The Swiss Family Robinson: A Translation from the Original German

Wyss

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• CHAPTER I.Sample
• CHAPTER II.
• CHAPTER III.
• CHAPTER IV.
• CHAPTER VI.
• CHAPTER VII.
• CHAPTER VIII.
• CHAPTER IX.
• CHAPTER XI.
• CHAPTER XII.
• CHAPTER XIII.
• CHAPTER XV.
• CHAPTER XVI.
• CHAPTER XVII.
• CHAPTER I. Storm-tossed—Wrecked—Deserted—Supper—We make swimming-belts for the children—An anxious night—The gale moderates—We examine our cargo—Jack introduces two new acquaintances—How shall we get on shore?—Jack's plan—We adopt it—The use of a lever—Our tug-boat completed—Another night on the wre
• CHAPTER II. A morning consultation—Breakfast—Away on an expedition—Over the stream and through the grass—An unexpected reinforcement—Search in vain for our comrades—Rest by a stream—Fritz finds a "round bird's nest"—Natural history of a cocoanut—Calabash trees—The use of gourds—How to make a bottle—
• CHAPTER III. The mother relates her adventures—Proposes that we should build a nest—How Jack treated the jackal skin—How the boys were surprised by a bustard—How they found the mangrove tree—How the dogs caught the crabs—We discuss the possibility of making a house in the tree—To bed once more—We st
• CHAPTER IV. A day of rest—A parable for the young people—Quiet recreation—Geographical nomenclature—The margay and porcupine skins made of use—An expedition to Tentholm—Potatoes, potatoes—Tropical vegetation—The use of the karatas—Jack's greediness and its punishment—Ernest discovers cochineal—Arriv
• CHAPTER V. Jack and Ernest disappear—Fritz and I start for the wreck—The boys ambuscade—We form a raft—Ransack the vessel—Again embark—A turtle in sight—Fritz harpoons it—The turtle acts as "Steam Tug"—Safe ashore—Return home—Jack's clay field—A fresh discovery—The mother's cellar—A trip to the wrec
• CHAPTER VI. Now for the pinnace—Repeated visits to the wreck—The pinnace built—How shall we cut her out—The difficulty solved—We fit her out—Fire a salute—The mother's surprise—We visit Falconhurst—Attend to our fruit trees—Athletics—The lasso—An excursion—A bustard captured—Ernest discovers a magic
• CHAPTER VII. Fritz and I return to the Calabash Wood—Fritz shoots a ruffed grouse—We come across waxberry bushes—Sociable grosbeaks—Fritz captures a parrot—A lecture on ants—Caoutchouc trees—The sago-palm and the edible worms—Return with sugar-canes to Falconhurst—Candle-making—How to make butter wi
• CHAPTER VIII. Prop our young trees—A lecture on grafting—A new idea broached—Why should we not build stairs within the trunk of our tree?—Jack finds one objection—I make a beehive, and we drive the bees from the tree—Stair-making—Additions to our family of domestic animals—The education of the "pets
• CHAPTER IX. Spring again—We begin to hew a cave—Jack makes a discovery—We drive the foul air from the cavern—The mother and her boys join us—We explore the cave—Fit it up as our winter quarters—The herring-bank—We catch seals—Fishing on a grand scale—Isinglass and caviare—We visit our plantations—An
• CHAPTER X. Birdlime—A midnight raid—The massacre at Woodlands—Capture of Molucca pigeons—A pigeon-house—Fritz and I prepare a conjuring trick—Great success of our experiment—Lichen and nutmegs discovered—Jack's adventure—The loom manufactured—Winter stores prepared—The rainy season sets in—Interior
• CHAPTER XI. The blubber of the whale boiled and stored—A unique machine—Expedition to Prospect Hill—Whale's tongue is voted no delicacy—We land on Whale Island—Jack discovers a strange skeleton—Turtle turning—Towed ashore—The loom completed—Return of the herring shoals—Basket making—We manufacture a
• CHAPTER XII. We examine the marsh—A cave discovered—We find the floor covered with fuller's earth—Discharge our pistols—Jack's fright—Ernest captures an eel—An expedition toward the Gap—Visit Falconhurst and Woodlands and examine the country round—Franz shoots a capybara—Ernest and Knips fight the r
• CHAPTER XIII. The boys return and give an account of their adventures—How they captured the antelopes—How Fritz caught the rabbits and Jack rode down the gazelles—How they followed the honey bird and Jack tried to rob the bees' byke—We sup on the bears' paws—Across the desert again—Sight three ostri
• CHAPTER XIV. The rainy season again—The building of the cajack—The mother invents a swimming dress—A visit to our colonies—Mysterious seaweed—The mother's surprise—A visit to Whale Island—Mischievous pigs—The three boys return from a day's hunting—They display their treasures—A new skinning apparatu
• CHAPTER XV. Trial of the cajack—Fritz kills a walrus—We carry home its head—The storm—Where is Fritz?—Safe at last—The fishing season—An expedition proposed—Three of the boys start for Woodlands—Pigeon post—Encounter with a hyena—Wood Lake explored—A tapir—Prospect Hill pillaged—A tragedy—The boys i
• CHAPTER XVI. Ten years afterward—Our farms and farmyards—Fritz makes a voyage of discovery—Cape Minster and the swallows' nests—Pearl oysters—A magnificent bay—The strange message—- An excursion to Pearl Bay—Fritz proposes to search for the stranger, and prepares his canoe for her reception—The pear
• CHAPTER XVII. Juno's epitaph—Fritz does not appear—We start in search of him—A cachalot whale—The unexpected appearance of a savage—Fritz in a dusky disguise—He leads us to Fair Isle, and shows us the wonders therein—The stranger—Fritz narrates his adventures—How he saw Toucans—Encountered a tiger—L
• CHAPTER XVIII.
• THE MYSTERY MEN OF MARS
• ZANE GREY BOOKS FOR BOYS
• STORIES OF BASEBALL
• STORIES OF THE GREAT WEST