Adventure Stories for Girls

by John Canning

Contents (some have been skipped)...

25 • The Hand • (1883) • shortstory by Guy de Maupassant
29 •  The Hand • interior artwork by Lee Noel
32 • Rikki-Tikki-Tavi • (1894) • shortstory by Rudyard Kipling
36 •  Rikki-Tikki-Tavi • interior artwork by Kevin W. Maddison
47 • Visions—A Phantasy • shortstory by Ivan Turgenev (trans. of Призраки 1864) [as by Ivan S. Turgenev ]
53 •  Visions—A Phantasy • interior artwork by Sandy Nightingale
95 • Miracle Needed • (1956) • shortstory by Dodie Smith
100 •  Miracle Needed • interior artwork by Sandy Nightingale
119 • His First Flight • shortfiction by Liam O'Flaherty
121 •  His First Flight • interior artwork by Mike Woodhatch
159 • A Terribly Strange Bed • (1852) • shortstory by Wilkie Collins [as by William Wilkie Collins ]
168 •  A Terribly Strange Bed • interior artwork by Lee Noel
174 • The Moonlit Road • (1907) • shortstory by Ambrose Bierce
177 •  The Moonlit Road • interior artwork by José María Miralles
184 • The White-Ruffed Vixen • shortfiction by H. Mortimer Batten
188 •  The White-Ruffled Vixen • interior artwork by Kevin W. Maddison
190 • The Mummy's Foot • (1878) • shortstory by Théophile Gautier (trans. of Le Pied de Momie 1840)
195 •  The Mummy's Foot • interior artwork by Sandy Nightingale
201 • My Ship is So Small • shortfiction by Ann Davison
210 •  My Ship is So Small • interior artwork by Phil Stevenson
215 • The Man Who Could Work Miracles • (1898) • shortstory by H. G. Wells
223 •  The Man Who Could Work Miracles • interior artwork by David Godfrey
233 • My First Flight in a Storm Cloud • shortfiction by Hanna Reitsch
238 •  My First Flight in a Storm Cloud • interior artwork by Bob Harvey
243 • A Midnight Bridal • shortfiction by Halliwell Sutcliffe
253 •  A Midnight Bridal • interior artwork by David Godfrey
259 • Better Let Blame' Well Alone • shortfiction by Mark Twain
264 •  Better Let Blame' Well Alone • interior artwork by Phil Stevenson
268 • The Taming of Percy • shortfiction by Gerald Durrell
272 •  The Taming of Percy • interior artwork by Sandy Nightingale
276 • Spectre Lovers • shortfiction by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
285 •  Spectre Lovers • interior artwork by Lee Noel
289 • Joan of Arc • shortfiction by Mollie Hardwick
292 •  Joan of Arc • interior artwork by David Godfrey
296 • Attack on the Takao • shortfiction by Commander John Kerans
308 •  Attack on the Takao • interior artwork by Bob Harvey
311 • Rescue Operation • shortfiction by Desmond Varaday
312 •  Rescue Operation • interior artwork by Kevin W. Maddison
321 • The Left-Handed Sword • shortstory by E. Nesbit
326 •  The Left-Handed Sword • interior artwork by Phil Stevenson
329 • What a Night! • shortfiction by Pat Smythe
336 • The Escape of Princess Clementina • shortfiction by John Buchan
341 •  The Escape of Princess Clementina • interior artwork by David Godfrey
346 • The Dancing Academy • shortfiction by Charles Dickens
351 •  The Dancing Academy • interior artwork by José María Miralles
353 • The First Lady of Flying • shortfiction by Graeme Cook
357 •  The First Lady of Flying • interior artwork by Phil Stevenson
362 • The Treasure Hunt • shortfiction by Robert Louis Stevenson
368 •  The Treasure Hunt • interior artwork by Kevin W. Maddison
374 • A Nun's Story • shortfiction by Lawrence Wilson
381 • Dicing With Death • shortfiction by Rider Haggard
385 •  Dicing With Death • interior artwork by David Godfrey
391 • The Stolen Cubs • shortfiction by Ronald Voy
395 •  The Stolen Cubs • interior artwork by Sandy Nightingale

Genres: Anthologies, Fiction

Hardcover

First published September 30, 1978

Reviews

[Susan]

When our accountant retired and move to Vegas where her daughter lives about 2 years ago, I inherited a few books and this was one. I've read about 1/3 of the stories -- except they're not all stories. Some of them are excerpts and mash-ups.

The Hand by Guy de Maupassant "A tale of mystery (Supernatural or NOT?). A man has been found dead -- a classic locked room mystery. Did the severed hand of his enemy (which he had on display in a most odd manner) kill him?" Considering the AGE of this story, it was excellent!

Rikki-Tikki-Tavi by Rudyard Kipling is an excerpt from The Jungle Book. Anthropomorphic tale of a mongoose who is adopted by an English family in India and who saves them and various other animal characters from the cobra couple in the garden. was great and appropriate for adults and young 'uns alike

Visions-- A Phantasy by Ivan Turgenev (trans. of Призраки) "A man suffering from ennui is summoned at dusk to a meeting with a ghostly being who takes him on a tour across the sky." wasn't as fun as The Hand, though that may have as much to do with the translation and the age of the story as anything else...

[Mwenzie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excerpts from novels and short stories — fun reads for any gender. There is some fiction (Kipling, RL Stevenson), biography (Mother Theresa, Amelia Earhart, some kings and queens of old), animals, etc. Something for everyone!

[Kitty · Rating 1 out of 5]

I said finished but I haven't actually. I just can't finish this book it's to dull. All of these little stories and extracts are a bit to dull for me so I'm not going to end up finishing this book.

I don't know, it just didn't do anything for me, out of the stories I've read my favourite has to be the hand because it was the most interesting and engaging but it still had it's dull moments. I don't know it just didn't really work for me.