I A TERRIBLE ADVENTURE WITH HYENAS By C. Randolph Lichfield II THE VEGA VERDE MINE By Charles Edwardes III A VERY NARROW SHAVE By John Lang IV AN ADVENTURE IN ITALY By J. Kinchin Smith V THE TAPU-TREE By A. Ferguson VI SOME PANTHER STORIES By Various Writers VII A MIDNIGHT RIDE ON A CALIFORNIAN RANCH By A. F. Walker VIII O'DONNELL'S REVENGE By Frank Maclean IX MY ADVENTURE WITH A LION By Algernon Blackwood X THE SECRET CAVE OF HYDAS _By F. Barford XI AN ADVENTURE IN THE HEART OF MALAY-LAND By Alexander Macdonald, F.R.G.S. XII A WEEK-END ADVENTURE By William Webster XIII THE DEFLECTED COMPASS By Alfred Colbeck XIV IN PERIL IN AFRICA By Maurice Kerr XV KEEPING THE TRYST By E. Cockburn Reynolds XVI WHO GOES THERE? By Rowland W. Cater XVII A DROWNING MESSMATE _By A. Lee Knight XVIII THE PILOT OF PORT CREEK By Burnett Fallow