No preface or introduction
41 contributions, presumably taken from the Boys’ Own Paper; most are narratives of adventure and military heroism.
Contents
The Sub of Torpedo Boat 38 1Lieutenant Tarpell Dorling, R.N.
Recounting a gallant deed done by a young naval officer
How Airmen “Loop-the-Loop” 15
Lyulph Lumley
An explanation of a feat now familiar, but still thrilling
When Johnnie Came Marching Home 20
Nathan Clover and Ronald Mhor
The story of a striking test of courage and endurance that came to a young officer on the Indian frontier
The Boy who Saved Eleven Lives 38
J.B. Knowlton
An interview with a youthful hero
How Finn of Throndheim Found His King 45
M.F. Outram
A story of old days in Norway, and the coming of the Christian faith
Tiny Tim 59
Captain F.S. Brereton
A Wild West illustration of moral as well as physical courage
A Sailor Lad’s Pluck 73
Maurice Kerr
Recalling a fine example of seamen’s pluck and patience
Lost in the Far West 79
Angus R. Macbee
A true story from the annals of the Hudson Bay Company
The Adventures of a Galley Slave 86
Frank Elias
The sorrows of an Englishman who, in the sixteenth century, fell into the hands of the Turks and of the Inquisition
The Heroism of St. Paul 94
The Bishop of Durham
Scenes in the Life of St. Paul which illustrate the heroism characteristic of the man
The Tragedy of the “Mabel Allington” 100
Henry Macdonald
A striking example of the strange occurrences that happen at sea
Adventures of Famous Airmen 115
Lyulph Lumley
Mr Slack, M. Noel, Mr. Hucks, and M. Dessoutter describe to Mr. Lumley their most thrilling adventures
A Madman’s Fury 125
J. Dyer Ball, I.S.O., etc.
Telling how a Malay ran amok
’Midst the Storm and Flood 141
Horace A. Woolley
A record of fine work done by some boy scouts
Yonny 150
Montgomery B. Slade
The story of some strangely contrasting parts filled by a young Japanese
The Ghost Village 155
Tom Bevan
A thrilling experience in Africa, calling for physical as well as moral courage
Grip Work in the Baltic 168
S.W. Hunter
An illustration of the patience and pluck so often shown by our sailors
The Comanches’ Victim 172
Angus R. Macbee
A true episode of boy heroism from history and from the life of to-day
The Defence of the Pay-Money 186
J. Macdonald Oxley
A gallant struggle of a courageous boy-clerk
Some Perils of the Whaler 193
Louis Becke
A reminder of the dangers attending a whaleman’s life
The Strange Adventures of Ruatara 200
Mrs. E.M. Dunlop
The story of a young Maori who helped Marsden in New Zealand just a century ago
The Horror of Serrana Cay 205
Henry Macdonald
A lighthouse-keeper’s story of a terrible experience in the Caribbean Sea
Trapped 214
Archibald Reith
A boy’s experience in the days when smuggling thrived
With the Seal-Hunters of Newfoundland 227
Wilfred T. Grenfell
An account of an occupation the danger of which were so tragically illustrated in the spring of 1914
Trapped in a Jaguar’s Cave 247
Wilmot Wilson
A thrilling adventure in the wilds of the Andes
The Wreck of the “Matilda” 255
S.W. Hunter
The story of a prolonged struggle in the face of death
Here and There with Mission Heroes 259
John Alt Porter
Examples of missionary heroism in many lands
John Glass and the Grizzley 269
Angus R. Macbee
An old trapper’s fight for life and its issue
Farmer White and the Highwayman 274
Walker King
A West-countryman’s victory over a notorious highwayman
Rounding-Up Wild Cattle 282
A New Chum / A wild night-chase and its danger / A Running Fight with Wolves
Andrew Farquhar
A thrilling experience on a work of mercy
His Day 293
Archivald Reith
A London waif’s heroism and its issue
Some Adventures with Chinese Pirates 299
A.J.H. Moule
Recollections of Chinese piracy, with some recent examples
“I’ll not Desert Him!” 307
Kenneth B. Jameson
A characteristic example of heroism at sea
A Wonderful Escape 311
H.W. Boyler
Recalling the enslavement by the Mahdi and the escape of Slatin Pasha
The Page to the Rescue 332
E.E. Crake
A Sussex story from the days of the great struggle with France
Wrecked on the Kentish Knock 341
W. Maxwell
A characteristic story of lifeboat service
The White Cannibals 344
H.W. Williams
A grim tragedy from early days in the Far West
A Thwarted Plot 348
Frank Elias
A boy’s adventure in “the spacious times of Great Elizabeth”
The Tale of Frithiof the Viking 362
Sonia E. Howe
One of the old Norse legends re-written