The Outdoor Chums on the Lake
The Outdoor Chums on the Lake by Quincy Allen is available here as the complete text, split into 614 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Outdoor Chums on the Lake by Quincy Allen. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #37486.
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The Outdoor Chums on the Lake
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- Chapter I
- Chapter II Two Clever Rogues
- Chapter III The Tell-Tale Picture
- Chapter IV The Paddle to Wildcat Island
- Chapter V A Strange Happening
- Chapter VI Frank Makes a Guess
- Chapter VII
- Chapter VIII
- Chapter IX Guardians of the Camp
- Chapter X
- Chapter XI Recovering a Stolen Boat
- Chapter XII
- Chapter XIII
- Chapter XIV Bluff Takes Chances
- Chapter XV
- Chapter XVI
- Chapter XVII Deeper into the Jungle
- Chapter XVIII Under the Cabin Wall
- Chapter XIX Holding Bluff In
- Chapter XX
- Chapter XXI
- Chapter XXII
- Chapter XXIII The White Flag
- Chapter XXIV A New Alarm
- Chapter XXV The Rescue--Conclusion
This edition of The Outdoor Chums on the Lake by Quincy Allen carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #37486, divided into 25 chapters and 614 reading sections of 5 sentences each. Every sentence of the source is kept, and each chapter records which sentences cover which part of the story. Any word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #37486, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
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About 255 minutes of reading across 614 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in The Outdoor Chums on the Lake
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- Author
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Outdoor Chums on the Lake; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Outdoor
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- Chums
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- Forest
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