The Aldine romance of invention, travel & adventure library. (London : Aldine Publishing Company, 1894-1906)
This was a series of boy’s adventure stories centring around Frank Reade Jr., a young inventor-genius who created a robot, "Steam Man" and a succession of creatures including "Steam Horse", "Electric Dolphin" and innumerable flying and swimming wonders, such as an electric airship, the "Eclipse". Frank Reade travelled the world with his creations, visiting Australia in "Frank Reade in the Golden City", "Frank Reade’s Electric man in Australia" “Frank Reade’s Electric Buckboard” and others.
