Written by James Grant
Philip Rollo, Vol. I (of 2)
by James GrantPhilip Rollo or THE SCOTTISH MUSKETEERS is the first of two volume novel written by James Grant, who is also the author of "ROMANCE OF WAR," "JANE SETON,", etc.. At a sale of the effects of an eminent antiquary lately deceased, it was our happiness and good fortune to become the possessor of a certain little MS. volume, closely written, in a neat s..
Philip Rollo, Vol. II (of 2)
by James GrantPhilip Rollo or THE SCOTTISH MUSKETEERS is the second of two volume novel written by James Grant, who is also the author of "ROMANCE OF WAR," "JANE SETON,", etc..Every day the old queen rode forth on a fat Danish horse, accompanied by Ernestine and other ladies; every day, at the same hour as yesterday, the guard presented arms at the gate—the offi..
The Adventures of Captain Balgonie
by James GrantA cold day in the middle of April had passed away; a pale and cheerless sun, that had cast no heat on the leafless scenery and the half-frozen marshes that border the Louga in Western Russia, had sunk, and the darkness of a stormy night came on rapidly. The keen blast of the north, that swept the arid scalps of the Dudenhof (the only range of hills..
Jane Seton
by James GrantThe genius of a monarch is said to stamp a character upon his time; but this can scarcely be said to have been the good fortune of the sovereign in whose reign I have laid the following romance. Like all the princes of his house, James V. was far in advance of the age in which he lived; for to all his forefathers' valour and passionate love of thei..
The Adventures of an Eton Boy
by James GrantDick Rodney or, The Adventures of an Eton Boy is an adventurous castaways fiction for young readers written by James Grant.In the relation of the following adventures I do not mean to illustrate the principle maintained by some writers, that by an inevitable course of events in life, that becomes fate, which at first was merely choice; but rather t..
Derval Hampton - A Story of the Sea, Volume 1 (of 2)
by James GrantGreville Hampton and his wife Mary—her hands busy with work—were seated in the ivy-clad porch of their little cottage on a bright evening in summer. Before them, at the end of the vista down the dell in which it stood, lay the waters of the English Channel glittering in sunlight, as it rolled away from Rockham Bay to craggy Hartland Point, a sheer ..
Derval Hampton - A Story of the Sea, Volume 2 (of 2)
by James GrantAnother long spell of the sea, including several voyages and some stirring adventures, was before Derval now, with a protracted absence from Britain. The ship was not getting ready for sea, so Captain Talbot was on shore, when a hansom cab deposited Derval and his belongings close by the gangway that led on board, where he was warmly welcomed by Jo..
Legends of the Black Watch
by James GrantWoven up with an occasional legend or superstition gleaned among the mountains from whence its soldiers came, the warlike details and many of the names which occur in the following pages, belong to the military history of the country and of the brave Regiment whose title is given to our Book.It is generally acknowledged that but for the retention o..