Author: Henry Wysham Lanier

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-10-25

Total Pages: 470

ISBN-13: 9780265724224

Excerpt from The Book of Bravery: Being True Stories in an Ascending Scale of Courage The author wishes to acknowledge with thanks the courtesy and kixl'dness of Messrs. Seeley, Service 85 Co. In allowing the use of the selection The Woman Who Tried for Lhasa, from The Romance of Mis sionary Heroism, by John C. Lambert; of Messrs. Little, Brown 85 Co., for the use of the selection Too Proud to Fight, from Heroes of California, by George Wharton James; of Messrs. Dodd, Mead Co., for the use of the selection The Dervislies at Omdurman, from 'with Kitchener to Khartum, by G. W. Steevens; of the Macmillan Company for the use of the selection, The Sick Man Who Slew the Wolf, from Hero Tales of the Far North, by Jacob A. Bus; of The Sunday School Union, Lon. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.