CONTENTS
Wilson's Last Fight 1
The Life and Death of Joan the Maid 19
How the Bass was held for King James 92
The Crowning of Inesde Castro 99
The Story of Orthon 105
How Gustavus Vasa won his Kingdom 114
Monsieur de Bayard's Duel . 122
Story of Gudbrand of the Dales 125
Sir Richard Grenville 132
The Story of Molly Pitcher 137
The Voyages, Dangerous Adventures, and Imminent Escapes of Captain Richard Falconer 141
Marbot's March - 150
Eylau. The Mare Lisette . 162
How Marbot crossed the Danube . 175
The piteous Death of Gaston, Son of the Count of Foix- 186
Rolf Stake 191
The Wreck of the 'Wager'. 195
Peter Williamson . 213
A Wonderful Voyage 226
The Pitcairn Islanders . . 238
The Fight at Svolder Island .252
The Death of Hacon the Good 261
Prince Charlie's War 265
The Burke and Wills Exploring Expedition . 324
The Story of Emund 346
The Man in White 354
The Adventures of 'the Bull of Earlstoun' 358
The Story of Grisell Baillie's Sheep's Head 366
The Conquest of Peru 371