Thomas Myne Reid (1818–1883) was an English writer who influenced the work of such famous authors as Robert Louis Stevenson and Henry Rider Haggard. Jack London was also fond of his works. M. Reed's novels and stories are full of romantic adventures and entertaining plots. Vivid pictures of wild nature, dizzying journeys to exotic countries, the struggle of courageous people for freedom and justice, knightly love and, next to it, villainy - all this is so tempting that the reader is immersed in the multifaceted world created by the author. The famous African explorer David Livingstone wrote this in his last letter from the African jungle: “Readers of Mayne Reed’s books are the stuff from which travelers are made.” Volume II of the three-volume edition of the author’s selected works. Contents: Esperanza Robinsons of the Desert Exiles in the forest At the hunting fire White glove In the wilds of Borneo , or The Adventures of the Castaway MaroonsThe Headless Horseman SHORT EPISODES FROM THE TIMES OF THE AMERICAN-MEXICAN WAR (conditional cycle): “The Leader of the Guerillas,” “Warpath,” “Solitary Dwelling.” Broken Cigarette Saved Train Queen of the Lakes Lost Sister Bear Hunters Tiger Hunter Beaver Hunters turkey hunting in TexasTurkey hunter iguana Incident on the coast Vera CruzYoung slavesWater desert, or Water through the forestDevil's IslandThe helpless hand, or the retribution of the Wild ForestBlue DickNo mercyDistress signal