Chapter I: Front Matter

TOM SWIFT CIRCLING
THE GLOBE
OR
The Daring Cruise of the Air Monarch

BY
VICTOR APPLETON
AUTHOR OF
“TOM SWIFT AND HIS MOTORCYCLE”
“TOM SWIFT AMONG THE DIAMOND MAKERS”
“TOM SWIFT AND HIS AIRLINE EXPRESS”
THE DON STURDY SERIES
ETC.

_ILLUSTRATED_

NEW YORK
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS

Made in the United States of America

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BOOKS FOR BOYS
By VICTOR APPLETON
12mo. Cloth. Illustrated.

THE TOM SWIFT SERIES
TOM SWIFT AND HIS MOTORCYCLE
TOM SWIFT AND HIS MOTORBOAT
TOM SWIFT AND HIS AIRSHIP
TOM SWIFT AND HIS SUBMARINE BOAT
TOM SWIFT AND HIS ELECTRIC RUNABOUT
TOM SWIFT AND HIS WIRELESS MESSAGE
TOM SWIFT AMONG THE DIAMOND MAKERS
TOM SWIFT IN THE CAVES OF ICE
TOM SWIFT AND HIS SKY RACER
TOM SWIFT AND HIS ELECTRIC RIFLE
TOM SWIFT IN THE CITY OF GOLD
TOM SWIFT AND HIS AIR GLIDER
TOM SWIFT IN CAPTIVITY
TOM SWIFT AND HIS WIZARD CAMERA
TOM SWIFT AND HIS GREAT SEARCHLIGHT
TOM SWIFT AND HIS GIANT CANNON
TOM SWIFT AND HIS PHOTO TELEPHONE
TOM SWIFT AND HIS AERIAL WARSHIP
TOM SWIFT AND HIS BIG TUNNEL
TOM SWIFT IN THE LAND OF WONDERS
TOM SWIFT AND HIS WAR TANK
TOM SWIFT AND HIS AIR SCOUT
TOM SWIFT AND HIS UNDERSEA SEARCH
TOM SWIFT AMONG THE FIRE FIGHTERS
TOM SWIFT AND HIS ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE
TOM SWIFT AND HIS FLYING BOAT
TOM SWIFT AND HIS GREAT OIL GUSHER
TOM SWIFT AND HIS CHEST OF SECRETS
TOM SWIFT AND HIS AIRLINE EXPRESS
TOM SWIFT CIRCLING THE GLOBE

THE DON STURDY SERIES
DON STURDY ON THE DESERT OF MYSTERY
DON STURDY WITH THE BIG SNAKE HUNTERS
DON STURDY IN THE TOMBS OF GOLD
DON STURDY ACROSS THE NORTH POLE
DON STURDY IN THE LAND OF VOLCANOES
DON STURDY IN THE PORT OF LOST SHIPS
DON STURDY AMONG THE GORILLAS

Grosset & Dunlap, Publishers, New York.

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Copyright, 1927, by
GROSSET & DUNLAP, Inc.

_Tom Swift Circling the Globe_

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. A BLAST OF FIRE......................... 1
II. TOM ACCEPTS............................. 10
III. INTO A NOSE DIVE........................ 20
IV. JUST IN TIME............................ 30
V. THE AIR MONARCH......................... 37
VI. KICKED OUT.............................. 46
VII. STRUCK DOWN............................. 57
VIII. MIDNIGHT PROWLERS....................... 67
IX. THEY’RE OFF!............................ 80
X. ACROSS THE OCEAN........................ 91
XI. FORCED DOWN............................. 97
XII. THE HURRICANE........................... 103
XIII. A CLOSE CALL............................ 112
XIV. WHIZZING BULLETS........................ 121
XV. YELLOW GYPSIES.......................... 130
XVI. TO THE RESCUE........................... 137
XVII. KILBORN’S TRICK......................... 146
XVIII. CHINESE BANDITS......................... 154
XIX. THE TYPHOON............................. 162
XX. MALAY PIRATES........................... 172
XXI. AMONG THE HEAD-HUNTERS.................. 178
XXII. THE RAFT................................ 188
XXIII. THERE SHE BLOWS!........................ 196
XXIV. THE LAST TRICK.......................... 201
XXV. ACROSS THE CONTINENT.................... 208

TOM SWIFT CIRCLING
THE GLOBE