[Illustration: TOM LEARNING TO BE A SAILOR.--Page 59.] _THE GO-AHEAD SERIES._ TOM NEWCOMBE; OR, THE BOY OF BAD HABITS. BY HARRY CASTLEMON, AUTHOR OF “THE GUN-BOAT SERIES,” “THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN SERIES,” ETC. THE JOHN C. WINSTON CO. PHILADELPHIA CHICAGO TORONTO FAMOUS CASTLEMON BOOKS. GUNBOAT SERIES. By HARRY CASTLEMON. 6 vols. 12mo. FRANK THE YOUNG NATURALIST. FRANK ON A GUNBOAT. FRANK IN THE WOODS. FRANK BEFORE VICKSBURG. FRANK ON THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI. FRANK ON THE PRAIRIE. ROCKY MOUNTAIN SERIES. By HARRY CASTLEMON. 3 vols. 12mo. Cloth. FRANK AMONG THE RANCHEROS. FRANK AT DON CARLOS’ RANCH. FRANK IN THE MOUNTAINS. SPORTSMAN’S CLUB SERIES. By HARRY CASTLEMON. 3 vols. 12mo. Cloth. THE SPORTSMAN’S CLUB IN THE SADDLE. THE SPORTSMAN’S CLUB AFLOAT. THE SPORTSMAN’S CLUB AMONG THE TRAPPERS. FRANK NELSON SERIES. By HARRY CASTLEMON. 3 vols. 12mo. Cloth. SNOWED UP. FRANK IN THE FORECASTLE. THE BOY TRADERS. BOY TRAPPER SERIES. By HARRY CASTLEMON. 3 vols. 12mo. Cloth. THE BURIED TREASURE. THE BOY TRAPPER. THE MAIL-CARRIER. ROUGHING IT SERIES. By HARRY CASTLEMON. 3 vols. 12mo. Cloth. GEORGE IN CAMP. GEORGE AT THE WHEEL. GEORGE AT THE FORT. ROD AND GUN SERIES. By HARRY CASTLEMON. 3 vols. 12mo. Cloth. DON GORDON’S SHOOTING BOX. ROD AND GUN CLUB. THE YOUNG WILD FOWLERS. GO-AHEAD SERIES. By HARRY CASTLEMON. 3 vols. 12mo. Cloth. TOM NEWCOMBE. GO-AHEAD. NO MOSS. FOREST AND STREAM SERIES. By HARRY CASTLEMON. 3 vols. 12mo. Cloth. JOE WAYRING. SNAGGED AND SUNK. STEEL HORSE. WAR SERIES. By HARRY CASTLEMON. 5 vols. 12mo. Cloth. TRUE TO HIS COLORS. RODNEY THE PARTISAN. RODNEY THE OVERSEER. MARCY THE BLOCKADE-RUNNER. MARCY THE REFUGEE. _Other Volumes in Preparation._ Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1868, by R. W. CARROLL & CO., In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. COPYRIGHT, 1896, BY CHARLES A. FOSDICK. CONTENTS. CHAPTER PAGE I. TOM’S HABITS, 5 II. THE FISHER-BOY, 20 III. TOM GOES TO SEA, 31 IV. LIFE ON THE OCEAN WAVE, 47 V. HOMEWARD BOUND, 63