No preface
Contents
Heroes of the Iron Road 1Heroes of Everyday Life 12
The Hero Who Was Afraid 28
The Wreck of the “Birkenhead” 33
Some Brave Boys 42
The Horror of the Empty Air 56
Heroism in the Mine 72
In the Wild North-West 94
“Man in the Lifeboat!” 103
Some Plucky Americans 121
Hodson of the Mutiny 137
The Man Who Found a New World 148
Explorer and Missionary 164
The Man of the Bible and the Cane 190
A Fight to a Finish 201
All in the Day’s Work 208
Marked by the “Ju-Ju” Men 220
Stories of the Flames 225
The Liberators 233
At an Empire Outpost 242
Heroes of the Colours 246
The Man Who Came Back 251
The Pioneer as Hero 258
Heroes of the V.C. 278
The Black Squad 291
Heroes of All Kinds 299
Risking the Life Wire 305