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Title: The Coming Wave
The Hidden Treasure of High Rock

Author: Oliver Optic

Release Date: December 8, 2007 [EBook #23773]

Language: English

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OLIVER OPTIC'S

YACHT CLUB SERIES.

THE COMING WAVE

LEE & SHEPARD

BOSTON

THE YACHT CLUB SERIES.

THE COMING WAVE;

OR, THE

HIDDEN TREASURE OF HIGH ROCK

BY

OLIVER OPTIC,

AUTHOR OF "YOUNG AMERICA ABROAD," "THE ARMY AND NAVY SERIES," "THE
WOODVILLE STORIES," "THE STARRY FLAG SERIES," "THE BOAT CLUB STORIES,"
"THE LAKE SHORE SERIES," "THE UPWARD AND ONWARD SERIES," ETC., ETC.

_WITH THIRTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS._

BOSTON:
LEE AND SHEPARD, PUBLISHERS.
NEW YORK:
LEE, SHEPARD AND DILLINGHAM.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1874,
By WILLIAM T. ADAMS,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

TO

MY YOUNG FRIEND

_ELMER ELLSWORTH HOLBROOK_,

OF MEDWAY, MASS.,

_This Book_

IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED.

_The Yacht Club Series._

1. LITTLE BOBTAIL; OR, THE WRECK OF THE PENOBSCOT.

2. THE YACHT CLUB; OR, THE YOUNG BOAT BUILDER.

3. MONEY MAKER; OR, THE VICTORY OF THE BASILISK.

4. THE COMING WAVE; OR, THE HIDDEN TREASURE OF HIGH ROCK.

5. THE DORCAS CLUB; OR, OUR GIRLS AFLOAT.

6. OCEAN BORN; OR, THE CRUISE OF THE CLUBS.

PREFACE.

"THE COMING WAVE" is the fourth volume of the Yacht Club Series, and is
an entirely independent story. Though the incidents are located on
Penobscot Bay and relate largely to boats and yachting, the characters
have not before been presented; but some of them will again be
introduced in the subsequent volumes of the series. There is some breezy
sailing in the story, and Penobscot Bay would not be properly described