Prater, Ernest

John Williams the shipbuilder by Basil Mathews ( Book )
1 edition published in 1915 in English and held by 25 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Swiss family Robinson by Johann David Wyss ( Book )
8 editions published between 1899 and 2008 in English and held by 21 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Relates the fortunes of a shipwrecked family as they imaginatively adapt to life on an island with abundant animal and plant life

Bush luck : an Australian story by W. H Timperley ( Book )
3 editions published between 1892 and 1920 in English and held by 20 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The lost heir by G. A Henty ( Book )
4 editions published between 1899 and 1914 in English and held by 19 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In this tale of intrigue in India and England, a child who is the sole heir to the fortune of a wealthy Indian Army officer, disappears. The officer, a general, has died, having been murdered, leaving all his earthly goods to the child. But if the child is dead, or cannot be located, the will directs these goods be given to a rogue named Sanderson, who poses as John Simcoe. After many intrigues and adventures, Sanderson is exposed as the murderer, and forger of a false will, and the rightful heir, the child is found

Livingstone, the pathfinder by Basil Mathews ( Book )
4 editions published between 1912 and 1921 in English and held by 18 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This biography of Livingstone, tells of this devout Christian missionary, who went out to Africa. The first European to cross Africa, he found the Victoria Falls and narrowly escaped death from native spears, poisoned arrows, disease, drowning and being mauled by a lion. His meeting with Stanley is legendary but his greatest achievement was his part in bringing the slave trade to an end

The stranding of the "White Rose" : a story of adventure by Charles Dudley LAMPEN ( Book )
2 editions published between 1899 and 1923 in English and held by 13 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The child's Livingstone by Mary Entwistle ( Book )
1 edition published in 1913 in English and held by 9 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Wilmshurst of the frontier force : a story of the conquest of German East Africa by Percy F Westerman ( )
1 edition published in 2008 in English and held by 8 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The children of the crag by Amy Whipple ( Book )
2 editions published in 1913 in English and held by 7 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A collegian in khaki by William Johnston ( Book )
1 edition published in 1910 in English and held by 7 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
After he has ruined his chances at college through falling into bad company and indulging in drinking and gambling, young Tom Winter enlists in the infantry, determined to start afresh