Joe Strong, the boy wizard
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- Chapter I
- Chapter II A Fireworks Fire
- Chapter III To the Rescue
- Chapter IV Joe’s Feat
- Chapter V Joe’s Ambition
- Chapter VI A Family Jar
- Chapter VII
- Chapter VIII The Runaway
- Chapter IX The Overturned Lamp
- Chapter X The Side-Door Pullman
- Chapter XI A Surprised Deacon
- Chapter XII The Professor’s Assistant
- Chapter XIII
- Chapter XIV Joe’s Disappearance
- Chapter XV Invoking the Law
- Chapter XVI The Smashed Watch
- Chapter XVII Joe Learns Something
- Chapter XVIII The Magic Egg
- Chapter XIX The Circus
- Chapter XX Some Trapeze Tricks
- Chapter XXI Almost Caught
- Chapter XXII Strange News
- Chapter XXIII “I’ve Got You!”
- Chapter XXIV
- Chapter XXV Joe’s Clever Trick
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