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2.The Cruise of the “Cachalot.”Frank T. Bullen.
3.Fights for the Flag.Dr. W. H. Fitchett.
4.The Log of a Sea Waif.Frank T. Bullen.
5.The Gamekeeper at Home.Richard Jefferies.
6.A Londoner’s Log Book.Rt. Hon. G. W. E. Russell.
7.The Sowers.H. S. Merriman.
8.Jess.H. Rider Haggard.
9.Vice Versâ.F. Anstey.
10.Woodland, Moor, and Stream.J. A. Owen.
11.The Tale of the Great Mutiny.Dr. W. H. Fitchett.
12.Sixty Years in the Wilderness.Sir Henry W. Lucy.
13.A Vision of India.Sidney Low.
14.The Defence of Plevna.Capt. F. W. von Herbert.
15.The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.A. Conan Doyle.
16.Nelson and His Captains.Dr. W. H. Fitchett.
17.With Edged Tools.Henry Seton Merriman.
18.The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.A. Conan Doyle.
19.The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard.A. Conan Doyle.
20.Wellington’s Men.Dr. W. H. Fitchett.
21.The Red Hand of Ulster.George A. Birmingham.
22.The Honourable Molly.Katharine Tynan.
23.A Life’s Morning.George Gissing.
24.Court Royal.S. Baring-Gould.

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Transcriber’s Note (continued)

Minor typographical errors have been corrected in this transcription. Other errors and unusual or variable spelling and hyphenation have been left unchanged except as noted below.

Page xvi — “Sargophaga” changed to “Sarcophaga” (Sarcophaga carnaria)

Page 27 — “features” changed to “feature” (Perhaps the most disagreeable feature)

Page 38 — “bubonic-plague” changed to “bubonic plague” (bubonic plague was associated first with rats)