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The American Boy [v7 #4, February 1906] ed. William G. Sprague (The Sprague Publishing Co., 10¢, 28pp+, 10¾" x 16¼") pages 115 and 116 are missing. Details supplied by Steve Miller. 99 · Stories Out of My Own Life - No. 4 - Up in the World · William G. Sprague · ar 100 · The Comforting of the Master · Gertrude Robinson · vi 101 · Relief of the North Branch Fort [Part 2 of ?] · John Barr · sl 102 · The Young George Washington · William F. Carne · ar 103 · Neevus and the Wolf Pack · George Allan England · ss 104 · Fred F. Kemp’s Miniature City · Anon. · ar 104 · What Does It Cost to Live at Harvard · Emery Heagan · ar 106 · Denny, a Mule Driver [Part 2 of 2] · Lafayette I. Parks · sl 108 · A French Frog and an American Eagle. An English School Story [Part 12 of 15] · I. S. Tyler · sl 109 · The Boyhood of a Great Novelist · Anon. · ar 109 · Chinese Boys and Their Ways · Rev. G. A. Bunbury · ar 111 · Some Intelligent Horses · Frank McClure · ar 112 · Forgetful Thomas · Helen Frances Huntington · ss 112 · The “Sneak-Cat” · Hopkins J. Moorhouse · ss 113 · Cake Eater! · William Talbott Childs · vi 114 · Boyhood of Great Amerixcans No. 4 - Abraham Lincoln · H. D. Montgomerie · ar 117 · The Test of Allen Murray · Jennie W. Phelps · ss 118 · The Office Boy · Frank H. Sweet · ss 120 · The Kindness Club · Thorndyke Colton · ar 120 · Hens That Lay Golden Eggs · Hugo Erichsen · ar

The American Boy [v7 #6, April 1906] ed. William G. Sprague (The Sprague Publishing Co., 10¢, 32pp) Details supplied by James Keeline. 163 · Shaggy Coat. The Biography of a Beaver [Part 2 of ?] · Clarence Hawrks · sl 164 · Working Your Way · A. H. Wilcox · ar 165 · Stories Out of My Own Life. No. 6—A 40 to 1 Game · [The Editor] · ss 166 · Some Boys’ Mistakes · J. L. Harbour · ar 166 · William Rainey Harper · Francis W. Shepardson · ar; [Late President of the University of Chicago] [1 photo] 167 · Among the Boys · Anon. · ar 168 · The Adventures of Joe and Dan [Part 2 of 3] · Anon. · sl 170 · A Talk with “Harry Castlemon” · Carabel Lewis Munger · ar; [biography of juvenile author] [3 photos] 170 · A Soldier Born and Bred · Anon. · ar; [Field Marsial Oyama of Japan] 170 · The “Carnegie of Canada” · Anon. · ar; [Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal] 171 · The True History of Captain Kidd · L. H. Tasker · ar; [2 illus.] 172 · Wolves at the Door · S. D. McManus · ss 173 · My Tour in the Antipodes [Part 1 of ?] · Arthur Duffey · sl; [4 photos] [juvenile author] [mentions earlier article about an athletic tour in June 1904-July 1904] 174 · The Great American Boy Army. For Manliness in Muscle, Mind and Morals · [Misc.] · cl; [1 photo] 175 · Uncle Sam’s Weather Map · Anon. · ar; [8 photos] 176 · Mexican Boy Cargodores · Lela Fisher Woodward · ar; [2 photos] 176 · Sliding to Bases · Anon. · ar; [baseball] 176 · Capt. Mark Casto—Hero · Anon. · ar; [3 photos] 177 · Bird Migrations · Craig S. Thoms · ar; [1 photo] 178 · Boyhood of Great Americans. No. 6—Thomas Jefferson · H. D. Montgomerie · ar; [1 photo] 179 · Kenneth Mackenzie · Anon. · ar; [1 photo] 179 · The Boys at Work · Anon. · ar 179 · Lincoln’s Mental Powers · Anon. · ar 180 · Shad Fishermen Casting the Biggest Net in the World · Anon. · ar; [3 photos] 181 · Young Prince Joachim of Germany · Marlowe · ar; [1 photo] 181 · Additions to Our Legion of Honor Roll · [Misc.] · cl 181 · “The West Virginian’s” Editor · Anon. · ar; [1 photo] [Herbert P. McGinnis, Donahue, W. Va.] 181 · Boys, Take Notice! · [Misc.] · ms; [Promotes forthcoming serials by Edward Stratemeyer, Horatio Alger Jr.] 182 · The Biggest Fool at Last · H. H. M. · ss 183 · The Boys Garden · Anon. · ar; [2 photos] 183 · How Steam Is Produced · Anon. · ar 183 · A Great Thermometer · Anon. · ar; [Johns Hopkins University] 184 · The Truth About the Cowboy · Anon. · ar; [5 photos] 185 · Addition to Legion of Honor Roll · [Misc.] · cl; [2 photos] 185 · Good News, If You Like Fish · Anon. · ar 185 · Boys, Take Care of Your Teeth · J. Austin Bucknall, D.D.S. · cl 186 · Stamps, Coins and Curios · [Misc.] · cl 187 · The Boy Photographer · [Misc.] · cl; [4 photos] 188 · The Boy Mechanic and Electrician. A Permanent Department · Robert G. Griswold · cl; [1 photo] 189 · The Coon Hunt · Victor A. Herman · pm 192 · Tangles · [Misc.] · pz

The American Boy [v7 #7, May 1906] ed. William G. Sprague (The Sprague Publishing Co., 10¢, 32pp) Details supplied by James Keeline. 195 · In Defense of His Flag; or, A Boy in Blue and a Boy in Gray [Part 1 of ?] · Edward Stratemeyer · sl; [photo of Stratemeyer] 197 · Just Between Ourselves · [The Editor] · ed; [photos of Everett T. Tomlinson; Judge Henry A. Shute; Horatio Alger, Jr.] 198 · Shaggycoat—The Biography of a Beaver [Part 3 of ?] · Clarence Hawkes · sl 200 · The Adventures of Joe and Dan [Part 3 of 3] · Anon. · sl 201 · How to Draw · W. N. Hull · cl 202 · Four Boys in Camp [Part 1 of ?] · J. L. Harbour · sl 202 · The American Boy Legion of Honor (Open to All Boys Everywhere) · [Misc.] · cl 203 · Risen from the Dead · H. Tecumseh Cook · ss 204 · My Tour in the Antipodes [Part 2 of ?] · Arthur Duffey · sl; [6 photos] 205 · Photo of Grover Cleveland · Anon. · pt 206 · The Great American Boy Army. For Manliness in Muscle, Mind and Morals · [Misc.] · cl; [2 photos] 207 · Old Ironsides · Anon. · ar; [1 photo] 208 · Daniel Boone the Pioneer · Marianne G. Spratley · ss 209 · How a Boy Should Treat His Mother · Anon. · ar 210 · The Bearding of the Lion: An Exploit of “Paul Jones” · J. Allen Bartlett · ss 211 · Something About Indian Babies · William R. Draper · ar; [4 photos] 212 · Why the Storks Build Their Nests on the Housetops · Charles McIlvaine · ss 212 · Isaac’s First Initiation · Isaac Cohen · ss 212 · Waiting His Turn · Anon. · ss 213 · The Bad Boy of the Sixth Grade · Marion Brier · ss 214 · Swallows · Anon. · ar; [1 photo] 214 · Panther Hunting by Amateurs · Anon. · ar 215 · Why a Young Man Should Enlist in the Navy · George Dewey · ar; [1 photo] 215 · Two Good Habits · Rev. Charles T. White · ar; [1 photo] 216 · Boyhood of Great Americans. No. 7-Ralph Waldo Emerson · H. D. Montgomerie · ar 217 · A French Frog and an American Eagle. An English School Story [Part 15 of 15] · E. S. Tyler · sl 218 · Stamps, Coins, and Curios · [Misc.] · cl 219 · [missing pages 219-220] 221 · How to Play Baseball [Part 1 of ?] · Walter B. Norris · ar; [Instructor of Athletics at the Wenoah Military Academy, Wenoah, N.J.] [1 photo] 221 · How They Won Their Badges · [Misc.] · cl 224 · Tangles · [Misc.] · pz

The American Boy [v7 #8, June 1906] ed. William G. Sprague (The Sprague Publishing Co., 10¢, 32pp) Details supplied by James Keeline. 227 · In Defense of His Flag; or, A Boy in Blue and a Boy in Gray [Part 2 of ?] · Edward Stratemeyer · sl 229 · Shaggycoat—The Biography of a Beaver [Part 4 of ?] · Clarence Hawkes · sl 231 · Just Between Ourselves · William G. Sprague · ed; [1 photo] 231 · The Danger in Mere “Brains” · Anon. · ar 232 · From Logging Camp to U.S. Senate · Anon. · ar; [1 photo] [Senator A. J. Beveridge of Indiana] 232 · Four Boys in Camp [Part 2 of ?] · J. L. Harbour · sl 233 · Big Cannon Shots · Capt. A. B. Hawser · ar 233 · To Make Smoke Pictures · Anon. · ar 234 · The Young Book Agent; or, Frank Hardy’s Road to Success [Part 1 of ?] · Horatio Alger, Jr. · sl; illustrated by A. B. Shute 235 · When Frank Ran Away · S. Rowland Hall · ss 236 · “Jonah an’ de Whale” · Ernest Gilmore · ss 237 · A Giant of Free Art · [Misc.] · ar; [1 photo] [Auguste Rodin] 237 · From Printer to Premier · Anon. · ar; [1 photo] [John Christian Watson of Australia] 237 · By Earthquake Telegraph · Anon. · ar; [1 photo] [Prof. John Milne] 237 · A Negro Poet · Anon. · ar; [1 photo] [The Late Paul Laurence Dunbar] 238 · The Great American Boy Army. For Manliness in Muscle, Mind and Morals · [Misc.] · cl; [1 photo] 239 · A Wild Elk Round-Up · Abraham Simon · ar; [4 photos] 240 · A Nice Question · Tudor Jenks · ss 240 · The Duty of the Boy of Today · Anon. · ar 240 · How Judge Lindsey Saves Boys · Anon. · ar 241 · How to Play Baseball [Part 2 of ?] · Walter B. Norris · ar; [Instructor of Athletics at the Wenoah Military Academy, Wenoah, N.J.] [1 photo] 242 · The Iron Hole · Will Levington Comfort · ss; [railroad] 242 · How Squirrels Steer · Anon. · ar 242 · A Boy with a Future · Anon. · ar 242 · Bobbie’s Press · Anon. · ar; [printing press] 243 · My Young Sportsman. A Series of Articles Descriptive of Firearms and Their Use · Edward Van Antwerp · cl 244 · The Immortal Five · William M. Rownd · ss 244 · A Wounded Grizzly · Anon. · ar 244 · Ought to Have Known the Rules · Anon. · ar 245 · Bertel Thorvaldsen. He Carved His Own Fortune. · Helen Leah Reed · ar; [juvenile series book author] 246 · Uncle Sam’s Flag Shop · Louise D. Mitchell · ar; [5 photos] 247 · The Pan-Athenic Station, Athens, Greece · Anon. · ar; [1 photo] 247 · News from the San Francisco Boys’ Clubs · Anon. · ar; [2 photos] 248 · The Swimming Match · Anon. · ss 249 · A Boy at Old Tige. A Liberty Story · Anon. · ss; [1 photo] 250 · The Boy Photographer · [Misc.] · cl; [2 photos] 250 · The American Boy Legion of Honor (Open to All Boys Everywhere) · [Misc.] · cl 251 · Stamps, Coins, and Curios · [Misc.] · cl; [1 photo] [George R. Brill] 252 · The Boy Mechanic and Electrician. A Permanent Department · Robert G. Griswold · cl; [chemistry] 253 · Boyhood of Great Americans. No. 8-Henry Ward Beecher · H. D. Montgomerie · ar

The American Boy [v7 #11, September 1906] ed. William G. Sprague (The Sprague Publishing Co., 10¢, 32pp) Details supplied by James Keeline. 321 · The Camp Fire of Mad Anthony [Part ? of ?] · Everett T. Tomlinson · sl; chapter III. 323 · In Defense of His Flag; or, A Boy in Blue and a Boy in Gray [Part 3 of ?] · Edward Stratemeyer · sl 326 · A Boy Aeronaut · Anon. · ar; [2 photos] [Lincoln Beachey] 326 · Patriotism and Punctuality · Anon. · ar 327 · A Youthful Ruler · Anon. · ar; [1 photo] [Grand Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha] 327 · Still Room at the Top · Anon. · ar; [1 photo] 328 · The Young Book Agent; or, Frank Hardy’s Road to Success [Part 2 of ?] · Horatio Alger, Jr. · sl 330 · The Runaway Pup · George Reiter Brill · sl; illustrated by George Reiter Brill 330 · Catching a Crocodile. An Experience in the Straits Settlements · Capt. A. B. Hawser · ss 331 · The Undertow · H. E. Haydock · ss 331 · Legion of Honor Boys. How They Won · [Misc.] · cl 332 · The Captain’s Grit. A Baseball Story · Arthur B. Slade · ss 333 · Boys as Poets · James Buckham · pm 334 · The Great American Boy Army. For Manliness in Muscle, Mind and Morals · [Misc.] · cl; [1 photo] 335 · My Young Sportsman. A Series of Articles Descriptive of Firearms and Their Use · Edward Van Antwerp · cl 336 · A Baron Scientist, far from Barren · Anon. · ar; [1 photo] [Lord Kelvin] 336 · A Jap to Teach Young America · Anon. · ar; [1 photo] [M. Asakawa Kanichi] 336 · “The Right Sort of American” · Anon. · ar; [1 photo] [Brig. General F. W. Funston] 336 · Two Soldiers of the Sea · Anon. · ar; [1 photo] [Capt. Alfred Te. Mahan] 336 · Sorrows of an Inventor · John Barr · ar 337 · A Shack in the Woods · Anon. · ar; [2 photos] 337 · A Boy Hero and His Medal · Anon. · ar 338 · Hunting His First Job · Anthony J. Henson · ss 338 · Nobody Looking · Rev. Charles T. White · ar 338 · Listen, Boys · Winifred B. Blake · ar 339 · Amateur Journalism Department · W. R. Murphy · cl; [2 photos] 339 · The New Football Rules · Walter B. Norris · ar 340 · Our Pursuit of Old Golden [Part 1 of 2] · W. G. Moore · sl 340 · Merely Being Kind · Anon. · ar 340 · School Has Begun · Horace Seymour Keller · pm The Sun 341 · The American Boy Legion of Honor · [Misc.] · cl 342 · The Two Admirals · Birdsall Jackson · ss 342 · How to Draw · W. N. Hull · cl 344 · The Chase of the Rambler · Charles H. M. Curdy · ss 344 · The Great American Office Boy · Arthur Warren · ar 345 · Mike’s Lucky Season · George Henry Swift · ss 346 · Legion of Honor Boys. How They Won · [Misc.] · cl 346 · Stamps, Coins, and Curios · [Misc.] · cl 347 · The Boy Photographer · Hugo Erichsen · cl; [5 photos] 347 · Boys’ Books Reviewed · [Misc.] · br 347 · Behavior for Boys · Anon. · ar 347 · We Must Save the Bird That Sings · Amy Nickerson · ar 348 · The Boy Mechanic and Electrician. A Permanent Department · Robert G. Griswold · cl 349 · The Success of One Boy · Anon. · ar; [1 photo] [Louis Benchart] 349 · Clever Work with the Pocket Knife. No. 13—The Wooden Necklace · John L. Dougheny · ar 350 · Boyhood of Great Americans. No. 11-Daniel Webster · H. D. Montgomerie · ar

The American Boy [v7 #12, October 1906] ed. William G. Sprague (The Sprague Publishing Co., 10¢, 32pp) Details supplied by James Keeline. 353 · Plupy in Peace and War; or, Chapters from the Lives of Plupy, Beany, Pewt, and Others [Part 1 of ?; Plupy] · Judge Henry A. Shute · sl 355 · In Defense of His Flag; or, A Boy in Blue and a Boy in Gray [Part 4 of ?] · Edward Stratemeyer · sl 358 · The Boy Princes of Europe · Anon. · ar; [9 photos on p. 359] 358 · A Strange Custom · A. B. Fox · ar 360 · The Young Book Agent; or, Frank Hardy’s Road to Success [Part 3 of ?] · Horatio Alger, Jr. · sl 362 · Big Konan · W. H. Woods · ss 363 · Our Pursuit of Old Golden [Part 2 of 2] · W. G. Moore · sl 364 · The Five Year Quarter-Back · Mott R. Sawyers · ss 365 · Dan Blaney’s Awakening · Nora L. Graham · ss 365 · Mrs. Longworth’s Pet Dog Starts a Craze for the Rare Royal Dogs of the Orient · Anon. · ar 366 · The Great American Boy Army. For Manliness in Muscle, Mind and Morals · [Misc.] · cl; [2 photos] 367 · “The Daily Echo” · Ruth Braden · ar; [1 photo] [Fletcher R. Wagner] 368 · The Washington Blues · William A. Wurtz · ss 368 · The Magic Tumbler · Anon. · ar 369 · Boys at the Lake Chautauqua Assembly · Frank McClure · ar; [3 photos] 370 · Boy Miscellany · Anon. · ar 370 · Why Fathers and Their Sons Should Be Friends · Anon. · ar 371 · To Commemorate the Gallant Actions of Yale College Boys in Revolutionary Days · Anon. · ar 372 · When Jim Butted In · J. S. Ellis · ss 373 · The American Boy Legion of Honor · [Misc.] · cl; [5 photos] 374 · The Proving of the Girl-Boy · Herbert Walden · ss 375 · Champion Lion Tamer · Hugo Erichsen · ss 375 · My Young Sportsman. A Series of Articles Descriptive of Firearms and Their Use · Edward Van Antwerp · cl 376 · Marooned · John Barr · ss; [1 photo] [John Townsend Trowbridge] 377 · Blind but Happy · Anon. · ar; [3 photos] 377 · What a Boy Should Know · Anon. · ar 377 · Saw Bright Future for Boy · Anon. · ar 378 · How Some of the Legion of Honor Boys Won · Anon. · ar 378 · Stamps, Coins, and Curios · [Misc.] · cl 379 · The Boy Photographer · [Misc.] · cl; [2 photos] 380 · The Boy Mechanic and Electrician. A Permanent Department · Robert G. Griswold · cl 380 · Chemistry for Boys. Lesson V—Nitrogen (concluded) · [Misc.] · cl 381 · Clever Work with the Pocket Knife · [Misc.] · cl 382 · Boyhood of Great Americans. No. 12-John Marshall · H. D. Montgomerie · ar 383 · Two Thousand Shut-Ins to Have the American Boy · Anon. · ar

The American Boy [v8 #1, November 1906] (10¢, 11" x 15¾") Details supplied by James Keeline. 1 · Plupy in Peace and War; or, Chapters from the Lives of Plupy, Beany, Pewt, and Others [Part 2 of ?; Plupy] · Judge Henry A. Shute · sl 3 · In Defense of His Flag; or, A Boy in Blue and a Boy in Gray [Part 5 of ?] · Edward Stratemeyer · sl 5 · The Camp Fire of Mad Anthony [Part ? of ?] · Everett T. Tomlinson · sl; chapter VIII. 7 · The Boy Who Takes Pride in His Work · J. L. Harbour · ar 8 · The Young Book Agent; or, Frank Hardy’s Road to Success [Part 4 of ?] · Horatio Alger, Jr. · sl 10 · Working Their Way Through College · Anon. · ar 10 · Brave Boys · Anon. · ar 10 · “George Washington Was No Sailor” · Anon. · ar 10 · Mother’s Advice · Anon. · ar 10 · The Man in the Boy · Anon. · pm 11 · A Scenic Railway Built by Boys · Anon. · ar; [2 photos] 11 · An Enthusiastic Post Card Collector · Anon. · ar 11 · This Will Interest You · Anon. · ar 12 · A Champion Plow-Boy · Anon. · ar; [2 photos] 12 · A Young Editor of a Real Newspaper · Anon. · ar 12 · What Is the Matter with Our Schools? · Anon. · ar 12 · A Bad Outlook for Thomas · Anon. · ar 12 · The Crazy Engineer · Arthur Stringer · pm McClure’s 12 · School for Wireless Telegraphy at Brooklyn Navy Yard · Anon. · ar; [1 photo] 13 · Adna R. Chaffee Jr. · Anon. · ar; [1 photo] 13 · “I Will Not Say” · Anon. · ar 13 · No Excuse Allowed · Anon. · ar 13 · Girls Displace “Buttons” · Anon. · ar 13 · A Champion Boy Athlete · Anon. · ar; [1 photo] 14 · The Great American Boy Army. For Manliness in Muscle, Mind and Morals · [Misc.] · cl; [1 photo] 14 · Boys Who Have Won Without Pull · Anon. · ar 14 · Says the American Boy Is Inspiring · W. E. Berry · ar 14 · “Moseses Birfday” · Anon. · ar 15 · A Visit from the Cheyennes · Charles Edward · ss 16 · Amateur Journalism Department · W. R. Murphy · cl 17 · How to Place the New Stars · [Misc.] · ar; [U.S. flag] 18 · The “Lard Eaters” · Martin M. Floss · ss 19 · The Society of the F.F.F. A Tale of the Doings of Some Buckeye Boys · Vaughn Ely Wyman · ss 19 · Studied Music When Only Three · Anon. · ar; [Senor Albeniz] 20 · A Fight with a Panther · An English Cavalry Officer · ss 20 · Puzzle Verse · [Misc.] · pz 20 · A Queer Epitaph · Anon. · ar 20 · A Vermont Winner · Anon. · ar 20 · The Flag on La Fayette’s Grave · Anon. · ar; [1 photo] 21 · The American Boy Legion of Honor · [Misc.] · cl 22 · An Historic Walking Match · Anon. · ss 22 · Cried Himself to Liberty · Anon. · ar 22 · Robert W. Brain · Anon. · ar; [1 photo] 22 · Americans Honored by King George of Greece · Anon. · ar 22 · Jealous of the Reputation of His State · Anon. · ar 23 · Tim’s Pig · Ernest Gilmore · ss 24 · For the Glory of St. Mary’s · William Heyliger · ss 24 · Why Some Boys Are Bad · Anon. · ar 24 · Reminders of the Little One · Anon. · ar 25 · The School Football Team. Some Practical Suggestions on Important Points · Walter B. Norris · cl 25 · My Young Sportsman. A Series of Articles Descriptive of Firearms and Their Use · Edward Van Antwerp · cl 25 · Self-Reliance Better Than Money · Anon. · ar 25 · A Brave Boy · Anon. · ar 26 · Stamps, Coins, and Curios · [Misc.] · cl 27 · The Boy Photographer · [Misc.] · cl 27 · Marking the Santa Fe Trail · Anon. · ar 27 · The Secret of Success · Anon. · ar 28 · The Boy Mechanic and Electrician. A Permanent Department · Robert G. Griswold · cl 29 · How Much Shall Boys Be Paid · Anon. · ar 29 · Speed of the Stars · Anon. · ar 30 · Boyhood of Great Americans. No. 13-Eli Whitney · H. D. Montgomerie · ar