The Adventures of Akbar by Flora Annie Steel

THIS BOOK is written for all little lads and lasses, but especially for the former, since it is the true—quite true—story of a little lad who lived to be, perhaps, the greatest king this world has ever seen. It is a strange, wild tale this of the adventures of Prince Akbar among the snowy mountains between Kandahar and Kabul, and though the names may be a bit of a puzzle at first, as they will have to be learned by and bye in geography and history lessons, it might be as well to get familiar with them in a story-book; though, indeed, as everybody in it except Roy the Rajput, Meroo the cook boy; Tumbu, the dog; and Down, the cat (and these four may have been true, you know, though they have not been remembered) really lived, I dont know whether this book oughtnt to be considered real history, and therefore  A LESSON BOOK:  Anyhow, I hope you wont find it dull.  STORIES: FAREWELL  THE FIRST VICTORY  THE ROYAL UMBRELLA  TUMBU-DOWN  ON THE ROAD  AT COURT  WINTER DOWNS STRATAGEM SPRING  THE NIGHT OF RECORD  A WINTER MARCH SNOW AND ICE  OVER THE PASS  IN THE VALLEY DEAREST-LADY CRUEL BROTHER KUMRAN IMPRISONMENT THE GARDEN OF GAMES BETWIXT CUP AND LIP ESCAPED DAWN