Chapters (28)
- The Drummer's Coat
- Hon. J. W. Fortescue
- Author of "The Story of a Red Deer"
- With illustrations by H. M. Brock
- London MacMillan and Co., Limited New York: The MacMillan Company 1899 All rights reserved
- TO D. W.
- PREFATORY NOTE
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- "HOLD MUN FAST, BRAVE LADS!" . . . Frontispiece BENT DOWN TO KISS ELSIE'S AS HE HAD KISSED HER MOTHER'S "THE BIRD BEGAN TO PIPE A LITTLE TUNE" "STILL THE WOMAN LED THEM ON"
- THE DRUMMER'S COAT
- CHAPTER I
- CHAPTER II
- CHAPTER III
- CHAPTER IV
- [Illustration: Bent down to kiss Elsie's as he had kissed her mother's.]
- CHAPTER V
- [Illustration: The bird began to pipe a little tune.]
- CHAPTER VI
- CHAPTER VII
- CHAPTER VIII
- CHAPTER IX
- CHAPTER X
- CHAPTER XI
- CHAPTER XII
- [Illustration: Still the woman led them on.]
- CHAPTER XIII
- CHAPTER XIV
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