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The American Boy [v8 #2, December 1906] (10¢, 11" x 15¾") Details supplied by James Keeline. 33 · Plupy in Peace and War; or, Chapters from the Lives of Plupy, Beany, Pewt, and Others [Part 3 of ?; Plupy] · Judge Henry A. Shute · sl 34 · Rare Presence of Mind Shown by an Eight-Year-Old · Anon. · ar 34 · Beamed Too Soon · Anon. · ar 34 · Too Small to Divide · Anon. · ar 35 · In Defense of His Flag; or, A Boy in Blue and a Boy in Gray [Part 6 of ?] · Edward Stratemeyer · sl 37 · Tad: The Story of a Boy Who Had No Chance [Part 1 of ?] · William G. Sprague · sl 38 · The Camp Fire of Mad Anthony [Part ? of ?] · Everett T. Tomlinson · sl; chapter XI. 40 · The Young Book Agent; or, Frank Hardy’s Road to Success [Part 5 of ?] · Horatio Alger, Jr. · sl 41 · Starting in Life · Nathaniel C. Fowler, Jr. · cl 42 · How Tony Proved Himself · Winifred A. Cheaney · ss 43 · Life Among the Lowly East Side Boys · Anon. · ar; [1 photo] 43 · A Nine-Year-Old Orchestra Leader · Anon. · ar; [2 photos] 44 · The Shah of Persia, His Two Sons, and Their Tutor · Anon. · ar; [1 photo] 44 · Tommy’s Goose-Nest · E. A. Child · ar 44 · Breaking News of the Lynching · Anon. · ar 45 · How Curiosity Killed a Bear · Dan Pearsall · ar 45 · The Hunting Down of Derelicts · Anon. · ar 46 · The Great American Boy Army. For Manliness in Muscle, Mind and Morals · [Misc.] · cl; [1 photo] 47 · Senator Atkinson’s Telegram · Anon. · ar 47 · Taft Wins Prizes · Anon. · ar 48 · In the Black Growth · Agnes Barden · ss 49 · The Power of Industry · Anon. · ar 49 · Boys’ Books Reviewed · Anon. · br 50 · Ikey Rosenstein’s Christmas · Charles Rogers Bourne · ss 50 · Wronged · Anon. · ar 50 · Little Eric’s Troubles · Anon. · ar 50 · The Cigarette Habit · Anon. · ar 51 · How Boys Are Punished at the Chief Schools in England · Yorke Hopewell, B.A. · ar; [3 photos] 52 · The Highton Cadets · George Wetherill Earl, Jr. · ss 52 · Books Received for Review · Anon. · ar 53 · The American Boy Legion of Honor · [Misc.] · cl 54 · The Professor’s Strange Crop · Amelia H. Botsford · ss 55 · The Antediluvian · Anna D. Patten · ss 56 · How My Hair Turned White · Ex-Judge J. C. Julius Langhein · ss 57 · After Christmas Trees · Frank H. Sweet · ss 58 · Stamps, Coins, and Curios · [Misc.] · cl 59 · The Boy Photographer · [Misc.] · cl; [3 photos] 60 · The Boy Mechanic and Electrician. A Permanent Department · Robert G. Griswold · cl

The American Boy [v8 #7, May 1907] (10¢, 11" x 15¾") Details supplied by James Keeline. 195 · The Camp Fire of Mad Anthony [Part ? of ?] · Everett T. Tomlinson · sl; chapter XXV. 197 · Tad: The Story of a Boy Who Had No Chance [Part 2 of ?] · William G. Sprague · sl 198 · In Defense of His Flag; or, A Boy in Blue and a Boy in Gray [Part 11 of ?] · Edward Stratemeyer · sl 199 · What They Would Do · Anon. · ar 200 · Plupy in Peace and War; or, Chapters from the Lives of Plupy, Beany, Pewt, and Others [Part 8 of ?; Plupy] · Judge Henry A. Shute · sl 201 · Off the Reservation. A Story of Arizona in 1885 [Part ? of ?] · Edward S. Ellis · sl 202 · The Great Seal of the United States · E. R. Gaillard · ar 202 · Bright Boy’s Composition · Anon. · ar; [Mark Twain] 203 · The Boy on His Muscle · Anon. · ar; [2 photos] 204 · The Cleveland Boys’ Club · Anon. · ar; [5 photos] 204 · Intelligence of Dogs · Anon. · ar 205 · How to Become Strong · W. R. C. Latson, M.D. · ar; [4 photos] 206 · The Great American Boy Army. For Manliness in Muscle, Mind and Morals · [Misc.] · cl; [1 photo] 207 · Boys’ Fishes and How to Catch Them · John Harrington Keene · ar 208 · Keping Tab on the World · Anon. · ar 209 · Hints for Yachtsmen · Anon. · ar 210 · “Uncle Sam’s Boy Reindeer Drivers” · Waldon Fawcett · ar; [3 photos] 211 · Chats with Big Americans for Young Americans. No. 5—Frank A. Munsey · Hugh C. Weir · ar; [1 photo] [Frank A. Munsey] 212 · “Officer Ben” · Orlando Kling, M.D. · ss 213 · The American Boy Legion of Honor · [Misc.] · cl 213 · A Canadian Amateur Journalist · Anon. · ar; [1 photo] [Frank D. Murphy] 214 · Canoeing · Thaleon Blake, C.E. · ar 215 · “Hurrah for Alain Locke” · Anon. · ar; [1 photo] [Alain Leroy Locke] 215 · The Boy on His Muscle · Anon. · ar; [1 photo] [Lee Talbot] 216 · The Vindication of the Vesper · Anon. · ss 217 · What of It! · Anon. · ar 217 · Boys’ Books Reviewed · Anon. · br 218 · Stamps, Coins, and Curios · [Misc.] · cl 219 · The Boy Photographer · [Misc.] · cl; [2 photos] 219 · Boy Reindeer Drivers · Anon. · ar 220 · The Boy Mechanic and Electrician. A Permanent Department · Robert G. Griswold · cl 221 · How to Build a Twelve-Foot Rowing Skiff · Carl H. Clark · ar 222 · American Boy Day at the Jamestown Exposition · Anon. · ar; [1 photo] [Umphrey Lee, Sikeston, MO.]

The American Boy [v9 #1, November 1907] (15¢, 11" x 15¾") Details taken from eBay listing. Jimmy Jones—Pirate [Part 2 of ?] · Dr. Orville Ward Owen · sl That Dillingham Boy [Part 1 of ?] · Oliver Optic · sl; illustrated by Norman Saxon Chamberlin Off the Reservation. A Story of Arizona in 1885 [Part ? of ?] · Edward S. Ellis · sl The Boy and the Beast, The Story of a Bad Dog [Part ? of ?] · J. T. Trowbridge · sl Chats with Big Americans (Harry Kellar, Magician) · Hugh C. Weir · ss The Boy of the Revolution · Arthur J. Burdick · ss Talented Dogs · W. Frank McClure · ss Helping a Lame Locomotive · Frank J. Stillman · ss

The American Boy [v9 #2, December 1907] (10¢, 11" x 15¾") Details supplied by James Keeline. 33 · Jimmy Jones—Pirate [Part 3 of ?] · Dr. Orville Ward Owen · sl 35 · A Fine Present for a Boy. Volume Eight of The American Boy Bound in Cloth · Anon. · ar 36 · That Dillingham Boy [Part 2 of ?] · Oliver Optic · sl 38 · The Boy and the Beast, The Story of a Bad Dog [Part ? of ?] · J. T. Trowbridge · sl 39 · Off the Reservation. A Story of Arizona in 1885 [Part ? of ?] · Edward S. Ellis · sl 41 · Cliff Climbing for a Living · Anon. · ar 42 · Chats with Big Americans for Young Americans. No. 12—Fielding H. Yost · Hugh C. Weir · ar; [1 photo] [Fielding H. Yost, the Great Football Coach] 43 · Base Exams Wholly on the Bible · Anon. · ar 43 · Thomas A. Edison and Theodore, his youngest son, setting out from the Edison home to the Great Workshops, a mile away, after lunch · Anon. · ar; [1 photo] [Edisons in an automobile] 44 · The Blasting of Tom Henry’s Career · William H. Hamby · ss 45 · The Kid’s Christmas · Mabel Jones-Bush · ss 46 · Wasson the Young Chief · Hope Daring · ss 48 · The Boy Who Went Stale · Kent Brooklyn Stills · ss 50 · The Emancipation of Michael · A. J. Campbell · ss 51 · How Santa Claus Came to the Widow Piper · Hermes Tellus · ss 52 · The Skee Tournament at Bolton · Irving Towsley · ss; [skiing] 53 · The American Boy Legion of Honor · [Misc.] · cl 54 · The Boy on His Muscle · Arthur Duffey · cl; [2 photos] 56 · They Sleep Hanging Up · Anon. · ar 58 · Stamps, Coins and Curios · [Misc.] · cl 59 · The Boy Photographer · [Misc.] · cl; [2 photos] 60 · The Boy Mechanic and Electrician. A Permanent Department · Robert G. Griswold · cl 61 · Keeping Tab on the World · [Misc.] · cl 62 · The Great American Boy Army. For Manliness in Muscle, Mind and Morals · [Misc.] · cl 63 · Boys’ Books Reviewed · [Misc.] · br 64 · Tangles · [Misc.] · pz

The American Boy [v11 #4, February 1910] (The Sprague Publishing Co., 20¢, 103-138pp, 11" x 16", cover by Edward G. Waskow) Details supplied by Doug Frizzle. 105 · Roger Jackson at Ramsbury [Part ? of ?] · Frank E. Channon · sl; chap. 4-6. 109 · ‘Possum Hunters Who Turned Samaritans · Katherine Hopkins Chapman · ss 110 · How Lincoln Paid for His First Book · James H. Earle · ss 111 · Red Treasure [Part last of ?] · Clarence B. Kelland · sl; chap. 17-20. 113 · The Rise of a Western Boy (Ernest Fox Nichols) · Anon. · ar 114 · How Washington Kept His Birthday · Fred Myron Colby · ss 114 · Our Column · [Misc.] · ar 115 · When Opportunity Knocked · Bertha Burnham Bartlett · ss 116 · Popular Science Department (A Boy’s Museum) · A. Hyatt Verrill · ar 117 · How to Cure Yourself · Dr. W. R. C. Latson · ar 118 · The Riddle · Gladys Hyatt Sinclair · ss 119 · Boys Who Have Won the Victoria Cross · George A. Wade · ar 120 · The King of Winter Sports (Ice Boating) · Dudley Lee · ar 123 · When the Ice Ran Out · Robert & Hoyt Moore · ss 124 · Current Events · [Misc.] · ar 125 · The Jonah · George Whitefield D’Vys · ss 126 · The Boy Who Put Quin on the Map · J. S. Ellis · ss 127 · For the Boys to Make · Anon. · cl 129 · Boy Mechanic and Electrician · Anon. · cl 130 · Flash-Light in the Scrub · Agnes Barden · ss 131 · The Boy Photographer · Anon. · ar 132 · Wasat and Tajante · William Thomas Whitlock · ss 134 · Poultry Raising for Amateurs · Anon. · ar 135 · The Most Historical Spot in America · A. Hyatt Verrill · ar 136 · Tangles · [Misc.] · hu 137 · Great American Boy Army · Anon. · ar

The American Boy [v12 #5, March 1911] ed. Griffith Ogden Ellis (The Sprague Publishing Co., 10¢, 32pp, 11" x 16") Details supplied by Steve Miller. 1 · Bartley, Freshman Pitcher [Part 1 of 5] · William Heyliger · sl 3 · Clearing the Track · Hollis Godfrey · ss 4 · Hon. Champ Clark, The Big Missourian · J. L. Harbour · ar 5 · The Young American Privateers [Part 3 of 5] · Cyrus Townsend Brady · sl 8 · How to Become a Sprinter · M. C. Murphy · ar 9 · The Gage of Battle [Part 5 of 7] · Clarence B. Kelland · sl 12 · Useful Hints for the Outdoor Boys Pt.3 - How to Find Direction and Distance · A. Hyatt Verrill · ar 13 · Bobby’s Flight · Marion Couthouy Smith · ss 16 · The Pattern of “Orphing” Joe · Rose Seelye-Miller · ss 21 · A Terrible Bedfellow · Arthur J. Parker · ss

The American Boy [v12 #6, April 1911] ed. Griffith Ogden Ellis (The Sprague Publishing Co., 10¢, 32pp+, 11" x 16", cover by W. W. Clarke) given as v12 #7 on cover. Details supplied by Steve Miller. 1 · Joe Weston, Book Farmer [Part 1 of 4] · Garrard Harris · sl 3 · Bartley, Freshman Pitcher [Part 2 of 5] · William Heyliger · sl 5 · The Great American Game: Pt. 1: The Spring Training Trip - Its Reason and Object · Irving E. Sanborn · ar 7 · The Young American Privateers [Part 4 of 5] · Cyrus Townsend Brady · sl 11 · The Gage of Battle [Part 6 of 7] · Clarence B. Kelland · sl 15 · Maghmood of Cairo · Harry A. Franck · ss 16 · Useful Hints for the Outdoor Boys Pt.4 - How to make and Use Bows and Arrows · A. Hyatt Verrill · ar 20 · A Preliminary Race · James William Jackson · ss 24 · The Eleventh Foot · J. Raymond Elderdice · ss

The American Boy [v12 #7, May 1911] ed. Griffith Ogden Ellis (The Sprague Publishing Co., 10¢, 32pp+, 11" x 16", cover by W. W. Clarke) Details supplied by Doug Frizzle. 1 · Under His Own Flag · Clarence B. Kelland · ss 2 · The Young Privateers [Part 5 of 5] · Cyrus Townsend Brady · sl 6 · The Great American Game: Pt. 2: Scoring the Game · Irving E. Sanborn · ar 7 · “Our” Column · [The Editor] · lc 8 · Joe Weston, Book Farmer [Part 2 of 4] · Garrard Harris · sl 10 · The Gage of Battle [Part 7 of 7] · Clarence B. Kelland · sl 14 · Bartley, Freshman Pitcher [Part 3 of 5] · William Heyliger · sl 17 · Ramon and Toro Negro · Herbert Coolidge · ss 18 · Useful Hints for the Outdoor Boys Pt.5 - First Aid to the Injured · A. Hyatt Verrill · ar 20 · For Boys to Make · John L. Dougheny · cl 21 · What Happened in May · [Misc.] · cl 22 · The Stamp Collector · Willard O. Wylie · cl 24 · The Boy Photographer · Hugo Erichsen · cl 25 · Boy Mechanic and Electrician · Capt. H. A. R. Gray · cl 27 · Current Events · [Misc.] · cl 28 · Chicken Farming on a City Lot · [Misc.] · cl 30 · The Great American Boy Army · [Misc.] · cl 32 · Just for Fun · [Misc.] · cl

The American Boy [v12 #8, June 1911] ed. Griffith Ogden Ellis (The Sprague Publishing Co., 10¢, 32pp+, 11" x 16", cover by W. W. Clarke) Details supplied by Steve Miller. 1 · The Dual Cup [Part 1 of 5] · Ralph Henry Barbour · sl 3 · The Great American Game: Pt. 3: The Importance of Batting · Irving E. Sanborn · ar 5 · Jumbo - Catching Fish with Brains · George M. Johnson · ss 6 · Bartley, Freshman Pitcher [Part 4 of 5] · William Heyliger · sl 9 · Black Wolf in Camp with Boys · Edgar M. Robinson · ar 10 · Joe Weston, Book Farmer [Part 3 of 4] · Garrard Harris · sl 14 · By the Air Route · Coe Haynes · ss 16 · The Cobbler’s Cat · Harold W. Fiferlik · ss 19 · Injun Sign · Herbert Wyndham-Gittens · ss

The American Boy [v12 #9, July 1911] ed. Griffith Ogden Ellis (The Sprague Publishing Co., 10¢, 32pp+, 11" x 16", cover by W. W. Clarke) Details supplied by Doug Frizzle. 1 · How Neighbours Came to Rugby · Clarence B. Kelland · ss 3 · Bartley, Freshman Pitcher [Part 5 of 5] · William Heyliger · sl 5 · Scouting · Ernest Thompson Seton · ar 6 · The Dual Cup [Part 2 of 5] · Ralph Henry Barbour · sl 8 · When the Circus Comes to Town · Waldon Fawcett · pi 10 · The Great American Game: Pt. 4: Critical Plays · Irving E. Sanborn · ar 11 · Joe Weston, Book Farmer [Part 4 of 4] · Garrard Harris · sl 14 · Popular Science Department · A. Hyatt Verrill · cl 16 · The White Squall · Everett Bastian · ss 18 · The Stamp Collector · Willard O. Wylie · cl 19 · The Bamboo Messenger · H. Bedford-Jones · ss 20 · Boy Scouts of America (Badges) · John Price Jones · cl 22 · For the Boys to Make · John L. Dougheny · cl 23 · Current Events · [Misc.] · cl 24 · Boy Mechanic and Electrician · Capt. H. A. R. Gray · cl 25 · “Our” Column · [Misc.] · cl 26 · How to Swim, Part 2 · G. H. Corsan · ar 27 · What Has Happened in July · [Misc.] · cl 28 · The Boy Photographer · Dr. Hugo Erichsen · cl 30 · Banat, a Filipino Boy · Mabel E. C. Cole · ss 32 · Tangles · [Misc.] · cl 32 · Fun Well Done · [Misc.] · cl

The American Boy [v12 #10, August 1911] ed. Griffith Ogden Ellis (The Sprague Publishing Co., 10¢, 32pp+, 11" x 16", cover by W. W. Clarke) Details supplied by Steve Miller. 1 · Tom Westlake’s Golden Luck [Part 1 of 7] · Perry Newberry · sl 6 · To Win from Mulwar · Harold Titus · ss 8 · The Dual Cup [Part 3 of 5] · Ralph Henry Barbour · sl 11 · The Great American Game: Pt. 5: Amateur Versus Professional · Irving E. Sanborn · ar 12 · A Real “Presidential Possibility” · J. L. Harbour · ar 13 · How I Fly · St. Croix Johnstone · iv 16 · How Father Got to Be Dad · Clarence B. Kelland · ss 19 · The Rousing of Lander · James William Jackson · ss 21 · At Rattlesnake Pool · George M. Johnson · ss

The American Boy [v13 #3, January 1912] ed. Griffith Ogden Ellis (The Sprague Publishing Co., 10¢, 32pp+, 11" x 16", cover by W. W. Clarke) Details supplied by Doug Frizzle. 1 · The Arrival of Plucky Mac · George M. Johnson · ss 3 · Scouting · Ernest Thompson Seton · ar 4 · Bucking the Line [Part 2 of 6] · William Heyliger · sl 6 · Pillars of Fire · Herbert Wyndham-Gittens · ss 8 · Tom Westlake’s Golden Luck [Part 6 of 7] · Perry Newberry · sl 10 · Comets, Meteors and Shooting Stars · A. Hyatt Verrill · ar 11 · The Draught Dog of the North · [Misc.] · ar 11 · A Remarkable Career (John Morley) · J. L. Harbour · ar 12 · A Flagged Dining Car · James William Jackson · ss 12 · “Our” Column · [Misc.] · cl 13 · Messages to the American Boys from the Governors’ Special · [Misc.] · ar 14 · How Uncle Sam Trains His Wireless Operators · Harriet Gillesoie · ar 15 · Popular Science Department, Nature Puzzles and their Answers · A. Hyatt Verrill · cl 16 · The Holstein Heifer · Harold William Fiferlik · ss 18 · Poultry and Pocket Money, Part 2 · Kate V. Saint Maur · ar 19 · Pirates of the Air · Anon. · ar 20 · The Oontia Bagh · Arthur J. Parker · ss 22 · The Stamp Collector · Willard O. Wylie · ar 23 · Hunting Rattlers with Charlie · Edward Huntington Williams · ss 24 · Easy Lessons in Magic · Edwardo · ar 26 · Boy Scouts of America · John Price Jones · ar 28 · The Boy Photographer · Hugo Erichsen · cl 29 · Boy Mechanic and Electrician · H. A. R. Gray · cl 30 · For the Boys to Make · John L. Dougheny · cl