WITH SIXTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS ON TONED PAPER.
Crown 8vo., 544 pp., cloth, bevelled boards, price 6s.; gilt edges, 6s. 6d.
“In Perils Oft.” Romantic Biographies Illustrative of the Adventurous Life. By W. H. Davenport Adams, Author of “Plain Living and High Thinking,” “Secret of Success,” “Woman’s Work and Worth,” etc.
“We are a wonderful people; it was never our Government which made us a great nation.... England was made by Adventurers, not by its Government; and I believe it will only hold its place by Adventurers.”—Journals of Major-General C. G. Gordon, C.B., at Khartoum.
“Adventures are to the Adventurous.”
Contents:
| CHAP. | CHAP. |
| 1. THE HERO OF ST. JEAN D’ACRE. | 7. THE RAJA OF SARAWAK. |
| 2. THE LAST OF THE SEA-KINGS. | 8. ADVENTURES IN THE ARABIAN DESERT. |
| 3. A HUNGARIAN DERVISH. | 9. THE WONDERFUL RIDE TO MERV. |
| 4. THE MODERN WANDERING JEW. | 10. THE ENGLISH “SHEIKH.” |
| 5. ARCTIC ADVENTURE. | 11. THE HERO OF KHARTOUM. |
| 6. DISCOVERY OF THE ALBERT NYANZA. |
Second edition, small crown 8vo., 384 pp., cloth, price 3s. 6d.; gilt edges, 4s.