ADVENTURE AND EXPLORATION
Reading edition
Beyond the Old Frontier
Adventures of Indian Fighters, Hunters, and Fur Traders
By GEORGE BIRD GRINNELL
A series of personal narratives of hunting, Indian fighting, and exploration in the early pioneer days.
Missionary Explorers Among the American Indians
By MARY GAY HUMPHREYS
The stories of the first and greatest of American missionaries to the American Indians, told largely in their own words.
True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World
By MAJOR-GENERAL A. W. GREELY, U. S. A.
The true stories of the most heroic adventures on the Arctic expeditions from the earliest explorers to our own day.
The Boy’s Story of Zebulon M. Pike
Explorer of the Great Southwest
Edited by MARY GAY HUMPHREYS
“A brilliant story of adventure and achievement.”—Washington Star.
Trails of the Pathfinders
By GEORGE BIRD GRINNELL
Accounts taken from the journals of Henry, Lewis and Clark, Pike, Frémont, and others.
The Boy’s Catlin
My Life Among the Indians
Edited with Biographical Introduction by MARY GAY HUMPHREYS
“As interesting a story of Indians as was ever written and has the merit of being true.”—New York Sun.
The Boy’s Drake
By EDWIN M. BACON
“Much of the story is told in the words of old records, and interesting old maps and pictures make it still more valuable.”—The Bookman.
The Boy’s Hakluyt
By EDWIN M. BACON
The voyages of Hawkins, Drake, Gilbert, and others, retold from Hakluyt’s chronicles.
Each Illustrated. 12mo. $1.50 net
The Adventures of James Capen Adams
Mountaineer and Grizzly Bear Hunter of California
By THEODORE H. HITTELL
Illustrated. $1.50 net. Postpaid, $1.65
The story of the life and thrilling adventures of one of the most famous of American hunters and one of the first great tamers of wild animals.
The narrative is given just as it first appeared in the simple, direct language in which “Grizzly” Adams told it to Mr. Hittell—a style that bears all the marks of absolute truth.
The Grizzly Bear
By WILLIAM H. WRIGHT
Illustrated from Photographs by the Author and J. B. Kerfoot. $1.50 net
“Full of the atmosphere of the big game woods and vibrant with hazards of the chase.”—Boston Globe.
“The very spirit of the grizzly is in subtle fashion brought near us. The book will long hold a high place in the literature of sport.”—New York Tribune.
The Black Bear
By WILLIAM H. WRIGHT
Illustrated from Photographs by the Author and J. B. Kerfoot. $1.00 net. Postpaid, $1.10
“Finely illustrated, informing, and entertaining.”—Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Boy’s King Arthur
Being Sir Thomas Malory’s History of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table
Edited by Sidney Lanier
Illustrated. $2.00
“Unconsciously as he reads of the brave deeds, the boy’s heart is thrilled and his higher nature throbs with knightly longings.”—Philadelphia Times.
The Boy’s Percy
Edited by Sidney Lanier
Illustrated. $2.00
“He who walks in the way these following ballads point will be manful in necessary fight, fair in trade, loyal in love, tender in the household, plain in speech, simple in behavior, and honest in all things.”—From Mr. Lanier’s Introduction.
The Boy’s Froissart
Being Sir John Froissart’s Chronicles of Adventure, Battle, and Custom in England, France, Spain, etc.
Edited by Sidney Lanier
Illustrated. $2.00
“It is quite the beau ideal of a book for a present to an intelligent boy or girl.”—Baltimore Gazette.
The Knightly Legends of Wales
Or the Boy’s Mabinogion
Edited by Sidney Lanier
Illustrated. $2.00
“Amid all the strange and fanciful scenery of these stories, character and the ideals of character remain at the simplest and purest.”—The Independent.
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