Herbert Strang: 43 books

Mesopotamia, "the land between the rivers," has been brought by Time's revolution once more into the foreground of the history of the world. The plains where Abraham, Isaac and Jacob tended their flocks and herds; where the hosts of Sennacherib, Shalmaneser and Alexander contended for "world-power"...

This vintage book contains a collection of charming short stories related to dogs. It was originally intended to introduce children to the delights of owning a pet dog, and is therefore ideal for animal-loving children today. Profusely illustrated and utterly endearing, this volume would make for...

I was rising four years old when my parents died, both within one week, of the small-pox; and the day of their funeral is the Furthermost of my recollections. My nurse, having tied up the sleeves of my pinafore with black, held me with her in the great room down-stairs as the mourners assembled. Their...

In these days one would rather fight than write; and those of us whom inexorable Time has superannuated can but envy and admire. Seven years ago the father of two boys at Rugby asked me to write a story on the German peril, and the necessity of closing our ranks against a possible invasion. After some...

Quite a thrilling tale of pirates in the South China Sea.

The romancer, in choosing as the setting for a tale the period of a man who looms large in history, finds himself on the horns of a dilemma. He cannot place his fictional near his historical hero without either dwarfing the former until the young reader ceases to find him interesting, or robbing...

TOMMY AND THE OtherS At noon on a day late in September, the express train from London rested, panting and impatient, for a brief halt at the little countryside station of Poppicombe. The arrival and departure of this train was the event of the day to most of the inhabitants, not only of Poppicombe,...

Some little distance from the entrance a torch was burning in its socket on the wall. Nobody was in sight. If there was indeed a trespasser in the mine, he was either behind one of the beams supporting the roof, or farther down the gallery. This was straight from the opening up to the torch, which...

Tale of young men going off to war and doing what they think are brave acts for their country.

HOW HENNESSY K. WALDRON "TRIPPED AROUND" We have heard it said, by those who are widely travelled, that there are three beautiful harbours in the world: Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil; Sydney Harbour, and--most beautiful of all--the harbour of Hong-Kong. The famous Peak rises above the town of Victoria and,...