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An inventive young engineer and his companions undertake a daring aerial voyage in a newly built airship while pursued by hostile forces. The plot interleaves attempts to rescue an abused youngster, a detective’s investigation, a concealed passenger, and repeated mechanical troubles that force improvisation. Along a globe-spanning chase the crew confronts sabotage, bombardment, animal danger, desert and jungle obstacles, and the loss of vital components, relying on ingenuity and bold maneuvers to survive and eventually bring their pursuers to a final reckoning.

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120 Fred Fearnot as a “Tenderfoot;” or, Having Fun with the Cowboys.

121 Fred Fearnot Captured; or, In the Hands of His Enemies.

122 Fred Fearnot and the Banker; or, A Schemer’s Trap to Ruin Him.

123 Fred Fearnot’s Great Feat; or, Winning a Fortune on Skates.

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126 Fred Fearnot’s Daring Scheme; or, Ten Days In an Insane Asylum.

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128 Fred Fearnot and the Lawyer; or, Young Billy Dedham’s Case.

129 Fred Fearnot at West Point; or, Having Fun with the Hazers.

130 Fred Fearnot’s Secret Society; or, The Knights of the Black Ring.

131 Fred Fearnot and the Gambler; or, The Trouble on the Lake Front.

132 Fred Fearnot’s Challenge; or, King of the Diamond Field.

133 Fred Fearnot’s Great Game; or, The Hard Work That Won.

134 Fred Fearnot In Atlanta; or, The Black Fiend of Darktown.

135 Fred Fearnot’s Open Hand; or, How He Helped a Friend.

136 Fred Fearnot in Debate; or, The Warmest Member of the House.

137 Fred Fearnot’s Great Plea; or, His Defence of the “Moneyless Man.”

138 Fred Fearnot at Princeton; or, The Battle of the Champions.

139 Fred Fearnot’s Circus; or, High Old Time at New Era.

140 Fred Fearnot’s Camp Hunt; or, The White Deer of the Adirondacks.

141 Fred Fearnot and His Guide; or, The Mystery of the Mountain.

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143 Fred Fearnot a Prisoner; or, Captured at Avon.

144 Fred Fearnot and the Senator; or, Breaking up a Scheme.

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147 Fred Fearnot’s Little Scrap; or, The Fellow Who Wouldn’t Stay Whipped.

148 Fred Fearnot’s Greatest Danger; or, Ten Days with the Moonshiners.

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150 Fred Fearnot’s Quick Work; or, The Hold Up at Eagle Pass.

151 Fred Fearnot at Silver Gulch; or, Defying a Ring.

152 Fred Fearnot on the Border; or, Punishing the Mexican Horse Stealers.

153 Fred Fearnot’s Charmed Life; or, Running the Gauntlet.

154 Fred Fearnot Lost; or, Missing for Thirty Days.

155 Fred Fearnot’s Rescue; or, The Mexican Pocahontas.

156 Fred Fearnot and the “White Caps”; or, A Queer Turning of the Tables.

157 Fred Fearnot and the Medium; or, Having Fun with the “Spirits.”

158 Fred Fearnot and the “Mean Man”; or, The Worst He Ever Struck.

159 Fred Fearnot’s Gratitude; or, Backing Up a Plucky Boy.

160 Fred Fearnot Fined; or, The Judge’s Mistake.

161 Fred Fearnot’s Comic Opera; or, The Fun that Raised the Funds.

162 Fred Fearnot and the Anarchists; or, The Burning of the Red Flag.

163 Fred Fearnot’s Lecture Tour; or, Going it Alone.

164 Fred Fearnot’s “New Wild West”; or, Astonishing the Old East.

165 Fred Fearnot in Russia; or, Banished by the Czar.

166 Fred Fearnot in Turkey; or, Defying the Sultan.

167 Fred Fearnot in Vienna: or, The Trouble on the Danube.

168 Fred Fearnot and the Kaiser; or, In the Royal Palace at Berlin.

169 Fred Fearnot in Ireland; or, Watched by the Constabulary.

170 Fred Fearnot Homeward Bound; or, Shadowed by Scotland Yard.

171 Fred Fearnot’s Justice; or, The Champion of the School Marm.

172 Fred Fearnot and the Gypsies; or, The Mystery of a Stolen Child.

173 Fred Fearnot’s Silent Hunt; or, Catching the “Green Goods” Men.

174 Fred Fearnot’s Big Day: or, Harvard and Yale at New Era.

175 Fred Fearnot and “The Doctor”; or, The Indian Medicine Fakir.

176 Fred Fearnot and the Lynchers; or, Saving a Girl Horse Thief.

177 Fred Fearnot’s Wonderful Feat; or, The Taming of Black Beauty.

178 Fred Fearnot’s Great Struggle; or, Downing a Senator.

179 Fred Fearnot’s Jubilee; or, New Era’s Greatest Day.

180 Fred Fearnot and Samson; or, “Who Runs This Town?”

181 Fred Fearnot and the Rioters: or, Backing Up the Sheriff.

182 Fred Fearnot and the Stage Robber; or, His Chase for a Stolen Diamond.

183 Fred Fearnot at Cripple Creek; or, The Masked Fiends of the Mines.

184 Fred Fearnot and the Vigilantes; or, Up Against the Wrong Man.

185 Fred Fearnot in New Mexico; or, Saved by Terry Olcott.

186 Fred Fearnot In Arkansas; or, The Queerest of All Adventures.

187 Fred Fearnot in Montana; or, The Dispute at Rocky Hill.

188 Fred Fearnot and the Mayor: or, The Trouble at Snapping Shoals.

189 Fred Fearnot’s Big Hunt: or, Camping on the Columbia River.

190 Fred Fearnot’s Hard Experience; or, Roughing it at Red Gulch.

191 Fred Fearnot Stranded; or, How Terry Olcott Lost the Money.

192 Fred Fearnot in the Mountains; or, Held at Bay by Bandits.

193 Fred Fearnot’s Terrible Risk; or, Terry Olcott’s Reckless Venture.

194 Fred Fearnot’s Last Card; or, The Game that Saved His Life.

195 Fred Fearnot and the Professor; or, The Man Who Knew it All.

196 Fred Fearnot’s Big Scoop; or, Beating a Thousand Rivals.

197 Fred Fearnot and the Raiders; or, Fighting for His Belt.

198 Fred Fearnot’s Great Risk; or, One Chance in a Thousand.

199 Fred Fearnot as a Sleuth; or, Running Down a Slick Villain.

200 Fred Fearnot’s New Deal; or, Working for a Banker.

201 Fred Fearnot in Dakota: or, The Little Combination Ranch.

202 Fred Fearnot and the Road Agents; or, Terry Olcott’s Cool Nerve.

203 Fred Fearnot and the Amazon; or, The Wild Woman of the Plains.

204 Fred Fearnot’s Training School; or, How to Make a Living.

205 Fred Fearnot and the Stranger; or, The Long Man who was Short.

206 Fred Fearnot and the Old Trapper; or, Searching for a Lost Cavern.

207 Fred Fearnot in Colorado; or, Running a Sheep Ranch.

208 Fred Fearnot at the Ball; or, The Girl in the Green Mask.

209 Fred Fearnot and the Duellist; or, The Man Who Wanted to Fight.

210 Fred Fearnot on the Stump; or, Backing an Old Veteran.

211 Fred Fearnot’s New Trouble; or, Up Against a Monopoly.

212 Fred Fearnot as Marshal; or, Commanding the Peace.

213 Fred Fearnot and “Wally”; or, The Good Natured Bully of Badger.

214 Fred Fearnot and the Miners; or, The Trouble At Coppertown.

215 Fred Fearnot and the “Blind Tigers”; or, More Ways Than One.

216 Fred Fearnot and the Hindoo; or, The Wonderful Juggler at Coppertown.

217 Fred Fearnot Snow Bound; or, Fun with Pericles Smith.

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All our readers know Frank Reade, Jr., the greatest inventor of the age, and his two fun-loving chums, Barney and Pomp. The stories to be published in this magazine will contain a true account of the wonderful and exciting adventures of the famous inventor, with his marvellous flying machines, electrical overland engines, and his extraordinary submarine boats. Each number will be a rare treat. Tell your newsdealer to get you a copy.

1 FRANK READE, JR.’S WHITE CRUISER OF THE CLOUDS; or, The Search for the Dog-Faced Men.

2 FRANK READE, JR.’S SUBMARINE BOAT “THE EXPLORER”; or, To the North Pole Under the Ice.

3 FRANK READE, JR.’S ELECTRIC VAN; or, Hunting Wild Animals in the Jungles of India.

4 FRANK READE, JR.’S ELECTRIC AIR CANOE; or, The Search for the Valley of Diamonds.

5 FRANK READE, JR.’S “SEA SERPENT”; or, The Search for Sunken Gold.

6 FRANK READE, JR.’S ELECTRIC TERROR, THE “THUNDERER”; or, The Search for the Tartar’s Captive.

7 FRANK READE, JR.’S AIR WONDER, THE “KITE”; or, A Six Weeks’ Flight over the Andes.

8 FRANK READE, JR.’S DEEP SEA DIVER, THE “TORTOISE”; or, The Search for a Sunken Island.

9 FRANK READE, JR.’S ELECTRIC INVENTION, THE “WARRIOR”; or, Fighting the Apaches in Arizona.

10 FRANK READE, JR., AND HIS ELECTRIC AIR BOAT; or, Hunting Wild Beasts for a Circus.

11 FRANK READE, JR., AND HIS TORPEDO BOAT; or, At War with the Brazilian Rebels.

12 FIGHTING THE SLAVE HUNTERS; or, Frank Reade, Jr., in Central Africa.

13 FROM ZONE TO ZONE; or, The Wonderful Trip of Frank Reade, Jr., with His Latest Air-Ship.

14 FRANK READE, JR., AND HIS ELECTRIC CRUISER OF THE LAKES; or, A Journey Through Africa by Water.

15 FRANK READE, JR., AND HIS ELECTRIC TURRET; or, Lost in the Land of Fire.

16 FRANK READE, JR., AND HIS ENGINE OF THE CLOUDS; or, Chased Around the World in the Sky.

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of our Libraries and cannot procure them from newsdealers, they can be obtained from this office direct. Cut out and fill in the following Order Blank and send it to us with the price of the books you want and we will send them to you by return mail. POSTAGE STAMPS TAKEN THE SAME AS MONEY.


FRANK TOUSEY, Publisher, 24 Union Square, New York. ........ 190
Dear Sir—Enclosed find .... cents for which please send me:
.... copies of WORK AND WIN, Nos. ..................................
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.... copies of PLUCK AND LUCK, Nos. ................................
.... copies of SECRET SERVICE, Nos. ................................
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TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

  1. Added Table of Contents.
  2. Moved advertising on the reverse of the cover page to between the end and the remaining advertisements on the back cover.
  3. Silently corrected typographical errors.
  4. Retained anachronistic and non-standard spellings as printed.