Boy Scouts Own Book. The Boy Scouts Own Book Edited by Franklin K. Mathiews. Published for The Boy Scouts Of America by D. Appleton and Company, New York, London (1924, 207 pages). Cover illustration by Walt Louderback. " To Millions of Boys WAITING to become Boy Scouts." A collection of short writings on different aspects of scouting. Dark Navy Cloth hardcover. I have other Scout books listed separately if you collect such items.