Chapter I: Front Matter

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WITH THE BLACK PRINCE

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BOOKS BY WILLIAM O. STODDARD.

Uniform edition. Each, 12mo, cloth, $1.50.

The Red Patriot.

A Story of the American Revolution. Illustrated by B. WEST
CLINEDINST.

Mr. Stoddard is at his best in this stirring story, which among
other themes pictures incidents of Washington's campaigning in New
Jersey. In this vivid account of a boy's part in great historical
events there is a leading actor, "the last of the Susquehannocks,"
whose share in the hero's adventures has given the title to the
book.

The Windfall; or, After the Flood.

Illustrated by B. WEST CLINEDINST.

"Full of adventures and incident so well conceived and described as
to keep the reader in a continued state of absorbed attention. It
is the kind of book that one wants to sit up nights to finish. One
can not lay it aside comfortably until the final outcome is
known"--_Springfield Union._

Little Smoke.

A Story of the Sioux Indians. With 12 full-page Illustrations by F.
S. DELLENBAUGH, portraits of Sitting Bull, Red Cloud, and other
chiefs, and 72 head and tail pieces representing the various
implements and surroundings of Indian life.

"It is not only a story of adventure, but the volume abounds in
information concerning this most powerful of remaining Indian
tribes. The work of the author has been well supplemented by the
artist."--_Boston Traveler._

Crowded Out o' Crofield.

The Story of a Country Boy who fought his way to success in the
great metropolis. With 23 Illustrations by C. T. HILL.

"This excellent story is interesting, thoroughly wholesome, and
teaches boys to be men, not prigs or Indian hunters."--_Detroit
Free Press._

The Battle of New York.

A Narrative of the Civil War. With 11 full-page Illustrations and
colored Frontispiece.

"The description of these terrible days and more awful nights is
very animated."--_New York Evening Post._

On the Old Frontier; or, The Last Raid of the Iroquois.

With 10 full-page Illustrations by H. D. MURPHY.

"Mr. Stoddard's stories of adventure are always of the thrilling
sort which boys like most to read. This tale, which relates to the
last raids of the Iroquois, is as stirring as the best of those
which have come from his pen."--_Philadelphia Evening Bulletin._

Chris, the Model-Maker.

A Story of New York. With Illustrations by B. WEST CLINEDINST.

The metropolis is always an attractive scene for a story, and
doubly so for a story like this, which tells how two boys and a
girl made their way by their own pluck and ability.

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, NEW YORK.

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WITH THE BLACK PRINCE

by

WILLIAM O. STODDARD

Author of Crowded Out o' Crofield, The Red Patriot, Success Against Odds, etc.

Illustrated

New York D. Appleton and Company 1898

Copyright, 1898, By D. Appleton and Company.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE
I.--THE KING'S DEER 1

II.--THE MEN OF THE WOODS 25

III.--THE EARL AND THE ESQUIRE 49

IV.--THE KING'S MESSENGER 70

V.--THE ENDING OF THE PEACE 96

VI.--THE SEA FIGHT 119

VII.--THE GREAT PLAN OF THE KING 143

VIII.--THE CASTLE OF BRUYERRE 166

IX.--KING EDWARD AT PARIS 188

X.--THE GREAT DAY OF CRÉCY 212

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

FACING
PAGE
Firm as a rock stood the young warrior _Frontispiece_

Loudly twanged the bow 102

"Yield thee, De Renly!" he shouted 132

Up went the ladder, and on it the English climbed fast 177

Soon the air was full of the roaring 224

"Arise, Sir Richard of Wartmont!" 230

WITH THE BLACK PRINCE.