Famous Books for Boys

Topic: Mostly boys fictional stories by well known authors like Alger, Optic, etc.

Publish Dates: 1899-1905

Volumes: >50

Formats: 1

Numbering 1899:

	Title:	Author:	Year:	Illustrator:
1	Among the Brigands	James de Mille
2	Adventure in the Far West	W. H. G. Kingston
3	Canal Boy to President	Horatio Alger, Jr.
4	Flag of Distress	Mayne Reid
5	Green Mountain Boys	D. P. Thompson
6	Just His Luck	Oliver Optic
7	King’s Pardon	Robert Overton
8	Last of the Mohicans	J. F. Cooper
9	Now or Never	Oliver Optic
10	Powder Monkey to Admiral	W. H. G. Kingston
11	Ran Away to Sea	Mayne Reid
12	Round the World	W. H. G. Kingston
13	Scottish Chiefs	Jane Porter
14	Spy	J. F. Cooper
15	Boat Club	Oliver Optic
16	Cabin on the Prairie	C. H. Pearson
17	Erie Train Boy	Horatio Alger, Jr.
18	$500 Check	Horatio Alger, Jr.
19	Young Trail Hunters	Samuel W. Cozzens
20	Tom Brown’s Schooldays	Thomas Hughes
21	Tour of the World in Eighty Days	Jules Verne
22	Try Again	Oliver Optic
23	Two Years Before the Mast	R. H. Dana
24	Winning the Victoria Cross	L. Thompson

New books for 1900:

	Title:	Author:	Year:	Illustrator:
12	All Aboard	Oliver Optic
25	Poor and Proud	Oliver Optic
26	Little by Little	Oliver Optic
27	Young Silver Seekers	Samuel W. Cozzens
28	Young Pioneers	C. H. Pearson
29	The Life Boat	R. M. Ballantyne
30	Ernest Bracebridge	W. H. G. Kingston
31	Lights Out	Robert Overton
32	Robinson Crusoe	Daniel Defoe

New books for 1901:

	Title:	Author:	Year:	Illustrator:
3	Creasy’s Fifteen Decisive Battles	Edward Shepherd Creasy
18	Don Quixote	Cervantes
33	Mr. Midshipman East	Captain Marryat
34	Tom Brown at Oxford	Thomas Hughes
35	Treasure Island	Robert Louis Stevenson
36	Cruise of the Cachalot	Frank T. Bullen

New books for 1902:

	Title:	Author:	Year:	Illustrator:
37	Twice Told Tales	Nathaniel Hawthorne
38	Tanglewood Tales	Nathaniel Hawthorne
39	Phantom Ship	Captain Marryat
40	Dog Fiend	Captain Marryat
41	Japhet in Search of a Father	Captain Marryat
42	Jacob Faithful	Captain Marryat
43	Peter Simple	Captain Marryat

New Numbering 1903:

	Title:	Author:	Year:	Illustrator:
1	All Aboard	Oliver Optic
2	Adventures of a Telegraph Boy	Horatio Alger, Jr.
3	The Boat Club	Oliver Optic
4	Check Number 2134	Edward S. Ellis
5	Chased Through Norway	James Otis
6	Dean Dunham	Horatio Alger, Jr.
7	Erie Train Boy	Horatio Alger, Jr.
8	From Powder Monkey to Admiral	W. H. G. Kingston
9	Five Hundred Dollar Check	Horatio Alger, Jr.
10	From Canal Boy to President	Horatio Alger, Jr.
11	From Farm Boy to Senator	Horatio Alger, Jr.
12	From Switch to Lever	Victor St. Clair
13	From Tent to White House	Edward S. Ellis
14	Gold of Flat Top Mountain	Frank H. Converse
15	Green Mountain Boys	D. P. Thompson
16	Little by Little	Oliver Optic
17	Mark Stanton	Horatio Alger, Jr.
18	Mystery of a Diamond	Frank H. Converse
19	Ned Newton	Horatio Alger, Jr.
20	Neka, the Boy Conjurer	Ralph Bonehill
21	New York Boy	Horatio Alger, Jr.
22	Now or Never	Oliver Optic
23	Poor and Proud	Oliver Optic
24	Peter the Whaler	W. H. G. Kingston
25	Reuben Green's Adventures at Yale	James Otis
26	Tom Brace	Horatio Alger, Jr.
27	Tom Tracy	Horatio Alger, Jr.
28	Tom Brown at Oxford	Thomas Hughes
29	Tom Brown at Rugby	Thomas Hughes
30	Try Again	Oliver Optic
31	Wild Adventures Round the Pole	James Otis
32	Wild Mustang	Edward S. Ellis
33	Young Acrobat	Horatio Alger, Jr.
34	Young Bank Clerk	Arthur Winfield
35	Young Silver Seekers	Samuel W. Cozzens
36	The Life Boat	R. M. Ballantyne

New books for 1904:

	Title:	Author:	Year:	Notes:
15	Green Mountain Boys	D. P. Thompson		Deleted?
37	Oak Openings	James Fenimore Cooper

New books for 1905:

	Title:	Author:	Year:	Notes:
11	Cliff, the Naval Cadet	Ensign Clyde Fitch
15	Cruise of the Training Ship	Ensign Clyde Fitch		Added in 1905???
16	Adventures of a Boy Reporter	H. S. Morrison
22	Unprovoked Mutiny	James Otis
30	Won at West Point	Lieut. Lionel Lounsberry
37	Yankee Boys in Japan	Harrison Lewis
38	Wheeling for Fortune	James Otis
39	Cast Away in the Jungle	Victor St. Clair

Format 1 - Cloth. Multiple illustrations noted-not specific for any one title. see below. 7.5” x 5”.

Series Notes:
1.In 1899 #1-24 were published. In 1900 #1-32 were published. In 1901 #1-36 were published. In 1902 #1-43 were published.
2. In 1903 there was new numbering-#1-36. In 1904 #1-37 were published.
3. New numbering 1905 #1-39
4. Various additions and deletions per year are noted above.
5. The dates on the book covers below indicate the earliest dates that they were published.