Classic Adventures: 132 books

Franz Halle felt he was worthless because he could not manage book learning, but his schoolmaster and the village pastor knew that the boy had a priceless knowledge all his own. The kindly priest secured work for Franz at near-by St. Bernard Hospice, helping a gentle giant of a man who made it possible...

"EDMOND DANTÈS," one of the greatest novels ever written, is the sequel to Alexander Dumas' world-renowned chef-d'oeuvre, "The Count of Monte-Cristo," taking up the fascinating narrative where the latter ends and continuing it with marvellous power and absorbing interest. Every...

Of the three stories that comprise this volume, one, "The Wizard," a tale of victorious faith, first appeared some years ago as a Christmas Annual. Another, "Elissa," is an attempt, difficult enough owing to the scantiness of the material left to us by time, to recreate the life...

Perfectly horrifying tale of cannibals and death in the New Hebrides island chain.

Ab is a Stone Age boy who grows to young manhood amid the many dangers of his times. With his friend, Oak, he digs a pit and catches a baby rhinoceros, participates in amammoth hunt with the tribe to prove himself a man, and courts the young women from a neighboring tribe. One girl in particular,...

Two young brothers, the sons of a Russian nobleman, ask their father if they may spend a while travelling the world. He agrees, but lays down two conditions: one, that they should bring back the skins, in good condition, of every species of bear there is; two, that they should proceed from east to...

A strange story is this, of a Karoo farm,--a hedge of Blue Aloes, a cactus of fantastic beauty, which shelters a myriad of creeping things,--a whisper and a summons in the dead of the night,--an odor of death and the old. There are three other stories in the book, stories throbbing with the sudden,...

Tale of a family living in the woods, and the animals that surround them. Thrilling, well-written tale of woodland life.

A time with a regiment during the last century. Full of action.

An adventure of gold and diamond trade set in Africa.

A thrilling popular novel, this tale by Fenn of thoroughly exciting reading for the entire family.

An adventure tale about the sea, suspense, and romance. Originally, two volumes. Both volumes are included in this one volume.

A collection of adventure stories involving pirates and the sea.

The biography of a bear.