BENEATH THE BANNER BEING NARRATIVES OF NOBLE LIVES AND BRAVE DEEDS BY F.J. CROSS _ILLUSTRATED_ "I have done my best for the honour of our country."--GORDON SECOND EDITION 1895 _BY THE SAME AUTHOR_. GOOD MORNING! GOOD NIGHT! TRUE STORIES PURE AND BRIGHT. In this work will be found a Series of upwards of sixty Chats with Children, suitable for morning and evening reading. The book abounds with anecdotes, and contains numerous illustrations. _Ready about May, 1895_. CONTENTS. _Only a Nurse Girl_,--ALICE AYRES _A Slave Trade Warrior_,--SIR SAMUEL BAKER _Two Working Men Heroes_,--CASE AND CHEW _The Commander of the Thin Red Line_,--SIR COLIN CAMPBELL _A Sailor Bold and True_,--LORD COCHRANE _A Rough Diamond that was Polished_,--JOHN CASSELL "_A Brave, Fearless Sort of Lass_,"--GRACE DARLING _A Friend of Lepers_,--FATHER DAMIEN _A Great Arctic Explorer_,--SIR JOHN FRANKLIN _A Saviour of Six_,--FIREMAN FORD _A Blind Helper of the Blind_,--ELIZABETH GILBERT _A Great Traveller in the Air_,--JAMES GLAISHER _The Soldier with the Magic Wand_,--GENERAL GORDON "_Valiant and True_,"--SIR RICHARD GRENVILLE _One who Left All_,--BISHOP HANNINGTON _A Man who Conquered Disappointments_,--SIR HENRY HAVELOCK _A Friend of Prisoners_,--JOHN HOWARD _A Hero of the Victoria Cross_,--KAVANAGH _The Man who Braved the Flood_,--CAPTAIN LENDY _A Temperance Leader_,--JOSEPH LIVESEY _A Great Missionary Explorer_,--DAVID LIVINGSTONE _From Farm Lad to Merchant Prince_,--GEORGE MOORE _A Man who Asked and Received_,--GEORGE MÜLLER _A Labourer in the Vineyard_,--ROBERT MOFFAT "_The Lady with the Lamp_,"--FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE _For England, Home, and Duty_,--THE DEATH OF NELSON _A Woman who Succeeded by Failure_,--HARRIET NEWELL _A Martyr of the South Seas_,--BISHOP PATTESON "_K.G. and Coster_,"--LORD SHAFTESBURY _A Statesman who had no Enemies_,--W.H. SMITH _Greater than an Archbishop_,--THE REV.C. SIMEON _A Soldier Missionary_,--HEDLEY VICARS _A Lass that Loved the Sailors_,--AGNES WESTON _A Great Commander on a Famous Battlefield_ THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON _A Prince of Preachers_,--JOHN WESLEY _Some Children of the Kingdom_ _The Victor, the Story of an Unknown Man_ _A Boy Hero_,--JOHN CLINTON _Postscript_ BENEATH THE BANNER. _STORIES OF MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN STEADY WHEN "UNDER FIRE_". ONLY A NURSE GIRL! THE STORY OF ALICE AYRES. On the night of Thursday, 25th April, 1886, the cry rang through Union Street, Borough, that the shop of Chandler, the oilman, was in flames. So rapid was the progress of the fire that, by the time the escapes reached the house, tongues of flame were shooting out from the windows, and it was impossible to place the ladders in position. The gunpowder had exploded with great violence, and casks of oil were burning with an indescribable fury.