Part 1

BENEATH THE BANNER

BEING NARRATIVES OF NOBLE LIVES AND BRAVE DEEDS

F.J. CROSS

ILLUSTRATED

"I have done my best for the honour of our country."--GORDON

SECOND EDITION

1895

BY THE SAME AUTHOR.

GOOD MORNING! GOOD NIGHT!

TRUE STORIES PURE AND BRIGHT.

In this work will be found a Series of upwards of sixty Chats with Children, suitable for morning and evening reading. The book abounds with anecdotes, and contains numerous illustrations.

Ready about May, 1895.

CONTENTS.

Only a Nurse Girl,--ALICE AYRES

A Slave Trade Warrior,--SIR SAMUEL BAKER

Two Working Men Heroes,--CASE AND CHEW

The Commander of the Thin Red Line,--SIR COLIN CAMPBELL

A Sailor Bold and True,--LORD COCHRANE

A Rough Diamond that was Polished,--JOHN CASSELL

"A Brave, Fearless Sort of Lass,"--GRACE DARLING

A Friend of Lepers,--FATHER DAMIEN

A Great Arctic Explorer,--SIR JOHN FRANKLIN

A Saviour of Six,--FIREMAN FORD

A Blind Helper of the Blind,--ELIZABETH GILBERT

A Great Traveller in the Air,--JAMES GLAISHER

The Soldier with the Magic Wand,--GENERAL GORDON

"Valiant and True,"--SIR RICHARD GRENVILLE

One who Left All,--BISHOP HANNINGTON