H.M. Caldwell

 
 


Best Books for Boys

Topic: Juvenile boy’s tales

Publish Dates: 1907-1913

Volumes: 28

Formats: 1

 


Title:

Author:

Year:

Notes:

1

Gallant Grenadier

F. S. Brereton

 


2

Struggle for a Fortune

Harry Castlemon

 

Deleted in 1910

3

Adventures of a Boy Reporter

Harry Steele Morrison

 

Deleted in 1910

4

All Aboard

Oliver Optic

 


6

Break O'Day Boys

Victor St. Clair

 


7

Boy Land Boomer

Ralph Bonehill

 


8

The Boat Club

Oliver Optic

 


11

Connecticut Boys in the Western Reserve

James A. Braden

 


15

Down the Slope

James Otis

 

Deleted in 1910

20

First Capture

Harry Castlemon

 

Deleted in 1910

21

Four Boys on the Mississippi

Frank E. Kellogg

 

Deleted in 1910

22

Far Past the Frontier

James A. Braden

 


23

Forge and Furnace

Victor St. Clair

 


24

From Powder Monkey to Admiral

W. H. G. Kingston

 


26

Gunmaker of Moscow

Sylvanu Cobb, Jr.

 


27

Green Mountain Boys

Daniel P. Thompson

 


28

Larry Barlow's Ambition

Arthur M. Winfield

 


31

Messenger No. 48

James Otis

 

Deleted in 1910

36

Now or Never

Oliver Optic

 


41

Open Air Boy

G. M. A. Hewett

 

Deleted in 1910

42

Peter the Whaler

W. H. G. Kingston

 


45

Ralph Granger's Fortunes

William Perry Brown

 


47

Romance of a Midshipman

W. Clark Russell

 


49

Romance of a Schoolboy

Mary A. Dension

 


51

Teddy

James Otis

 

Deleted in 1910

52

Telegraph Tom's Venture

James Otis

 


53

Three Young Ranchmen

Ralph Bonehill

 

Deleted in 1910/Added back to series in 1911

54

Treasure Island

Robert Louis Stevenson

 


60

Young Inventor's Pluck

Arthur M. Winfield

 


61

Winged Arrow's Medicine

Harry Castlemon

 


 

New Numbering in 1913:


Title:

Author:

Year:

Notes:

1

Adventures of a Boy Reporter

H. S. Morrison

 


2

Gallant Grenadier

F. S. Brereton

 


3

Break O'Day Boys

Victor St. Clair

 


4

Connecticut Boys in the Western Reserve

James A. Braden

 


5

Down the Slope

James Otis

 


6

Far Past the Frontier

James A. Braden

 


7

First Capture

Harry Castlemon

 


8

Forge and Furnace

Victor St. Clair

 


9

Messenger No. 48

James Otis

 


10

Open Air Boy

G. M. A. Hewett

 


11

Ralph Granger's Fortunes

William Perry Brown

 


12

Romance of a Schoolboy

Mary A. Dension

 


 

Format 1 - Cloth. Several covers which are shown below have been seen. No cover is year specific.
3 different covers have been seen. 7.5 “x 5”.

 

 

 



This format has been seen in all years of this series and was also used for the Famous Books for Boys Series.

 

 

Last Revision: November 14, 2016