The Swiss Family Robinson; or, Adventures on a Desert Island
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The Swiss Family Robinson
OR, Adventures on a Desert Island
JEAN RUDOLPH WYSS
THE WINDERMERE SERIES
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY MILO WINTER
RAND McNALLY & COMPANY CHICAGO; NEW YORK
Illustrations Copyright, 1916, By Rand McNally & Co.
The Rand-McNally Press Chicago
There stood Fritz with his gun to his shoulder pointing it at a huge shark
THE CONTENTS
THE ILLUSTRATIONS
THE SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON
CHAPTER I
SHIPWRECKED
CHAPTER II
THE FIRST EXPLORING EXPEDITION
The monkeys seized all the cocoanuts within their reach and sent them down upon us
CHAPTER III
OUR HOME IN THE GIANT TREE
CHAPTER IV
SOME USEFUL DISCOVERIES—A COMICAL INCIDENT
CHAPTER V
A SECOND VISIT TO THE WRECK
Jack took the unsuspecting birds by surprise
CHAPTER VI
HOW WE BUILT THE PINNACE
CHAPTER VII
AT FALCONHURST AGAIN—BAGGING A BUFFALO
CHAPTER VIII
IMPROVING OUR TREE DWELLING
CHAPTER IX
THE SALT PALACE AND THE NEW FARMHOUSE
"Help! or he will pull me into the water"
CHAPTER X
THE WAR WITH THE APES—OUR HOME IN THE SALT PALACE
CHAPTER XI
A DANGEROUS VISITOR AND ITS VICTIM
CHAPTER XII
THE CRYSTAL CAVE—BAGGING A BEAR
CHAPTER XIII
BREAKING IN A REFRACTORY STEED
So greatly was the speed of the ostrich checked that Jack overtook him
CHAPTER XIV
BUILDING THE CAJACK——A PLENTIFUL HARVEST
CHAPTER XV
ADVENTURES OF THE BOYS AT WOODLANDS——THE ELEPHANT TRAIL
Then the walrus sought refuge among these rocks
Up rose the hideous head and gaping jaws of a hippopotamus
CHAPTER XVI
TEN YEARS AFTERWARD—A STRANGE MESSAGE
CHAPTER XVII
HOW FRITZ FOUND THE FAIR STRANGER
JUNO, A servant true lies here; A faithful friend, A Dog, To all most dear; Who met her end Fighting right bravely in her master's cause.
JUNO, A servant true lies here; A faithful friend, A Dog, To all most dear; Who met her end Fighting right bravely in her master's cause.
There, with glaring eyes and his great tail swaying to and fro, I saw an immense tiger
CHAPTER XVIII
A SAIL!—FAREWELL TO SHARK ISLAND
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