Category: Historical Novels
July, 1 Military Chivalry, 2 The Life of Martin Luther, 3, 48 The Two Red Cents, 9 Charlotte Corday, 10 Conjugal Affection, 13, 42 The Forget-me-not, 15 Pigs, ” Frederick II., 16 Dick Boldhero, 21, 77, 100, 137, 163 The Law of Honor, 24 Cairo, or Kahira, 25 Pictures of Various...
July, 1 Military Chivalry, 2 The Life of Martin Luther, 3, 48 The Two Red Cents, 9 Charlotte Corday, 10 Conjugal Affection, 13, 42 The Forget-me-not, 15 Pigs, ” Frederick II., 1...
2. CHAPTER I.The Marquis de Colonna was accused by one of the emissaries of the Inquisition, of heresy and treason; and at the instigation of his uncle, Montalbert, who wished to ruin him, t...
3. CHAPTER VI.The rushing sound that filled my ears, as I fainted and fell to the earth before the terrific image of the monster that threatened me with instant death, was occasioned by the d...
4. CHAPTER VII.Chili lies south of Peru, and is a narrow tract about twelve hundred miles in length, between the Pacific ocean and the Andes. It has a climate remarkably fine and salubrious, a...
5. CHAPTER II.Victoria immediately saw the propriety of the latter suggestion, and on the following day she disguised herself as a Moorish fruit-seller; and with a basket of vegetables on her...
6. CHAPTER VII.Although I was gradually recovering from the state of extreme weakness to which I had been reduced, still, I continued so feeble as to render it impossible for me to proceed on...
7. CHAPTER VI.It is time to fulfil our promise in respect to Inquisitive Jack. We have but two or three chapters more to give, in respect to his life and adventures, and here is one of them....
8. CHAPTER I.The village of Domremi, near Vaucouleurs, on the borders of Lorraine, is distinguished as the birth-place of the celebrated Joan of Arc, in the year 1402. Born in a humble spher...
9. CHAPTER VIII.It was more than two months after my arrival at Maroontown, before I was in a condition to depart. Finding that I should not be able to return to Paramaribo in season to go back...
10. CHAPTER IX.“Your uncle,” said Mr. Hartley, “was directed to Surinam rather by chance than choice. He fled from St. Domingo during the troubles there. The vessel in which he came was the on...
11. CHAPTER IX.Mounted upon the back of a small but vigorous Dutch pony, I made my way upon my return much more rapidly than I had done on foot in proceeding into the country. At the end of ab...
12. CHAPTER X.The object of my visit to Caraccas having been completed in a manner which seemed almost miraculous, I was impatient to return to Paramaribo, and take counsel as to what steps s...
13. CHAPTER XI.We continued our journey with great industry, generally travelling about forty miles a day. My Indian guide had the usual taciturnity of his race, but occasionally he entered in...
14. CHAPTER XII.I found the city of Valparaiso to be much smaller than its commercial importance had led me to suppose. It is the chief port on the western coast of America. From this point, th...
15. CHAPTER XIV.My situation was now in the highest degree embarrassing and painful. I was at least three hundred miles from Potosi, and excepting a small piece of gold, and a few dollars in si...
16. CHAPTER XV.Before I proceed with my narrative, I must give some little account of the celebrated town in which I now found myself. Potosi is situated within a circle of mountains, and stan...
17. CHAPTER XVI.There are few places in the world more remarkable than Quito. It lies nearly under the equator, yet, being more than 9,000 feet above the level of the sea, it has a climate like...