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Gordon Stables

Wild Life in the Land of the Giants: A Tale of Two BrothersChapter One. Book I – Our Home by the Sea. The Old Home by the Sea – Aunt SerapheemaChapter Two. While Walking on the Sea-BeachChapter Three. The Story of a Shipwreck – A Mystery – The Fate of Poor JoeChapter Four. The Sound of War – Firs...

Turkish and Other Baths: A Guide to Good Health and LongevityGordon Stables Turkish and Other Baths: A Guide to Good Health and Longevity Preface No apology surely is needed for a work like this, and its preface need be but brief. Small is the book, in size little more than a pamphlet; yet mayhap...

Harry Milvaine: or, The Wanderings of a Wayward BoyBook One – Chapter One. In the Land of Brown Heath. Child HaroldBook One – Chapter Two. Adventures in the ForestBook One – Chapter Three. The Search for the Lost Ones – an Ugly FightBook One – Chapter Four. Harry Milvaine, Landed Proprietor – His...

The Island of Gold: A Sailor's YarnStables Gordon The Island of Gold: A Sailor's Yarn Book One – Chapter One. Two Mitherless Bairns Ransey Tansey was up much earlier than usual on this particular morning, because father was coming home, and there was a good deal to do.As he crawled out of his bed...

Aileen Aroon, A MemoirGordon Stables Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites Preface Prefaces are not always necessary; but when an author has either to acknowledge a courtesy, or to make an apology, then a preface becomes a duty. I have to do both.Firstly, then...

Wild Adventures in Wild PlacesChapter One. Part I – The Moors and Fens of England. In the Depths of the Forest – Frank and his Toad – A Day with the Hounds – The Furies’ Leap – “That Fox was my Fate.”Chapter Two. Frank undergoes the Process of “Hardening Off” – Camp-life on the Banks of the Thame...

The Cruise of the Snowbird: A Story of Arctic AdventureStables Gordon The Cruise of the Snowbird: A Story of Arctic Adventure Chapter One The Young Chief of Arrandoon – The Rising Storm – Lost in the Snow It was winter. Allan McGregor stood, gun in hand, leaning against a rock half-way down the m...

The Domestic CatStables Gordon The Domestic Cat Chapter One. Classification: Its Basis In the feline world you find no such diversity, of form, shape, disposition, coat, size, etc, as you do in the canine. Dogs differ from each other in both the size and conformation of the skeleton, and in many ...

Medical Life in the NavyStables Gordon Medical Life in the Navy Chapter One. By Rail to London. Little Moonface. Euston Square I chose the navy. I am not at all certain what it was that determined my choice; probably this – I have a mole on my left arm, which my gossiping old nurse (rest the old ...

Born to Wander: A Boy's Book of Nomadic AdventuresStables Gordon Born to Wander: A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures Book One – Chapter One Grayling House, and the Wildery around it “It was, I ween, a lovely spot of ground,Half-prankt with spring with sommer half imbrowned.” Scene: An old baronial...