Stories of History is a single volume published in London and edited by noted adventure author G.A. Henty. The book is set up like a magazine, with articles and stories serialized in installments. Like most of Henty's novels, the book is clearly aimed at British boys, and offers a wide variety of articles and fiction, including Cressy and Poictiers, a novel by John Edgars that follows the adventures of "the Black Prince's Page." The book was part of a series that included Stories of Sea and Land, and Stories of Peril and Adventure. It is illustrated throughout with excellent engravings.

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Animals (Domestic)

About Two Dogs I Knew

History & Folklore

Breaking Bonds; or, Leaves from Prison Lore, by W.H. Davenport-Adams

Some Old Natural History Notions

The Story of the Siege and Relief of Gibraltar, by W.H. Davenport-Adams

London

The Zoological Gardens: The Cat Tribe, by the Rev. J.G. Wood

The Zoological Gardens: Elephants and Their Kin, by the Rev. J.G. Wood

The Zoological Gardens: Monkeys, by the Rev. J.G. Wood

Military

The Blue Bonnets Over the Border, by an Army Chaplain

Soldiers and the Victoria Cross, by an Army Chaplain

Nature

The Art of Bush-Ranging, by Captain A.W. Drayson

"Fagging" or "Slavery" Among the Ants

The Man-Eater of Chunda, by Captain Pasley

By the Margin of Afric's Foul Waters, by Captain A.W. Drayson

Narrow Escapes from Cobras, by Captain C.H. Ozanne

The Night-Jar

Some Old Natural History Notions

Trout

Up in the Alps, by Captain Wraxall

The Zoological Gardens: The Cat Tribe, by the Rev. J.G. Wood

The Zoological Gardens: Elephants and Their Kin, by the Rev. J.G. Wood

The Zoological Gardens: Monkeys, by the Rev. J.G. Wood

Recreation

A [Cricket] Match I Was In, by the Rev. James Pycroft

Fishing

Joe Broadley's Instructions in [Cricket] Bowling

Skating

Trout