Chapter 21: Shrewsbury

ILLUSTRATIONS "This is the nephew of Alwyn Forster" It was with the greatest difficulty that he guarded his head They journeyed pleasantly along "Who is going to teach me?" Oswald threw his arms round two of them To Oswald's astonishment, two young women stood before him Armstrong took his place by his son's pallet "Let the rope pass gradually through your hands" "I am well pleased with you, Oswald" "Now, I think we shall do, Roger" "How glad I am to have an opportunity of thanking you" "Do not speak of such a thing, I pray you, master"

WITH LEE IN VIRGINIA A STORY OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR By G. A. Henty

CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I A Virginia Plantation, 1 II Buying a Slave, 18 III Aiding a Runaway, 35 IV Safely Back, 53 V Secession, 66 VI Bull Run, 82 VII The "Merrimac" and the "Monitor," 102 VIII McClellan's Advance, 119 IX A Prisoner, 134 X The Escape, 150 XI Fugitives, 167 XII The Bushwhackers, 183 XIII Laid Up, 201 XIV Across the Border, 217 XV Fredericksburg, 235 XVI The Search for Dinah, 251 XVII Chancellorsville, 270 XVIII A Perilous Undertaking, 293 XIX Free! 311 XX The End of the Struggle, 330

UNDER DRAKE'S FLAG A Tale of the Spanish Main By G A Henty

CONTENTS Chapter 1: The Wreck on the Devon Coast. Chapter 2: Friends and Foes. Chapter 3: On the Spanish Main. Chapter 4: An Unsuccessful Attack. Chapter 5: Cast Ashore. Chapter 6: In the Woods. Chapter 7: An Attack in Force. Chapter 8: The Forest Fastness. Chapter 9: Baffled. Chapter 10: Southward Ho! Chapter 11: The Marvel of Fire. Chapter 12: Across a Continent. Chapter 13: Through the Cordilleras. Chapter 14: On the Pacific Coast. Chapter 15: The Prison of the Inquisition. Chapter 16: The Rescue. Chapter 17: The Golden Hind. Chapter 18: San Francisco Bay. Chapter 19: South Sea Idols. Chapter 20: A Portuguese Settlement. Chapter 21: Wholesale Conversion. Chapter 22: Home. ILLUSTRATIONS Alone in Mid-Ocean Silver Enough to Make Us All Rich Ned Introduces Himself The Barricade A Race for Life "They have never seen a fire before," said Ned. A Moment of Peril Ned and Tom become Masters of the Situation Safe on Board Again The Four Gods The Message from the Governor

BY RIGHT OF CONQUEST Or, With Cortez in Mexico By G. A. Henty CONTENTS Preface. Chapter 1: A Startling Proposal. Chapter 2: Bound To Unknown Parts. Chapter 3: The Voyage. Chapter 4: Among The Islands. Chapter 5: Shipwrecked. Chapter 6: Anahuac. Chapter 7: A Wonderful Country. Chapter 8: At Tezcuco. Chapter 9: Life In A Palace. Chapter 10: News From The Coast. Chapter 11: Cortez. Chapter 12: The Fugitives. Chapter 13: The Massacre Of Cholula. Chapter 14: In Mexico. Chapter 15: Again At Tezcuco. Chapter 16: A Treasure Room. Chapter 17: The Insurrection. Chapter 18: The Rising In Mexico. Chapter 19: The Passage Of The Causeway. Chapter 20: At Tlascala. Chapter 21: A Victim For The Gods. Chapter 22: Home. ILLUSTRATIONS Roger receives a less formal salute from his cousins Roger falls on his knees before Cortez Map of the Valley of Mexico at the Period of the Conquest Roger opens the treasure hoard The messenger returns at a gallop, wounded in a score of places Malinche undertakes the care of the wounded Amenche

WITH FREDERICK THE GREAT A Story of the Seven Years' War By G. A. Henty Illustrated by Wal Paget

CONTENTS Preface. Chapter 1: King and Marshal. Chapter 2: Joining. Chapter 3: The Outbreak Of War. Chapter 4: Promotion. Chapter 5: Lobositz. Chapter 6: A Prisoner. Chapter 7: Flight. Chapter 8: Prague. Chapter 9: In Disguise. Chapter 10: Rossbach. Chapter 11: Leuthen. Chapter 12: Another Step. Chapter 13: Hochkirch. Chapter 14: Breaking Prison. Chapter 15: Escaped. Chapter 16: At Minden. Chapter 17: Unexpected News. Chapter 18: Engaged. Chapter 19: Liegnitz. Chapter 20: Torgau.