THE ROVER BOYS ON THE OCEAN
OR A CHASE FOR A FORTUNE

BY Arthur M. Winfield
(Edward Stratemeyer)

INTRODUCTION

My dear Boys: "The Rover Boys on the Ocean" is a complete tale in
itself, but forms a companion volume to "The Rover Boys at
School," which preceded it.

In the former volume I tried to give my young readers a glimpse
of life as it actually is in one of our famous military boarding
schools, with its brightness and shadows, its trials and
triumphs, its little plots and counterplots, its mental and
physical contests, and all that goes to make up such an
existence; in the present tale I have given a little more of
this, and also related the particulars of an ocean trip, which,
from a small and unpretentious beginning, developed into
something entirely unlooked for an outing calculated to test the
nerves of the bravest of American youths. How Dick, Tom, and
Sam, and their friends stood it, and how they triumphed over
their enemies, I will leave for the story itself to explain.
This volume will be followed by another, to be entitled, "The
Rover Boys in the jungle," telling of curious adventures in the
heart of Africa.

As the first volume of the series was so I well received, my one
wish is that the present tale may find equal favor at your hands.