Flora Annie Steel

The Adventures of Akbar Flora Annie Steel

THIS BOOK is written for all little lads and lasses, but especially for the former, since it is the true-quite true-story of a little lad who lived to be, perhaps, the greatest king this world has ever seen. It is a strange, wild tale this of the adventures of Prince Akbar among the snowy mountains between Kandahar and Kabul, and though the names may be a bit of a puzzle at first, as they will have to be learned by and bye in geography and history lessons, it might be as well to get familiar with them in a story-book; though, indeed, as everybody in it except Roy the Rajput, Meroo the cook boy; Tumbu, the dog; and Down, the cat (and these four may have been true, you know, though they have not been remembered) really lived, I don't know whether this book oughtn't to be considered real history, and therefore A LESSON BOOK: "Anyhow, I hope you won't find it dull." STORIES: FAREWELL THE FIRST VICTORY THE ROYAL UMBRELLA TUMBU-DOWN ON THE ROAD AT COURT WINTER DOWN'S STRATAGEM SPRING THE NIGHT OF RECORD A WINTER MARCH SNOW AND ICE OVER THE PASS IN THE VALLEY DEAREST-LADY CRUEL BROTHER KUMRAN IMPRISONMENT THE GARDEN OF GAMES BETWIXT CUP AND LIP ESCAPED DAWN