The Project Gutenberg E-text of Soldiers of the Queen
by Harold Avery
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About this eBook
- Author
- Avery, Harold, 1867-1943
- Title
- Soldiers of the Queen
- Credits
- Produced by Al Haines
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
- Subject
- School children -- England -- Juvenile fiction
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 29415
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29415
- Release Date
- July 15, 2009
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1."A fierce hand-to-hand fight was in progress." — SOLDIERS OF THE QUEEN — BY
- 2.HAROLD AVERY — LONDON, EDINBURGH, AND NEW YORK THOMAS NELSON AND SONS 1898
- 3.CONTENTS
- 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS — "Lieutenant Lawson, revolver in hand, stepped into a gap in the ranks" . . . . . . . . . . . . Frontispiece . — "Another volley swept the intervening stretch of tablecloth" — "'Make haste! I can't hang on much longer'" (missing from book) — "The visitors were seized, and hustled unceremoniously out of the room" — "'Here they are! now we've got them!'" — "It was Christmas Day in the camp at Korti" — "The enemy swerved round the flank of the square, and burst furiously upon the rear" — "The oncoming mass of Arabs" — SOLDIERS OF THE QUEEN. — CHAPTER I. — TIN SOLDIERS. — "Another volley swept the intervening stretch of tablecloth." — CHAPTER II. — AN UGLY DUCKLING. — CHAPTER III. — THE REBEL RECLAIMED. — CHAPTER IV. — THE COURT OF QUEEN MAB. — CHAPTER V. — AN UNLUCKY PICNIC. — [Illustration: "'Make haste! I can't hang on much longer.'" (missing from book)] — CHAPTER VI. — A KEEPSAKE. — CHAPTER VII. — STRIFE IN THE UPPER FOURTH. — CHAPTER VIII. — A BANQUET AT "DUSTER'S." — CHAPTER IX. — "GUARD TURN OUT!" — CHAPTER X. — "STORMS IN A TEA-CUP." — "The visitors were seized, and hustled unceremoniously out of the room." — CHAPTER XI. — "OUT OF THE FRYING-PAN—" — "'Here they are! now we've got them!'" — CHAPTER XII. — "—INTO THE FIRE." — CHAPTER XIII. — A ROBBERY AT BRENLANDS. — Presented to CAPTAIN JOHN FENLEIGH, OF THE "EVELINA" STEAMSHIP, — CHAPTER XIV. — THE SOUND OF THE DRUM. — CHAPTER XV. — THE QUEEN'S SHILLING. — CHAPTER XVI. — ON ACTIVE SERVICE. — "It was Christmas Day in the camp at Korti." — CHAPTER XVII — UNDER FIRE. — CHAPTER XVIII. — THE BATTLE. — "The enemy swerved round the flank of the square, and burst furiously upon the rear." — CHAPTER XIX. — "FOOD FOR POWDER." — CHAPTER XX. — THE RIVER'S BRINK. — "The oncoming mass of Arabs." — CHAPTER XXI. — "WHEN JOHNNY COMES MARCHING HOME AGAIN!" — CHAPTER XXII — CONCLUSION. — Nelson's Books for Boys. — NELSON'S BOOKS AT ONE AND SIXPENCE. — NELSON'S "ROYAL" LIBRARIES. — THE SHILLING SERIES.
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