Mayne Reid wrote in all thirty-five works, chiefly books of adventure and travel. As in the case of all authors, the books vary much in merit, but most of them are of a high order in their own department of literature. Many of them have been extraordinary popular and have become standard works. Reid has not been surpassed by any other writer in combining at one and the same time, the features of thrilling adventure and great instruction in the fields of natural history. Many of the works have been translated into Continental languages and are as highly esteemed among the French and Germans as at home.
_CHAPTER III_ THE TRUMPETER SWAN AND THE BALD EAGLE 22
_CHAPTER IV_ A SWAN-HUNT BY TORCHLIGHT 29
_CHAPTER XI_ HOW TO BUILD A BARK CANOE 56
_CHAPTER XIII_ WAPITI, WOLVES, AND WOLVERENE 62
_CHAPTER XVII_ THE BLAIREAU, THE "TAWNIES," AND THE "LEOPARDS" 82
_CHAPTER XVIII_ AN ODD SORT OF DECOY-DUCK 86
_CHAPTER XIX_ THE SHRIKE AND THE HUMMING-BIRDS 91
_CHAPTER XXI_ THE OSPREY AND HIS TYRANT 97
_CHAPTER XXII_ THE VOYAGE INTERRUPTED 102
_CHAPTER XXIII_ FISHING UNDER THE ICE 105
_CHAPTER XXVII_ TRAVELLING ON SNOW-SHOES 121
_CHAPTER XXX_ THE POLAR HARE AND THE GREAT SNOWY OWL 133
_CHAPTER XXXI_ THE JUMPING MOUSE AND THE ERMINE 138
_CHAPTER XXXII_ THE ARCTIC FOX AND WHITE WOLF 140
_CHAPTER XXXIII_ THE JERFALCON AND THE WHITE GROUSE 145
_CHAPTER XXXIV_ THE HARE, THE LYNX, AND THE GOLDEN EAGLE 147
_CHAPTER XXXV_ THE "ALARM BIRD" AND THE CARIBOU 151
_CHAPTER I_ THE BIGGEST WOOD IN THE WORLD 162
_CHAPTER VI_ THE WILD BULL OF THE PUNA 179
_CHAPTER VIII_ LLAMAS, ALPACOS, VICUÑAS, AND GUANACOS 184
_CHAPTER XI_ THE PERILS OF A PERUVIAN ROAD 191
_CHAPTER XIII_ THE LONE CROSS IN THE FOREST 197
_CHAPTER XV_ THE GUACO AND THE CORAL SNAKE 203
_CHAPTER XXI_ THE CANNIBAL FISH AND THE GYMNOTUS 224
_CHAPTER XXV_ THE PUMA AND THE GREAT ANT-BEAR 236
_CHAPTER XXVI_ ATTACK OF THE WHITE ANTS 239
_CHAPTER XXVIII_ THE TATOU-POYOU AND THE DEER CARCASS 246
_CHAPTER XXXIII_ THE GUARDIAN BROTHER 262
_CHAPTER XXXVIII_ THE CROCODILE AND CAPIVARAS 279
_CHAPTER XXXIX_ FIGHT OF THE JAGUAR AND CROCODILE 282
_CHAPTER XL_ ADVENTURE WITH AN ANACONDA 284
_CHAPTER XLI_ A BATCH OF CURIOUS TREES 288
_CHAPTER XLIV_ A FIGHT BETWEEN TWO VERY SCALY CREATURES 298