Mayne Reid: 170 books

Excerpt nera who lack this power. The group of Sajouins must therefore be subdivided into several lesser groups. First of all we have the true Sajouins; and of these the Saimiri or Titi is the most distinguished species. This pretty little creature is about equal in size to a squirrel,...

A TALE OF THE STAKED PLAIN. “HATS OFF!” Within the city of Chihuahua, metropolis of the northern provinces of Mexico—for the most part built of mud—standing in the midst of vast barren plains, o’ertopped by bold porphyritic mountains—plains with a population sparse as their timber—in the...

This eBook has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. The story takes place in Texas soon after the War with Mexico. Louise Poindexter, a beautiful newcomer, is courted by two men – the arrogant and vindictive Cassius Calhoun and the dashing...

Extrait : "Sur la rive occidentale du Mississippi, à douze milles de son confluent avec le Missouri, se trouve la ville de Saint-Louis, poétiquement surnommée la Cité-des-Monts. Elle fut fondée par les français. C'est là que l'émigrant se repose, c'est là que le chasseur s'équipe avant...

Excerpt de no attempt to swim, but rather fluttered along the surface, using his wings, and perhaps the leg that was still free, to propel himself forward. Terror, no doubt, had doubled both his strength and his energies, else he could never have towed such a weight, big and strong as he was....

À la fin du siècle dernier, un riche créole, Don Pablo Ramero, doit fuir le joug des espagnols qui lui ont confisqué tous ses biens et l'ont condamné à mort. Accompagné de sa femme, de ses deux enfants et de leur fidèle serviteur indien, il traverse la Cordillère des Andes. Les fugitifs vont...

Excerpt nera who lack this power. The group of Sajouins must therefore be subdivided into several lesser groups. First of all we have the true Sajouins; and of these the Saimiri or Titi is the most distinguished species. This pretty little creature is about equal in size to a squirrel,...

A hunters' bivouac under the shadows of a Mississippian forest, in a spot where the trees stand unthinned by the ax of the woodman. It is upon the Arkansas side of the great river, not tar from the town of Helena, and in the direction of Little Rock, the capital of the State...

Excerpt ve but an idle theorist, a dreamy imbecile, alongside our practical young scholar of the West. The third and youngest of the party--taking them as they sit from stem to bow--differs in many respects from both those described. He has neither the gravity of the first, nor yet the...

Oh, Coddington, and ye Assistants of the General Court! what craze possessed you to change this fair title of the red aboriginal for the petty appellation of "Rhodes"...

pubOne.info thank you for your continued support and wish to present you this new edition. Boy reader, you have heard of the Hudson's Bay Company? Ten to one you have worn a piece of fur which it has provided for you; if not, your pretty little sister has – in her muff, or her boa, or as a trimming...

Excerpt t in." Arend, again mounting his horse, trotted off in the direction of the animal that had strayed. For cooking the antelope, Congo and Swartboy saw the necessity of providing themselves with some water; and taking a vessel for that purpose, they set out for the...