Real Soldiers of Fortune by Richard Harding Davis is a collection of profiles of five remarkable men who fought in various wars and conflicts around the world, including General Henry Ronald Douglas MacIver, Baron James Harden-Hickey, Winston Spencer Churchill, Captain Philo Norton McGiffin, and General William Walker. Davis, a renowned journalist and author, was personally acquainted with all five men, and he provides intimate and revealing insights into their lives and characters. He describes their courage, their determination, and their willingness to risk everything for their beliefs. The book is also a fascinating glimpse into the world of mercenaries and adventurers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It is a story of men who fought for money, for glory, and for causes they believed in.

Experiences and observations of the journalist in the Cuban-Spanish War, the Greek-Turkish War, the Spanish-American War, the South African War, and the Japanese-Russian War, accompanied by "A War Correspondent's Kit."

Austin Ford, the London correspondent of the New York Republic, is spending some idle time in the American Embassy chatting with the Second Secretary, when suddenly a note is brought in. This note is an appeal for help, found in the gutter in a dark alley. The writer claims to be a young girl, who is kept against her will locked up in a lunatic asylum by her uncle. Although the Second Secretary tries to convince him that there is nothing to it, the journalist is determined to follow the lead...

This is the story of Miss Catherwaight, collector of "dishonored honors" - medals of honor pawned by the persons they were awarded to. Part of Miss Catherwaight's collection are also the stories behind each award, and she tends to look down on their former owners for giving them away - until she finds a particular token in the shape of a heart...

This is the story of Hemingway, who, after a hunting trip in Uganda, settles in Zanzibar for a while to live among the English-speaking expatriate community on that island. While keeping his true identity well to himself, he falls in love with Ms. Polly Adair, the American Belle of the little society. But when he asks her to marry him, it seems that Ms. Adair has a secret...

Adventure was what our protagonist was looking for, when he boarded the steamer "Patience" for his holiday, and when one has a man with such a vivid imagination like Joseph Forbes Kinney as a travel companion, who seems to find adventures at every turn of the road , the two travellers are sure to stumble into trouble...