Stories of
章节目录
共 120 题- Stories of Adventure
- PREFACE.
- EDWARD E. HALE.
- CONTENTS.
- PAGE
- I. MARCO POLO 7
- II. SIR JOHN MANDEVILLE AND THE CRUSADES 31
- III. BERTRANDON IN PALESTINE 45
- IV. GEOFFREY OF VINSAUF 69
- V. HERNANDO CORTES’S LETTERS 101
- VI. FRA MARCO AND CORONADO 127
- VII. THE JESUIT RELATIONS 141
- VIII. NORTHERN DISCOVERIES 157
- IX. HUMBOLDT’S TRAVELS 184
- X. A YOUNG MAN’S VOYAGE 220
- XI. THE NORTHWEST 253
- XII. SIBERIA AND KAMCHATKA 275
- INDEX 311
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
- PAGE
- The Great Chan of Cathay at Table _Frontispiece_
- Galley Going Into Action 13
- Marco Polo 18
- Plain of Cambaluc 26
- Damascus 50
- Ruins of the Temples at Balbeck 66
- King Henry II of England 72
- Richard Cœur-de-Lion 89
- Hernando Cortes 101
- Cannon of Cortes’s Time 104
- The Great Temple of Mexico 109
- Montezuma 116
- An Indian Pueblo 128
- Moqui Woman Grinding Corn 139
- Hearne’s Drawing of Prince of Wales Fort, Hudson’s Bay 162
- Baron Humboldt 198
- STORIES OF ADVENTURE.
- I.
- MARCO POLO.
- CONFESS IGNORANCE.
- Uncle Fritz’s rules for talk are:--
- IRVING’S ACCOUNT OF MARCO POLO.
- And, after a minute’s conference, Bedford selected and read--
- HOW THE EMPEROR SENT MARK ON AN EMBASSY.
- OF THE GREAT COUNTRY OF PERSIA, WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE THREE KINGS.
- So Horace began:--
- HOW NAYAN WAS BEATEN.
- POST HOUSES.
- II.
- SIR JOHN MANDEVILLE AND THE CRUSADES.
- HOW ROSES FIRST CAME INTO THE WORLD.
- Then Esther turned to another place which had struck her eye, and read--
- OF THE ROCKS OF ADAMANT.
- THE STORY OF THE THIRD ROYAL MENDICANT.
- OF THE GREAT CHAN OF CATHAY.
- III.
- BERTRANDON IN PALESTINE.
- BERTRANDON DE LA BROCQUIÈRE.
- IV.
- GEOFFREY OF VINSAUF.
- V.
- HERNANDO CORTES’S LETTERS.
- EXTRACT FROM CORTES’S THIRD AND FOURTH LETTERS.
- EXTRACT FROM CORTES’S FIFTH LETTER.
- VI.
- FRA MARCO AND CORONADO.
- And Fergus read from Lieut. Bourke’s letter:--
- VII.
- THE JESUIT RELATIONS.
- FATHER JOGUES’S STORY.
- The Father’s narrative goes on:--
- In another letter:--
- Here are two verses of the old ballad:--
- VIII.
- NORTHERN DISCOVERIES.
- MAN in a language of
- IX.
- HUMBOLDT’S TRAVELS.
- HUMBOLDT’S JOURNEY TO THE EQUINOCTIAL REGIONS.
- AROMATIC SHRUBS.
- COW-TREE.
- HOWLING MONKEYS.
- FINDING WATER.
- ELECTRICAL EELS.
- CROCODILES.
- JAGUARS.
- A COMFORTABLE NIGHT.
- A PLEASANT WALK.
- ONE-EYED MEN.
- PLAGUE OF FLIES.
- INTERLOCKED RIVERS.
- X.
- A YOUNG MAN’S VOYAGE.
- A VOYAGE WITH FOUR SAILORS.
- BOARDING THE HAZARD.
- CALL ON THE GOVERNOR.
- LETTERS.
- WAIT ON THE GOVERNOR.
- QUICKSILVER.
- TAKING LEAVE.
- XI.
- THE NORTHWEST.
- PLAN OF THE PARTY.
- AN INDIAN TRIBE.
- XII.
- SIBERIA AND KAMCHATKA.
- A POORGA.
- And Hugh read first:--
- A GENTLE HINT.
- PRINCE ZACHAR.
- THE REINDEER.
- SLEEPING IN SNOW.
- SLEIGHING IN MAY.
- A MOUNTAIN HOME.
- LOST IN A WILDERNESS.
- STORIES OF DISCOVERY TOLD BY DISCOVERERS.
- INDEX.
- FOOTNOTES:
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