The Way of the Wild
by F. St. Mars
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This vintage book has been found with original illustrations and has been digitally edited and converted to downloadable format. A great classic for the home or classroom, an interesting old-fashioned reference book, and an outstanding find.
Chapters (38)
- THE WAY OF THE WILD
- F. ST. MARS
- WITH TWELVE ILLUSTRATIONS BY HARRY ROUNTREE
- NEW YORK FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY PUBLISHERS
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS "Jaws, monstrous and wet, grabbing at him in enraged confusion" . . . Frontispiece "The owl had lost a foot on the turn "A shrew-mouse, thirsting for blood, but who got poison instead" "This one had simply streaked out of the night from nowhere" "Landed full upon the dumbfounded water-vole—splash!" "A 'silver tabby' floated among the twigs, looking for him" "An angry eagle-owl" "Turning over and over, in one long, sickening dive back to earth" "That little black-headed fellow doing the stalking act upon that python was great" "Shooting straight upwards on the top of what appeared to have been a submarine mine in a mild form" "He clutched, and tore, and gulped, and gorged" "All allowed that he was the pluckiest beast on earth"
- THE WAY OF THE WILD
- I GULO THE INDOMITABLE
- II BLACKIE AND CO.
- [Illustration: "The owl lost a foot on the turn"]
- III UNDER THE YELLOW FLAG
- [Illustration: "A shrew-mouse, thirsting for blood, but who got poison instead"]
- IV NINE POINTS OF THE LAW
- [Illustration: "This one had simply streaked out of the night from nowhere"]
- V PHARAOH I
- II
- [Illustration: "Landed full upon the dumbfounded water-vole—splash!"]
- III
- VI THE CRIPPLE
- [Illustration: "A 'silver tabby' floated among the twigs, looking for him"]
- VII "SET A THIEF"——
- VIII THE WHERE IS IT?
- IX LAWLESS LITTLE LOVE
- [Illustration: "An angry eagle-owl"]
- X THE KING'S SON
- XI THE HIGHWAYMAN OF THE MARSH
- [Illustration: "Turning over and over, in one long, sickening dive back to earth"]
- XII THE FURTIVE FEUD
- [Illustration: "That little black-backed fellow doing the stalking act upon that python was great"]
- XIII THE STORM PIRATE
- [Illustration: "Shooting straight upwards on the top of what appeared to have been a submarine mine in a mild form"]
- XIV WHEN NIGHTS WERE COLD
- XV FATE AND THE FEARFUL
- XVI THE EAGLES OF LOCH ROYAL
- [Illustration: "He clutched, and tore, and gulped, and gorged"]
- XVII RATEL, V.C.
- [Illustration: "All allowed that he was the pluckiest beast on earth"]
- XVIII THE DAY
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