(Or The Rivals of Lake Carlopa) VICTOR APPLETON CHAPTER I A MOTOR-BOAT AUCTION "Where are you going, Tom?" asked Mr. Barton Swift of his son as the young man was slowly pushing his motor-cycle out o...

(OR The Longest Shots on Record) Victor Appleton CHAPTER I ON A LIVE WIRE "Now, see here, Mr. Swift, you may think it all a sort of dream, and imagine that I don't know what I'm talking about; but I d...

(or Two Miles a Minute on the Rails) *ICT0R APPLET0N CHAPTER I A Tempting 0££er "An electric locomotive that can make two miles a minute over a properly ballasted roadbed might not be an impossibili...

(OR Battling with Flames from the Air) VICTOR APPLETON CHAPTER I A BAD PLACE FOR A FIRE "IMPOSSIBLE, Ned! It can't be as much as that!" "Well, you can prove the additions yourself, Tom, on one of the ...

(or Under the Ocean for Sunken Treasure) VICTOR APPLETON CHAPTER One News of a Treasure Wreck There was a rushing, whizzing, throbbing noise in the air. A great body, like that of some immense bird, s...

VICTOR APPLETON CHAPTER One The Prize Offer "Is this Tom Swift, the inventor of several airships?" The man who had rung the bell glanced at the youth who answered his summons. "Yes, I'm Tom Swift," wa...

VICTOR APPLETON CHAPTER I TOM HOPES FOR A PRIZE "Father," exclaimed Tom Swift, looking up from a paper he was reading, "I think I can win that prize!" "What prize is that?" inquired the aged inventor,...

(or The Hidden City of the Andes) Victor Appleton CHAPTER I An Appeal for Aid Tom Swift, seated in his laboratory engaged in trying to solve a puzzling question that had arisen over one of his inventi...

(or Seeking the Platinum Treasure) VICTOR APPLETON CHAPTER I A BREAKDOWN "Well, Ned, are you ready?" "Oh, I suppose so, Tom. As ready as I ever shall be." "Why, Ned Newton, you're not getting afraid...

(or The Naval Terror of the Seas) VICTOR APPLETON CHAPTER I TOM IS PUZZLED "What's the matter, Tom? You look rather blue!" "Blue! Say, Ned, I'd turn red, green, yellow, or any other color of the rainb...