An American chemist and writer, mainly remembered as an author of children's literature and juveniles in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and as having written a fictional depiction of a German invasion of the USA.
Contents Dave Darrin Series Dave Darrin's First Year at Annapolis (1910) Dave Darrin's Second Year at Annapolis Dave Darrin's Third Year at Annapolis (1911) Dave Darrin's Fourth Year at Annapolis (1911) Dave Darrin at Vera Cruz (1914) Dave Darrin After The Mine Layers (1919) Dave Darrin on Mediterranean Service (1919) Dave Darrin and the German Submarines Dave Darrin on the Asiatic Station The Motor Boat Club Series The Motor Boat Club at Nantucket (1909) The Motor Boat Club and The Wireless (1909) The Motor Boat Club in Florida (1909) The Motor Boat Club Off Long Island (1909) Young Engineers Series The Young Engineers in Colorado (1912) The Young Engineers in Arizona (1912) The Young Engineers in Nevada (1913) The Young Engineers in Mexico (1913) The Young Engineers on the Gulf (1920) Boys of the Army Series Uncle Sam's Boys in the Ranks (1910) Uncle Sam's Boys as Sergeants (1911) Uncle Sam's Boys in the Philippines (1912) Uncle Sam's Boys as Lieutenants (1919) Uncle Sam's Boys with Pershing's Troops (1919) Grammar School Boys Series The Grammar School Boys of Gridley The Grammar School Boys Snowbound (1911) The Grammar School Boys in Summer Athletics (1911) High School Boys' Vacation Series The High School Boys' Canoe Club (1912) The High School Boys in Summer Camp (1912) The High School Boys' Fishing Trip (1910) The High School Boys' Training Hike (1913) High School Boys Series The High School Freshmen (1910) The High School Pitcher (1910) The High School Left End (1910) The High School Captain of the Team (1910) West Point Series Dick Prescott's First Year at West Point (1910) Dick Prescott's Second Year at West Point (1911) Dick Prescott's Third Year at West Point (1911) Dick Prescotts's Fourth Year at West Point (1911)
Dave Darrin Series No more efficient officers ever paced the deck of a man-o'-war than Dave Darrin and Dan Dalzell. The last two volumes chronicle the experiences of Dave and Dan in the great war.
Dave Darrin's First Year at Annapolis - Dave Damn and Dan Dalzell prove their mettle at the U.S. Naval Academy and give promise of what might be expected of them in the great war that was even at that moment hovering over the world.
Dave Darrin at Vera Cruz (1914)- The story of Dave's and Dan's initial active service in the United States Navy. That our two young ensigns took an exciting part in the fighting there is known to all our readers.
Motor Boat Club Series Bright and sparkling as the waters over which the Motor Boat Boys sail. Once cast off for a cruise with these hardy young fresh-water navigators the reader will not ask to be "put ashore" until the home port has finally been made. Manliness and pluck are reflected on every page; the plots are ingenious, the action swift, and the interest always tense. There is neither a yawn in a paragraph nor a dull moment in a chapter in this stirring series. No boy or girl will willingly lay down a volume of it until "the end." The stories also embody much useful information about the operation and handling of small power boats.
Young Engineers Series The heroes of these stories are known to readers of the High School Boys Series. In this new series Tom Reade and Harry Hazelton prove worthy of all the traditions of Dick & Co. They meet every requirement as young civil engineers with pick, shovel, and pluck, and with resourcefulness and determina