Published 31 January 1924; copies deposited at Library of Congress 23 February 1924; copyright renewed 29 December 1951. Advertised 2 February 1924, Haldeman-Julius Weekly, p. 1.
Later printings lack three advertisements on outer back cover.
Contents
Introduction -- A battle with snakes / Charles Waterton -- Destruction of a ship by a whale / John S. Deblois -- An adventure with pirates / R.N. Fortune -- In a Mexican quicksand / Mayne Reid -- The shipwreck of the Medusa -- The hurricane / John James Audubon -- The escape of Charles II after the battle of Worcester -- Burning of the Erie.
