The Lost Prince: (Illustrated)

Go to top; Illustration: The King Had the Eyes He Longed to See.; I -- The New Lodgers at No. 7 Philibert Place; II -- A Young Citizen of the World; III -- The Legend of the Lost Prince; Illustration: He Was the Man Who Had Spoken to Him in Samavian.; IV -- The Rat; V -- "Silence Is Still the Order"; VI -- The Drill and the Secret Party; VII -- "The Lamp Is Lighted!"; VII -- An Exciting Game; IX -- "It Is Not a Game"; X -- The Rat -- And Samavia; XI -- "Come with Me"; XII -- "Only Two Boys"; XIII -- Loristan Attends a Drill of the Squad, and Marco Meets a Samavian; XIV -- Marco Does Not Answer; XV -- A Sound in a Dream.;Illustrated by Maurice L. Bower This book is about Marco Loristan, his father, and his friend, a street urchin named The Rat. Marco's father, Stefan, is a Samavian patriot working to overthrow the cruel dictatorship in the kingdom of Samavia. Marco and his father, Stefan, come to London where Marco strikes up a friendship with a crippled street urchin known as The Rat. The friendship occurs when Marco overhears The Rat shouting in military form. He (Marco) discovers he had stumbled upon a strangely militia-like club known as the Squad. Stefan, realizing that two boys are less likely to be noticed.