re-appeared) | | - p. 152 "Ludwigschafen" changed to "Ludwigshafen" (and near | | Ludwigshafen) | | - p. 156 "is" removed from phrase "without the cap is on" | | (without the cap on) | | - p. 158 "th" changed to "the" (the first bomb) | | - p. 161 "enconiums" changed to "encomiums" (heard the | | encomiums) | | - p. 163 "disance" changed to "distance" (a safe distance) | | - Advertisement page "to-day" changed to "today" (many boys | | today) | | | +-----------------------------------------------------------------+
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