This book is a companion volume to Miles’ A Book of Brave Boys All the World Over [no. 1.2.33].
Preface [3-4]
[3] The widening of the sphere of woman’s work and enterprise, and the freer conditions under which she lives, involve her in larger opportunities of experience and adventure, and a greater need for self-reliance, resourcefulness, and some of those more robust characteristics sometimes regarded as the exclusive qualities of man. In equipment for effort and preparation for endurance, the achievements of the past are the inspiration of the future, and old example is never more reproductive than when it is brought home with realistic vividness to the impressionable and enthusiastic mind of youth. To know what others have done under similar circumstances, has often been a saving factor in the hour of trial, and many a man and woman has been encouraged to “endure hardness,” “and having done all, to stand,” by the remembrance of the heroism shown under like conditions by others who have gone before. Every day brings opportunities of heroism, and finds [4] heroes ready for the trial; and a book of stories of moral and physical courage shown by women and girls, in facing difficulties and dangers of actual experience, and in enduring trial for love and duty, should be an inspiration of far-reaching good. […]
The book presents 33 stories about female heroes, told by a range of authors.
Contents
One Awful Night: A Girl’s Adventure in South Malabar. By H.J.A. Hervey 9Two Girls in Porto Rico. By Charles B. Howard 27
Besieged in Pekin. By Mrs. Chauncey Goodrich 41
The Rebellion of Anne. By Mary E. Wilkins 53
Secret Service: How Barbara Helped the Lieutenant. By Gwendolen Overton 71
The Postmistress at Downingville. By Hayden Carruth 85
The First Cruise of the “Daisy”. By Roe L. Hendrick 97
The Land of Silence. By Frances Prey 108
Virginia: A Story of the American Civil War. By Fiona Brooks 115
He, She, and It: A Perilous Adventure. By Evelyn Everett Green 133
In Deadly Peril: A Story of Brave Endurance. By F. Albert 146
The Talents of Althea. By Emma A. Opper 153
How Lisbeth Saved the Fort. By Alice F. Jackson 167
The Piper Girl; Or, Courage under Difficulties. By Ma bel Nelson Thurston 178
The Fire in Talcott’s Mill. By Celia Eliza Shute 193
Young Mars. Richard: A Story of Brave Tact. By Grace S. Richmond 203
Dolly’s Venture: A Story of Brave Daring. Anonymous 219
A Terrible Responsibility: A True Story of an Ugly Package. By Louise H. Adams 232
Persis Salter: A College Story. By Emma A. Opper 241
My Mother’s Stratagem. By Aurelius C. White 253
The Big Bonanza. By Walter Leon Sawyer 261
A Wild Ride. By Clarice Irene Clinghan 275
The Success of Failure. By Mable Earle 281
“Kit-Cat”: The Story of a Pet Cougar. By Franklin Welles Calkins 289
Adventures with Wild Animals. By the Editors [Alfred H. Miles] 299
An Awful Cat: A Humorous Adventure. By Clarice Irene Clinghan 313
Mollie to the Rescue: A Story of Profitable Prospecting. By Cromwell Galpin 323
A Perilous Snapshot. By F.W. Crissman 335
Lisbon Hollow. By Ethel Harrington 341
Misfortune Favours the Brave: The Story of a Fortunate Misfortune [no author indicated] 351
Sackett: A Story of Brave Enterprise. By Emma A. Opper 357
With Sincere Regrets. By Elizabeth McCracken 367
About Sarah Ann. By Susan Hubbard Martin 375