Beneath the Banner

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F. J. Cross. Beneath the Banner

Beneath the Banner

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BENEATH THE BANNER

STORIES OF MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN STEADY WHEN "UNDER FIRE" ONLY A NURSE GIRL!

THE STORY OF ALICE AYRES

A SLAVE TRADE WARRIOR

SOME STORIES OF SIR SAMUEL BAKER

TWO WORKING MEN HEROES

THE STORY OF CASE AND CHEW

THE COMMANDER OF THE "THIN RED LINE"

THE STORY OF SIR COLIN CAMPBELL

A SAILOR BOLD AND TRUE

STORIES OF LORD COCHRANE

A ROUGH DIAMOND THAT WAS POLISHED

THE STORY OF JOHN CASSELL

"A BRAVE, FEARLESS SORT OF LASS."

THE STORY OF GRACE DARLING

GRACE DARLING THE SECOND

A FRIEND OF LEPERS

THE STORY OF FATHER DAMIEN

A GREAT ARCTIC EXPLORER

THE STORY OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN

A SAVIOUR OF SIX

THE STORY OF FIREMAN FORD

A BLIND HELPER OF THE BLIND

THE STORY OF ELIZABETH GILBERT

A GREAT TRAVELLER IN THE AIR

SOME ANECDOTES OF JAMES GLAISHER

THE SOLDIER WITH THE MAGIC WAND

THE STORY OF GENERAL GORDON

[ILLUSTRATION: GORDON STATUE IN TRAFALGAR SQUARE.]

[ILLUSTRATION: REDUCED FACSIMILE OF THE LAST PAGE OF GORDON'S DIARY AT KHARTOUM.]

"VALIANT AND TRUE."

THE STORY OF SIR RICHARD GRENVILLE

ONE WHO LEFT ALL

THE STORY OF BISHOP HANNINGTON

A MAN WHO CONQUERED DISAPPOINTMENTS

THE STORY OF SIR HENRY HAVELOCK

A FRIEND OF PRISONERS

THE STORY OF JOHN HOWARD

A HERO OF THE VICTORIA CROSS

THE STORY OF KAVANAGH

THE MAN WHO BRAVED THE FLOOD

THE STORY ON CAPTAIN LENDY'S BRAVE DEED

A TEMPERANCE LEADER

THE STORY OF JOSEPH LIVESEY

A GREAT MISSIONARY EXPLORER

THE STORY OF DAVID LIVINGSTONE

FROM FARM LAD TO MERCHANT PRINCE

THE STORY OF GEORGE MOORE

A MAN WHO ASKED AND RECEIVED

THE STORY OF GEORGE MÜLLER

A LABOURER IN THE VINEYARD

THE STORY OF ROBERT MOFFAT

"THE LADY WITH THE LAMP."

THE STORY OF FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE

LONGFELLOW

FOR ENGLAND, HOME, AND DUTY

THE DEATH OF NELSON

A WOMAN WHO SUCCEEDED BY FAILURE

THE STORY OF HARRIET NEWELL

A MARTYR OF THE SOUTH SEAS

THE MORNING AND EVENING OF BISHOP PATTESON'S LIFE

"K.G. AND COSTER."

SOME ANECDOTES ABOUT LORD SHAFTESBURY

A STATESMAN WHO HAD NO ENEMIES

THE STORY OF W.H. SMITH

"GREATER THAN AN ARCHBISHOP."

ANECDOTES ABOUT THE REV. CHARLES SIMEON

A SOLDIER MISSIONARY

THE STORY OF HEDLEY VICARS

THE LASS THAT LOVED THE SAILORS

THE STORY OF AGNES WESTON

A GREAT COMMANDER ON A FAMOUS BATTLEFIELD

THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON AT WATERLOO

A PRINCE OF PREACHERS

THE STORY OF JOHN WESLEY

SOME CHILDREN OF THE KINGDOM

A BOY HERO

THE STORY OF JOHN CLINTON

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F. J. Cross

Being Narratives of Noble Lives and Brave Deeds

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He had called to see his friend Thomas Whittaker, who was staying at

Nottingham, and John was announced as "the Manchester carpenter".

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