Chapter I: Preface

The story of the travels of Eric and his friends on the continent of Europe will, I trust, be interesting to my young readers. Many of the incidents described are actual facts, and the descent of Eric, in diving armor, to the bottom of the sea, will be found to possess some items which will be worth remembering.

The sights, sounds, and sensations which I have described, are such as any submarine diver of experience has seen, heard, and felt, and therefore will be instructive in a certain way.

The finding a box of gold by the divers is not of often occurrence, although valuables are reclaimed from the ocean in this manner occasionally.

The lesson taught by Eric's honesty in trying to find the owner of the money, and its influence on his accusers, when he is unjustly accused of theft, will be worthy of attention to all my young friends who have a name to make.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. Leaving the Castle. 9
II. "The Hague." 23
III. The City. 30
IV. Allan's Story. 39
V. "Seeing the Elephant." 50
VI. A Dutch City. 62
VII. Under the Sea. 70
VIII. Thrilling Experience. 92
IX. Uncle John. 106
X. Strasbourg. 120
XI. Eric in Trouble. 135
XII. "A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed." 145
XIII. The Real Thief. 153
XIV. Percy, Beauty, and Jack. 159
XV. The Last. 167

ERIC.