A story illustrative of the camp and military life of the soldiers of the Federal Army in the Civil War.
"It is a stirring, well-told narrative of patriotic adventure and service, and will kindle the love of Country and Humanity in the young reader."—Congregationalist.
"It is full of stirring incidents."—San Francisco Chronicle.
CAPTAIN JOHN CRANE
The hero of this book tells his adventures on the sea from 1800 to 1815; his experiences with the pirates; the dangers of our ships during the trouble with France and Tripoli; how British war ships overhauled our merchantmen; their manner of searching for deserters, etc., etc. Sailors' superstitions are woven into the narrative in the most admirable manner. The story is historically correct and entertainingly related.
A CLOSE SHAVE
Or how Major Flagg won his bet, and journeyed around the world in seventy days. Modern aids to travel and communication; valuable scientific discoveries and inventions brought to the reader's attention in an attractive form. The routes, time-tables, monsoons, etc., described in "A Close Shave" may be relied upon as being absolutely correct. An excellent description of the country between New York and San Francisco; a train robbery with one of the notorious Jesse James gang as a leader; an exciting experience with a school of whales; a typhoon and the wreck; the story about monsoons; Chinese and Malay pirates; a train accident in Egypt, etc., etc. Will prove exceedingly interesting to all boy readers.
THE TALKING HANDKERCHIEF
Under this title, Colonel Knox, that inveterate globe-trotter and writer of stories for boys, has gathered a collection of absorbing tales of adventure in Russia, China, India, and elsewhere, which will prove of deep interest to both young and old.