BORIS THE BEAR-HUNTER

BY FRED WHISHAW

LONDON, EDINBURGH,
AND NEW YORK
THOMAS NELSON
AND SONS

I.	The Hunter Hunted	[9]
II.	Boris Finds a New Friend	[17]
III.	Boris Changes Masters	[25]
IV.	Boris Goes A-sailing	[34]
V.	How Peter the Great was knocked over	[46]
VI.	A Taste of the Knout	[56]
VII.	A Race for Life	[70]
VIII.	Boris and his Fellow-Officers	[84]
IX.	One Sword against Five	[96]
X.	A Night Ambush	[108]
XI.	A Battle against Odds	[120]
XII.	A Perilous Slide	[132]
XIII.	Boris Goes on the War-path	[144]
XIV.	Taken Prisoner	[155]
XV.	An Exciting Escape	[167]
XVI.	Home Again	[181]
XVII.	Off to England	[193]
XVIII.	How Boris threw a Big Dutchman Overboard	[204]

XIX.	Bad News from Moscow	[215]
XX.	Boris in Disgrace	[228]
XXI.	Nancy and the Big Bear	[243]
XXII.	A Wolf Maiden	[253]
XXIII.	A Notable Day among the Wolves	[266]
XXIV.	With the Tsar Again	[278]
XXV.	Boris has a Narrow Escape	[290]
XXVI.	How Boris Outwitted the Swedish Admiral	[303]
XXVII.	Small Beginnings of a Great City	[315]
XXVIII.	How the Swedes Erected a Gibbet for Boris	[326]
XXIX.	Mazeppa	[340]
XXX.	Russia's Great Day	[353]
XXXI.	Peace at Last	[366]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

"The huge brute was in full pursuit of his young wife"	[Frontispiece.]
"That moment saved the Tsar's life"	[54]
"Slashing at the wolves which swarmed about him"	[81]
"In an instant the two were upon him"	[124]
"Out sprang Boris, and alighted with terrific force
upon Menshikoff's back"	[186]
"Boris lifted his kicking legs and slid them over the
bulwark"	[210]
"Bringing up his clenched fists together against the
fellow's chin"	[337]