_THE LAKE SHORE SERIES._

1. _THROUGH BY DAYLIGHT_; or, The Young Engineer of the Lake Shore Railroad.

2. _LIGHTNING EXPRESS_; or, The Rival Academies.

3. _ON TIME_; or, The Young Captain of the Ucayga Steamer.

4. _SWITCH OFF_; or, The War of the Students.

5. _BRAKE UP_; or, The Young Peacemakers.

6. _BEAR AND FORBEAR_; or, The Young Skipper of Lake Ucayga.

_THE LAKE SHORE SERIES._

SWITCH OFF;

OR,

THE WAR OF THE STUDENTS.

BY OLIVER OPTIC,

_Author of “Army and Navy Stories,” “Great Western Series,” “Onward and Upward Stories,” “Woodville Stories,” Famous “Boat-Club Series,” “The Starry-Flag Series,” “Young America Abroad,” “Lake-Shore Series,” “Riverdale Story-Book,” “Yacht-Club Series,” and “The Boat-Builder Series.”_

BOSTON LEE AND SHEPARD PUBLISHERS 10 MILK STREET

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1869, by WILLIAM T. ADAMS, In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

Copyright, 1897, by Alice Adams Russell.

_All Rights Reserved._

SWITCH OFF.

TO

MY YOUNG FRIEND

“_DOWNSEY_”

_This Book_

IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED.