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'In the Borghese gardens practised that royal game of golf'

Frontispiece

Just as his arm was poised I fired

To face p.[10]

Joan in church

"[24]

Joan rides to Chinon

"[38]

Joan tells the King his secret

"[42]

The English Archers betrayed by the Stag

"[64]

The Coronation of Charles VII

"[68]

'Instantly a gust of wind blew her off the rock into the sea'

"[92]

'One man . . . stalked about the deck and flourished a cutlass . . . shouting that he was "king of the country"'

"[196]

The Indian threatens Peter Williamson

"[214]

'Another party of Indians arrived, bringing twenty scalps and three prisoners'

"[218]

The savages attack the boat

"[230]

'The madman dwelt alone'

"[242]

King Olaf leaps overboard

"[256]

'In the Borghese gardens practised that royal game of golf

"[266]

'I will, though not another man in the Highlands should draw a sword'

"[272]

'He galloped up the streets of Edinburgh shouting, "Victory! Victory!"'

"[294]

Manco Capac and Mama Ocllo Huaco, the Children of the Sun, come from Lake Titicaca to govern and civilise the tribes of Peru

"[374]

In one cave the soldiers found vases of pure gold, etc.

"[412]

WOODCUTS IN TEXT

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One of them lifted his assegai[17]
'The Fairy Tree'[20]
Joan hears the Voice[28]
Robert thinks Joan crazed[34]
'Sir, this is ill done of you'[37]
'In a better language than yours,' said Joan[46]
'Lead him to the Cross!' cried she[50]
'Then spurred she her horse . . . and put out the flame'[53]
Joan is wounded by the arrow[57]
'Now arose a dispute among the captains'[61]
One Englishman at least died well[63]
Joan challenges the English to sally forth[73]
'Go she would not till she had taken that town'[79]
Joan Captured[83]
Joan at Beaurevoir[85]
'The burned Joan the Maid'[89]
The Bass attacked by the frigates[97]
Ines pleads for her life[101]
'I will send you a champion whom you will fear more than you fear me'[107]
Orthon's last appearance[112]
Gustavus leaves school for good![115]
'Lazy loon! Have you no work to do?'[119]
'Surrender, Don Alonzo, or you are a dead man!'[123]
'In the following night Gudbrand dreamed a dream'[127]
The destruction of the idol[130]
'Still he cried to his men, "Fight on, fight on!"'[134]
Molly takes her husband's place[139]
'As we approached we saw the pirate sinking'[143]
Falconer knocks down a bird[145]
Falconer returns to his companions[148]
'Then, drawing their swords, they dashed at the rest'[152]
Marbot's fight with the Carabineers in the alley[157]
Lisette catches the thief in the stable[164]
'I regarded myself as a horseman who is trying to win a steeplechase'[166]
Lisette carries off the Russian officer[169]
'Guided by the transport man he reached me and found me living'[172]
'"I will go, sir," I cried'[177]
'We had to saw the rope'[182]
'The Count leaped up, a knife in his hand'[188]
Gaston in prison[189]
'But now here sits in the high seat a thin stake'[192]
'He fleeth not the flame
Who leapeth o'er the same'
[193]
The Captain shoots Mr. Cozens[202]
Mr. Hamilton's fight with the sea-lion[205]
The Cacique fires off the gun[208]
Byron rides past the turnpikes[211]
The captain guarded by the mutineers[228]
The Pitcairn islanders on board the English frigate[239]
Old John Adams teaches the children[245]
Death of the supercargo[248]
'None will now deny that "Long Snake" sails by'[255]
Hacon casts his shield away[263]
'Go, sir, to your general; tell him what you have seen . . .'[276]
Escape of the Duke of Perth[281]
'In many a panelled parlour'[284]
'Och no! she be relieved'[287]
Mrs. Murray of Broughton distributes cockades to the crowd[289]
James More wounded at Prestonpans[293]
Crossing Shap Fell[301]
'Many had their broadswords and dirks sharpened'[304]
'The Prince caught him by the hair'[307]
The poor boy fell, mortally wounded[311]
The 'Rout of Moy'[315]
The end of Culloden[322]
'The advance party of eight started on October 29'[327]
Golah is abandoned[332]
'King, they are gone!'[337]
Death of Burke[342]
Bessé introduced to the Man in White[355]
'Saw reflected in the mirror the white figure'[356]
'Sometimes he would find a party searching for him quite close at hand'[360]
Alexander Gordon wood-chopping in the disguise of a labourer[362]
Grisell brings the sheep's head to her father in the vault[367]
A Peruvian postman[381]
Almagro wounded in the eye[387]
Many of the Spaniards were killed by the snakes and alligators[389]
Amazement of the Indians at seeing a cavalier fall from his horse[391]
Pizarro sees llamas for the first time[393]
The cavalier displays his horsemanship before Atahuallpa[401]
The friar urges Pizarro to attack the Peruvians[404]
The Spaniards destroy the idol at Pachacamac[407]

WILSON'S LAST FIGHT

'They were men whose fathers were men'