The Rover brothers spend time at Putnam Hall and on a camping expedition in this entry to the series. They have a new set of rivals, let by lanky, surly Lew Flapp, a would-be boxer. Rover family nemesis, Arnold Baxter, is on the lam from prison. Also returning, the largely-unintelligible Hans Mueller and various other good boys from the military academy.

By : Arthur M. Winfield

01 - I. The Rover Boys at Home

02 - II. News of Interest

03 - III. A Midnight Visitor

04 - IV. A Useless Pursuit

05 - V. On the Way to Putnam Hall

06 - VI. Fun on the Boat

07 - VII. Something About the Military Academy

08 - VIII. A Scene in the Gymnasium

09 - IX. Settling Down to Study

10 - X. An Adventure in Cedarville

11 - XI. A Quarrel and it Results

12 - XII. The Election for Officers

13 - XIII. The Fight at the Boathouse

14 - XIV. Getting Ready for the Encampment

15 - XV. On the March to the Camp

16 - XVI. The First Day on Pine Island

17 - XVII. The Enemy Plot Mischief

18 - XVIII. Hazers at Work

19 - XIX. A Storm in Camp

20 - XX. The Rover Boys and the Bull

21 - XXI. A Tug of War

22 - XXII. A Swim and Some Snakes

23 - XXIII. A Glimpse of an Old Enemy

24 - XXIV. More Rivalry

25 - XXV. Winning the Contests

26 - XXVI. Sam Shows What He Can Do

27 - XXVII. A Prisoner of the Enemy

28 - XXVIII. Dick's Midnight Adventure

29 - XXIX. True Heroism

30 - XXX. Turning a New Leaf—Conclusion

My Dear Boys: "The Rover Boys in Camp" is a complete story in itself, but forms the eighth volume of "The Rover Boys Series for Young Americans."

As I have mentioned before, when I started this line of stories I had in mind to make not more than three, or possibly four, volumes. But the publication of "Rover Boys at School," "Rover Boys on the Ocean," "Rover Boys in the Jungle," and "Rover Boys Out West" did not appear to satisfy my readers, and so I followed with "Rover Boys on the Great Lakes," "Rover Boys in the Mountains," and lastly with "Rover Boys on Land and Sea." But the publishers say there is still a cry for "more! more!" and so I now present to you this new Rover Boys book, which relates the adventures of Dick, Tom, and Sam, and a number of their old-time friends, at home, at dear old Putnam Hall, and in camp on Pine Island.

In writing this tale I have had in mind two thoughts—one to give my young readers an out-and-out story of jolly summer adventure, along with a little touch of mystery, and the other to show them that it very often pays to return good for evil. Arnold Baxter had done much to bring trouble to the Rover family, but what Dick Rover did in return was Christian-like in the highest meaning of that term. Dick was not a "goody-goody" youth, but he was a thoroughly manly one, and his example is well worth following by any lad who wishes to make something of himself.

Once more let me thank all of those who have expressed themselves as satisfied with the previous stories in this series. I earnestly trust the present volume will also prove acceptable to them, and will do them good.

Affectionately and sincerely yours,

Arthur M. Winfield