Yarns of an old mariner . d he were shipmates together, and of the voyagesyou made and the adventures you met with in hiscompany, They must be for some other time, my dear Kit; meanwhile, I can only trust that the oldmariners adventures may have imparted to yoursister and yourself, in their relation, some of thehappiness which, in their occurrence, they afibrded 560 THE STRANGE ADVENTURES OF KIT BAM. to himself; I shall be pleased to think that his yarnsexcited your imagination, while they stimulated yourfaith in the duties of patience, courage, endurance,and persevering hope ; that w
Yarns of an old mariner . d he were shipmates together, and of the voyagesyou made and the adventures you met with in hiscompany, They must be for some other time, my dear Kit; meanwhile, I can only trust that the oldmariners adventures may have imparted to yoursister and yourself, in their relation, some of thehappiness which, in their occurrence, they afibrded 560 THE STRANGE ADVENTURES OF KIT BAM. to himself; I shall be pleased to think that his yarnsexcited your imagination, while they stimulated yourfaith in the duties of patience, courage, endurance,and persevering hope ; that while they amused yourfancy, they encouraged you to depend upon yourgood sense, and your energies, both intellectual andphysical, in perilous emergency ; and that while youwere beguiling the twilight hours with a romantictale, you were at the same time learning to fortifyyour heart and mind with the gentle wisdom of self-knowledge, and a firm reliance on the unfailing good*ness of God/ btt 15 1916 CHOICE BOOKS OF ADVENTURE. A scries of carefully selectedbooks of adventure in all parts ofthe world. There is somethinji- herefor every hoy and oiil> the seriescontaininj^ adventures on the sea,among the Indians, in exploration,camping out, hnntinof, fishin?, etc.,by well-known authors, includingKiuiTston, Farrar, Cozzens, jMore-ciiamp, and others. Uniform Cloth Binding NewAND Attractive Dies Illus-trated Price per volume ^ 2. - 4. Anthony Watmouth or theAdventures of a GentlemanBy W. H. K. Kingston AFiiiCAN Crusoes or the Ad-ventures of Carlos and An-tonio By Mrs. R. Lee Arctic Crusoe A Tale of thePolar Sea By P. B. St. John Around the World in EightyDays Translated fi:oai theFrench of Jules Verne By George M Towle 5. Australian Crusoes or the Adventures of an English Settler in the Wihls of Australia By Charles Rowcroft 6. Australian Yv^anderers orthe Adventures of Captain Spencer By Mrs. R. Lee 7. Crossing the Quicksands or the Veritable Adventures of Hal and Ned By Samuel \
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