For Boys Sixteen to Eighteen
Reading edition
Arthur Bonnicastle. By Josiah G. Holland.
A story of American college life.
Aztec Treasure-House, The. By Thomas A. Janvier.
A stirring story of the discovery in the mountains of an Aztec city founded a thousand years ago.
Between the Lines. By Charles King.
A Civil War story. Contains a good description of the battle of Gettysburg.
Black Rock. By Charles William Gordon (Ralph Connor).
The story of a missionary in the Western mines and lumber camps.
Campaigning with Crook, and Stories of Army Life. By Charles King.
Tells of the Sioux campaign of 1876 with Brig. Gen. George Crook, and contains in addition three short stories.
79Down to the Sea. By Wilfred T. Grenfell.
Contains stories of things seen and done, and of the men he has known, as Dr. Grenfell has cruised along the Labrador coast.
Farthest North. By Fridtjof Nansen.
The record of a voyage of exploration of the ship Fram 1893–1896. Aside from the scientific aspect, there are thrilling adventures and magnificent sport.
Hereward, the Wake. By Charles Kingsley.
The best description of Hereward the outlaw and his gallant deed.
Horses Nine. By Sewell Ford.
A good collection of horse stories.
In the Sargasso Sea. By Thomas A. Janvier.
The story of a young engineer, on his way from New York to Africa, who is thrown overboard in a fight with the skipper. He is rescued by a steamer which is afterwards wrecked on the edge of the Sargasso Sea. The hero has many amazing adventures among the derelicts of that ocean graveyard.
80Ivar the Viking. By Paul B. du Chaillu.
A romantic history, based upon authentic facts of the third and fourth centuries.
Kim. By Rudyard Kipling.
The adventures of an East Indian boy. Gives a splendid picture of Hindu life.
Lure of the Labrador Wild. By Dillon Wallace.
The story of the exploring expedition conducted by Leonidas Hubbard, Jr.
Micah Clarke. By A. Conan Doyle.
A story of the Duke of Monmouth’s rebellion.
Picciola. By Joseph Xavier B. Santaine.
A story of Napoleon’s time; the chief character is a young nobleman, a political prisoner, whose regeneration is effected by his observation of a plant growing in his courtyard.
Quentin Durward. By Sir Walter Scott.
A tale of the time of Louis XI and of Charles the Bold of Burgundy.
81Rob Roy. By Sir Walter Scott.
A story of the rebellion of 1715 and the part taken in it by the clan MacGregor, the chieftain of which was Rob Roy.
Rules of the Game, The. By Stewart Edward White.
A virile story of outdoor adventure.
Silas Marner. By George Eliot.
The story of a linen weaver who is a miser.
Story of the Revolution. By Henry Cabot Lodge.
A substantial and scholarly history of the American Revolution. Contains many illustrations by Howard Pyle and others.
Tenting on the Plains. By Elizabeth Bacon Custer.
Tells of garrison and camp life with General Custer.
There She Blows! By James Cooper Wheeler.
A rattling good whaling yarn.
Three Gringoes in Venezuela and Central America. By Richard Harding Davis.
An interesting book of travel containing 82much information about the daily life and activities of South and Central American cities.
Two Years Before the Mast. By Richard Henry Dana, Jr.
Tells of a voyage around the Horn and to California in 1837.
Typee. By Herman Melville.
A story of life in the South Seas, being the experiences of two American sailors on the Marquesas Islands.
Vagabond Journey Around the World, A. By Harry A. Franck.
The day-by-day record of a young university man’s experiences and adventures as he circled the globe, without money save as he earned it by the way. He was a tramp with tramps in many cities of Europe, Egypt, India, and Japan. His pictures of native life in strange corners of the world stand out vividly.
Westward Ho! By Charles Kingsley.
A splendid story of exploration and adventure in the sixteenth century.
83Wolf the Storm Leader. By Frank Caldwell.
The true story of a wolf, who was trapped, tamed, and used for team work in Alaska.
Zachary Phips. By Edwin L. Bynner.
A story of Aaron Burr’s treason, the War of 1812, and the Seminole War.
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