Language: English

Published: 1917

A book containing accounts of the work continually and unceasingly being carried on by the gallant officers and men of the Royal Navy should prove of considerable interest to all, and, at the present time, especially to the American reader. I am glad that a New York journalist has had the opportunity of witnessing a part of the titanic task of our courageous sea-fighters, and of personally gaining an idea of the hardships endured by the plucky men who are watching our coast. This little book may help considerably to enlighten the general public on the work of the branches of the Navy, and prove that the men engaged in this tedious, hazardous, and nerve-racking vigil are going about it with the same old valour befitting the traditions of the Royal Navy. They have fought the savage beasts like true sportsmen.

Author: Willis J. Abbott

Language: English

Published: 1886

Author: Captain Ralph Bonehill

Language: English

or The Deserted Steam Yacht

Author: Edward Stratemeyer

Language: English

Published: 1907

In the present tale the scene is shifted to the lower Mississippi and then the Gulf of Mexico. As before, Sam, Tom, and Dick are introduced, along with a number of their friends, and all have a variety of adventures and not a little fun. While on the Gulf the boys discover a deserted steam yacht, board the craft, and try to ascertain who is the owner, and this leads to a mystery which I leave the pages that follow to unfold.

Language: English

The Grain Ship
From The Darkness And The Depths
Noah's Ark
The Finishing Touch
The Rock
The Argonauts
The Married Man
The Triple Alliance
Shovels And Bricks
Extracts From Noah's Log

Author: J. H. Hubback

Language: English

Published: 1906

Perhaps some apology may be expected on behalf of a book about Jane Austen, having regard to the number which have already been put before the public in past years. My own membership of the family is my excuse for printing a book which contains little original matter, and which might be described as "a thing of shreds and patches," if that phrase were not already over-worked. To me it seems improbable that others will take a wholly adverse view of what is so much inwoven with all the traditions of my life. When I recollect my childhood, spent chiefly in the house of my grandfather, Sir Francis, and all the interests which accompanied those early days, I find myself once more amongst those deep and tender distances. Surrounded by reminiscences of the opening years of the century, the Admiral always cherished the most affectionate remembrance of the sister who had so soon passed away, leaving those six precious volumes to be a store of household words among the family.

Author: Samuel W. Boardman

Language: English

Published: 1885

Under the auspices of the Rutland County Historical Society, is published the Log-Book of Timothy Boardman, one of the pioneer settlers of the town of Rutland, Vermont. This journal was kept on board the privateer, Oliver Cromwell, during two cruises; the second one from New London, Conn., to Charleston, S. C.; the third from Charleston to New London, in the year 1778. It was kept as a private diary without any view to its ever being published.

Author: W.H. Smyth

Language: English

Published: 1867

Author: Gordon Stables

Language: English

Published: 1894

Language: English

Published: 1897

A tale of the exploits of Lord Cochrane in South American waters.

Author: Captain A.T. Mahan

Language: English

Published: 1905

Author: Captain A.T. Mahan

Language: English

Published: 1905

Language: English

Published: 1917

Language: English

Published: 1919

Author: Edward S. Ellis

Language: English

Published: 1912

Author: Harry Collingwood

Language: English

Language: English

Author: Harry Collingwood

Language: English

The hero of this story is Walter Leigh, who takes a job as second mate aboard a gasoline-powered yacht owned by a Mrs Vansittart, whose husband is an American industrialist. Julius Vansittart is a rather nasty 12-year-old, who, despite his life being saved by Leigh, when he had fallen overboard, hates the English, and never misses an opportunity of being as unpleasant as possible, even to the point of stupidity.

Language: English

Published: 1830

Language: English

Published: 1881

Author: Sir Lewis Anselm da Costa Ritchie

Language: English

Published: 1915

Author: Frederick Marryat

Language: English

Published: 1846

Author: R. Cross

Language: English

Published: 1908

Language: English

Published: 1830

Language: English

A Tale of Forest and Sea

Author: Tom Bevan

Language: English

Published: 1911

Author: Oliver Optic

Language: English

Published: 1894

or The Goldwing Club

Author: Oliver Optic

Language: English

Published: 1882

"All Adrift" is the first volume of a new set of books, to be known as "The Boat-Builder Series." The story contains the adventures of a boy who is trying to do something to help support the family, but who finds himself all adrift in the world. He has the reputation of being rather "wild," though he proves that he is honest, loves the truth, and is willing to work for a living. Having been born and brought up on the shore of Lake Champlain, he could not well avoid being a boatman, especially as his father was a pilot on a steamer. Nearly all the scenes of the story are on the water; and the boy shows not only that he can handle a boat, but that he has ingenuity, and fertility of resource.

Language: English

Published: 1872

Author: Captain Mayne Reid

Language: English