The Rival Campers Ashore; or, The Mystery of the Mill

Ruel Perley Smith

Ruel Perley Smith (1869–1937) was a novelist and newspaper editor best known for the Rival Camper series of boys' books, published by L.C. Page & Co. of Boston in the first decade of the 20th century. Born in Bangor, Maine, Smith made his career as a newspaper reporter in New York, eventually becoming Night City Editor of New York World in the 1920s.