My dear boys: "The Rover Boys in the Mountains" is a complete story in itself, but forms the sixth volume of the "Rover Boys Series for Young Americans."
       This series of books for wide-awake American lads was begun several years ago with the publication of "The Rover Boys at School." At that time the author had in mind to write not more than three volumes, relating the adventures of Dick, Tom, and Sam Rover at Putnam Hall, "On the Ocean," and "In the Jungle," but the publication of these books immediately called for a fourth, "The Rover Boys Out West," and then a fifth, "The Rover Boys on the Great Lakes." Still my young friends did not appear to be satisfied, and so I now present to them this sixth volume, which relates the stirring adventures of the three Rover boys in the Adirondacks, whither they had gone to solve the mystery of a certain brass-lined money casket found by them on an island in Lake Huron.
       In writing this volume I have had a double purpose in view; not only to pen a tale which might prove pleasing to all boys, but one which might likewise give them a fair idea of the wonderful resources and natural beauty of this section of the United States. Ours is a wonderful country, and none of us can learn too much concerning it.
       Again thanking my young friends for their kindness in the past, I place this volume in their hands, trusting they will find it as much to their liking as those which have preceded it.
       Affectionately and sincerely yours,
       Arthur M. Winfield.

Introduction
1. The Boys Of Putnam Hall.
2. A Glimpse At The Past.
3. Tom On A Tour Of Discovery.
4. Dormitory Number Two.
5. A Scene In The Schoolroom.
6. News Of An Old Enemy.
7. Something Of A Surprise.
8. Jasper Grinder Is Dismissed.
9. A Race On The Ice, And What Followed.
10. The End Of The Term.
11. Home For The Holidays.
12. The Brass-lined Money Casket.
13. The Heart Of The Adirondack.
14. The Start Up The River.
15. Wild Turkeys.
16. On The Wrong Trail.
17. An Unexpected Discovery.
18. In The Camp Of The Enemy.
19. Dick And The Wildcat.
20. Bear Pond At Last.
21. A Pair Of Prisoners.
22. Jasper Grinder Tries To Make Terms.
23. The Black Bear.
24. Together Again.
25. Snowed In.
26. An Unwelcome Comrade.
27. Bringing Down Two Bears.
28. Two Failures.
29. Jasper Grinder And The Wolves.
30. A Successful Search--conclusion.