The Dog Crusoe and His Master A Story of Adventure in the Western Prairies
THE DOG CRUSOE AND HIS MASTER A Story of Adventure in the Western Prairies By ROBERT MICHAEL BALLANTYNE Author of "The Coral Island," "The Young Fur-Traders," "Ungava," "The Gorilla-Hunters," "The World of Ice," "Martin Rattler." &c 1894
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PREFACE.
The extremely violent nature of the volcanic eruption in Krakatoa in
1883, the peculiar beauty of those parts of the eastern seas where the
event occurred, the wide-spread influences of the accompanying
phenomena, and the tremendous devastation which resulted, have all
inspired me with a desire to bring the matter, in the garb of a tale,
before that portion of the juvenile world which accords me a hearing.
For most of the facts connected with the eruption which have been
imported into my story, I have to acknowledge myself indebted to the
recently published important and exhaustive "Report" of the Krakatoa
Committee, appointed by the Royal Society to make a thorough
investigation of the whole matter in all its phases.
I have also to acknowledge having obtained much interesting and useful
information from the following among other works:--_The Malay
Archipelago_, by A.R. Wallace; _A Naturalist's Wanderings in the Eastern
THE DOG CRUSOE AND HIS MASTER A Story of Adventure in the Western Prairies By ROBERT MICHAEL BALLANTYNE Author of "The Coral Island," "The Young Fur-Traders," "Ungava," "The Gorilla-Hunters," "The World of Ice," "Martin Rattler." &c 1894