A Woman of the Ice Age by L. P. Gratacap
Aa novel of romance and adventure, taking place 50,000 years ago, as early man struggled to understand themselves and the world around them.
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Masterman Ready by Frederick Marryat
The genteel Mr. Seagrave, the frequently indisposed Mrs. Seagrave and their four children: William, twelve, Tommy, six, Caroline 7 and Albert who is not yet one, sail on board the Pacific en route to the Seagrave's home in Australia. The Pacific runs into several storms and when the captain is struck unconscious, the ship's crew abandon the ship wholesale with the exception of the selfless Masterman Ready who elects to remain onboard the doomed vessel to help the Seagraves and their negro maid, Juno. Eventually, the weather clears and the prescient Ready leads the Seagraves to relative safety on a desert island where they seek food and shelter, survive several adventures and are even attacked by natives.
A Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne.
This is the thrilling classic tale by Jules Verne about a voyage to the center of the earth, where a lost civilization is found.
The genre of subterranean fiction already existed long before Verne. However, Journey considerably added to the genre's popularity and influenced later such writings. For example, Edgar Rice Burroughs explicitly acknowledged Verne's influence on his own Pellucidar
series. The story involves German professor Otto Lidenbrock who
believes there are volcanic tubes going toward the centre of the Earth.
He, his nephew Axel, and their guide Hans descend into the Icelandic
volcano Snæfellsjökull, encountering many adventures, including
prehistoric animals and natural hazards, before eventually coming to the
surface again in southern Italy, at the Stromboli volcano.
A Son of the State by W. Pett Ridge
A sprawling tale of love and adventure, politics and suspense, mystery and thrilling detail
A Son of the Soil by Margaret Oliphant
5-year-old Colin Campbell has grown up on his parents' farm, Ramore,
on the beautiful Holy Loch; and soon he will be attending Glasgow
University to study for the ministry. By chance he saves the life of a
young man, Harry, the son of Sir Thomas Frankland. The two boys do not
like each other, but the result is that Colin is occasionally invited to
the Castle and falls in love with a witty, flirtatious girl, Matty,
whose place in the social order is far above his.
We follow him through his adventures at University, and as a summer
tutor at a great house, where once again he is thrown into Matty's
company. Throughout this novel are long, metaphysical discussions
between Colin and his even more serious friend Lauderdale regarding
Christianity and the Kirk of Scotland. Later he makes a foolish decision
in the hope of being near Matty.
