Adventure

The White Mice

Richard Harding Davis

The work is a sprawling, episodic adventure that opens with a philosophical musing on the size of the world,…

The Adventures of Maya the Bee

Waldemar Bonsels

The work is a juvenile fiction adventure that follows Maya, a newly hatched bee, as she awakens amid a hive…

Rollo in Paris

Jacob Abbott

The work is a Victorian‑era travel narrative that begins with a domestic scene in a London hotel, where the…

Perils and Captivity Comprising The sufferings of the Picard family after the shipwreck of the Medusa, in the year 1816; Narrative of the captivity of M. de Brisson, in the year 1785; Voyage of Madame Godin along the river of the Amazons, in the year 1770.

Dard, Charlotte-Adelaïde; Brisson, Pierre-Raymond de; Godin des Odonais, Jean

The volume is a three‑part collection of true‑to‑life adventure narratives drawn from the late eighteenth‑…

Godfrey Morgan: A Californian Mystery

Jules Verne

The work is a detective‑mystery set against the bustling backdrop of late‑19th‑century San Francisco.

An Explorer's Adventures in Tibet

Arnold Henry Savage Landor

Arnold Henry Savage Landor’s work is a first‑person travelogue that doubles as a scientific expedition…

The Girl in the Golden Atom

Ray Cummings

The story is a speculative romance that blends scientific imagination with a love‑filled fantasy.

Ralph on the Engine; Or, The Young Fireman of the Limited Mail

Allen Chapman

Ralph on the Engine, or The Young Fireman of the Limited Mail, is a fast‑moving railroad yarn that thrusts…

On the Edge of the Arctic; Or, An Aeroplane in Snowland

H. L. Sayler

The story follows two teenage Canadians, Norman Grant and Roy Moulton, who are as comfortable with railroads,…

The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch

Eleanor H. Porter

The novel is a juvenile‑fiction tale set in a New England town where a group of six girls, the “Happy…

Sea urchins

W. W. Jacobs

Sea urchins is a bawdy, episodic tale of a rag‑tag crew and a mischievous youngster thrust aboard their…

Gold Out of Celebes

Aylward Edward Dingle

Gold Out of Celebes is an adventure tale that thrusts its protagonist, Jack Barry, into the bustling,…

Supplemental Nights to the Book of the Thousand and One Nights — Volume 5 (of 6)

The volume is the fifth of a six‑part supplemental collection to the classic Arabian Nights, drawn from the…

From the Car Behind

Eleanor M. Ingram

The novel opens on a sun‑drenched race‑track where four cars, two gray, one dingy‑white, and a flamboyant…

The Curlytops and Their Pets; Or, Uncle Toby's Strange Collection

Howard Roger Garis

The Curlytops and Their Pets is a lively juvenile tale that follows the Martin children, Janet, her brother…

A master of craft

W. W. Jacobs

The novel is a Victorian‑era seafaring romance that opens on a quiet evening at the Wapping wharf, where a…

Daniel Boone: The Pioneer of Kentucky

John S. C. Abbott

John S. C. Abbott’s “Daniel Boone: The Pioneer of Kentucky” is a biographical sketch that situates its…

Montezuma's Castle, and Other Weird Tales

Charles B. Cory

Montezuma’s Castle, and Other Weird Tales is a short‑story collection by Charles B.

The Old Tobacco Shop A True Account of What Befell a Little Boy in Search of Adventure

William Bowen

The work is a whimsical fantasy adventure that begins with a young boy, Freddie, lingering before the Old…

The Tree-Dwellers

Katharine Elizabeth Dopp

The Tree‑Dwellers is a juvenile educational work that presents the earliest known human societies as a series…

The First of the English: A Novel

Archibald Clavering Gunter

The novel is a sprawling historical adventure set against the brutal flood‑swept night of early spring 1572,…

Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good

Albert Walter Tolman

The novel is a youthful adventure set in a New England academy at the close of spring, where three friends,…

The Radio Boys at the Sending Station; Or, Making Good in the Wireless Room

Allen Chapman

The Radio Boys at the Sending Station is a juvenile adventure series that blends the excitement of…

The Motor Pirate

G. Sidney Paternoster

The Motor Pirate is a detective‑mystery adventure set against the backdrop of early twentieth‑century…