There is in the adventures of the daring and heroic, something that interests all. There is a charm about them which, while it partakes of the nature of Romance, does not exercise the same influence upon the mind or heart. When there are noble purposes and noble ends connected with them, they excite in the mind of the reader, noble impulses. The object of the present compilation [1852] is to form a readable and instructive volume--a volume of startling incident and exciting adventure, which shall interest all minds, and by its attractions beget thirst for reading… - Book Preface
Chapters
1 Preface 3 min 2 Incident at Resaca de la Palma; True Heroism; Thrilling Incident; Incident in the War of Mexican Independence 28 min 3 Sketch from Life on the Ocean 24 min 4 Escape from Shipwreck; The Hunter's Wife 34 min 5 Deaf Smith, the Texan Spy; Escape from a Shark; Adventure with Pirates 32 min 6 A Sea-Fowling Adventure; Adventure with a Cobra di Capello; Combat of Wild Animals; Perilous Incident on a Canadian River; A Whale Chase 30 min 7 Leopard Hunting And Adventures With Buffaloes And Lions; Hunting the White Rhinoceros, Lion, Buffalo, and Giraffe; A Leopard Hunt; Life in California 34 min 8 A Storm among the Icebergs; Fall of the Rossberg; The Rifleman of Chippewa; Shipwreck of the Blendenhall 31 min 9 Adventures of Sergeant Champe In His Attempt To Capture Arnold 28 min 10 Adventures with Pirates; Kenton, the Spy 36 min 11 The Dying Volunteer, An Incident Of Molino Del Rey; Escape from a Mexican Quicksand By Captain Mayne Reid 27 min 12 Charged by a Rhinoceros; Burning of the Erie; Conflict with an Indian; Fire on the Prairies; The Captain's Story 38 min 13 Tussle with a Wildcat; Incident in Frontier Life; Female Intrepidity; Encounter with Robbers; Shipwreck of the Monticello 32 min 14 A Jungle Recollection; Attack of Boonesborough; Thrilling Incidents of Battle; Family Attacked by Indians 32 min 15 Thrilling Incident; Adventures of Dr. Bacon 24 min 16 A Battle with Snakes; Estill's Defeat; Incident at Niagara Falls; Skater chased by a Wolf; Our Flag on the Rocky Mountains; Running the Canon 32 min 17 The Rescue; Shipwreck of the Medusa 30 min 18 Hunting the Moose; Perilous Escape from Death; Fire in the Forest; Pirates of the Red Sea 31 min 19 General Jackson and Weatherford; Cruise of the Saldanha and Talbot; A Carib's Revenge; Massacre of Fort Mimms; The Freshet 25 min 20 The Panther's Den; Adventure with Elephants; The Shark Sentinel; Hunting the Tiger 28 min 21 Indian Devil; Bear Fight; The Miners of Bois-Monzil 29 min 22 Ship Towed to Land by Bullocks; Destruction of a Ship by a Whale; Burning of the Kent 16 min
