The true story book
1893
A boy among the red Indians -- Casanova's escape -- Adventures of the Findhorn -- The story of Grace Darling -- The 'Shannon' and the 'Chesapeake' -- Captain Snelgrave and the pirates -- The Spartan three hundred -- Prince Charlie's wanderings -- Two great matches -- The story of Kaspar Hauser -- The tale of Islandhlwana and Rorke's Drift -- How Leif the Lucky found Vineland the Good -- The escapes of Cervantes -- The worthy enterprise of John Foxe -- Baron Trenck -- The adventures of John Rawlins -- The Chevalier Johnstone's escape from Culloden -- The adventures of Lord Pitsligo -- The escape of Caesar Borgia from the castle of Medina del Campo -- The kidnapping of the princes -- The conquest of Montezuma's empire -- Adventures of Bartholomew Portugues, a pirate -- The return of the French freebooters Gumuchian Osborne Coll. Blue cloth over boards; blocked in gold on spine and upper board. All edges gilt Inscription in ink on half-title: Geoffrey Marsland. With much love from dad [...] Xmas 1893 Ink stamps on upper paste-down and half-title: Geoffrey Marsland
