"Such a volume may providentially stir up some youths by the divine fire kindled by these 'great of old' to lay open other lands, and show their vast resources."--_Perthshire Advertiser._ STIRRING EVENTS OF HISTORY. "The volume will fairly hold its place among those which make the smaller ways of history pleasant and attractive. It is a gift-book in which the interest will not be exhausted with one reading."--_Guardian._ ADVENTURES IN FIELD, FLOOD, AND FOREST. Stories of Danger and Daring. "One of the series of books for young people which Messrs. Scribner excel in producing. The editor has beyond all question succeeded admirably. The present book cannot fail to be read with interest and advantage."--_Academy._ THE STORIES OF WASA AND MENZIKOFF: The Deliverer of Sweden and the Favourite of Czar Peter. "Both are stories worth telling more than once, and it is a happy thought to have put them side by side. Plutarch himself has no more suggestive comparison."--_Spectator._ * * * * * SCRIBNER & WELFORD, 743 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. * * * * * Transcriber's Notes: Obvious punctuation errors repaired. Page 63, "save" changed to "say" (time to say prayers) Page 142, word "or" added to text (for a day or) Page 236, "calvacade" changed to "cavalcade" (their cavalcade from) Page 319, word "a" added to text (a steamer to Europe) Page 324, "Heillo" changed to "Hello" (Hello, Abe!) Page 342, word "a" added to text (they had taken a) Page 377, "Caesar" changed to "Cæsar" (difficulty in his Cæsar) Varied hyphenation was retained in the following words: school-fellow schoolfellow hair-breadth hairbreadth no-how nohow store-keepers storekeepers wide-spread widespread