Bulletin

Bulletin
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Publisher:
Total Pages: 636
Release: 1895
Genre: Library catalogs
ISBN:
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Consists of "accessions" and "books in foreign languages".

Who's who

Who's who
Author: Henry Robert Addison
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1112
Release: 1899
Genre: Biography
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New Catalogue of British Literature

New Catalogue of British Literature
Author: Cedric Chivers
Publisher:
Total Pages: 398
Release: 1897
Genre: English literature
ISBN:
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A record of the publications of the year arranged in a numerical sequence, with full details of the books, and two indexes: (1) Subjects and titles. (2) Authors.

The Log of a Privateersman

The Log of a Privateersman
Author: Harry Collingwood
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2014-02-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781495439803
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The French probably never did a more audacious thing than when, on the night of October 26th, 1804, a party of forty odd of them left the lugger Belle Marie hove-to in Weymouth Roads and pulled, with muffled oars, in three boats, into the harbour; from whence they succeeded in carrying out to sea the newly-arrived West Indian trader Weymouth, loaded with a full cargo of rum, sugar, and tobacco. The expedition was admirably planned, the night chosen being that upon which the new moon occurred; it was a dismal, rainy, and exceptionally dark night, with a strong breeze blowing from the south-west; the hour was about two o'clock a.m.; there was an ebb tide running; and the ship—which had only arrived late in the afternoon of the previous day—was the outside vessel in a tier of three; the Frenchman had, therefore, nothing whatever to do but to cut the craft adrift and allow her to glide, silent as a ghost, down the harbour with bare poles, under the combined influence of the strong wind and the ebb tide. There was not a soul stirring about the quays at that hour; nobody, therefore, saw the ship go out; and the two custom-house officers and the watchman—the only Englishmen aboard her—were fast asleep, and were secured before they had time or opportunity to raise an alarm. So neatly, indeed, was the trick done that the first intimation poor old Peter White—the owner of the ship and cargo—had of his loss was when, at the first streak of dawn, he slipped out of bed and went to the window to gloat over the sight of the safely-arrived ship, moored immediately opposite his house but on the other side of the harbour, where she had been berthed upon her arrival on the previous afternoon. The poor old gentleman could scarcely credit his eyes when those organs informed him that the berth, occupied but a few hours previously, was now vacant.

Delphi Complete Works of Harry Collingwood (Illustrated)

Delphi Complete Works of Harry Collingwood (Illustrated)
Author: Harry Collingwood
Publisher: Delphi Classics
Total Pages: 8784
Release: 2022-07-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1801700621
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The popular adventure novelist William Lancaster was the son of a Royal Navy captain and wrote under the pseudonym of Harry Collingwood. He studied at Royal Naval College, Greenwich and distinguished himself by carrying off many prizes. He joined the Royal Navy as a midshipman at the age of fifteen, but due to severe near-sightedness, he was forced to abandon his chosen career. Instead, he became a civil engineer, specialising in harbour commissions. In his spare time, he turned to writing adventure yarns and historical novels, almost always with a nautical setting. His novels reveal his informed knowledge of the genre and an untiring ability to construct compelling and original adventure stories. For the first time in publishing history, this eBook presents Harry Collingwood’s complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Collingwood’s life and works * Concise introductions to the novels * All 41 extant novels, with individual contents tables * Rare novels appearing for the first time in digital publishing * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting * Novels are fully illustrated with their original artwork * Special series contents table for the ‘Flying Fish’ novels * Ordering of texts into chronological order Please note: no known copies of the novels ‘Jack Beresford's Yarn’, ‘The Homeward Voyage’ and ‘Blue and Grey’ were available at the time of publication. When new works become available, they will be added to the eBook as a free update. CONTENTS: The Flying Fish Series The Novels The Secret of the Sands (1878) The Pirate Island (1884) Under the Meteor Flag (1884) The Voyage of the ‘Aurora’ (1885) The Congo Rovers (1885) The Log of the Flying Fish (1886) The Rover’s Secret (1887) The Missing Merchantman (1888) The Doctor of the ‘Juliet’ (1892) The Cruise of the ‘Esmeralda’ (1894) The Pirate Slaver (1895) The Log of a Privateersman (1896) For Treasure Bound (1897) A Pirate of the Caribbees (1898) An Ocean Chase (1898) The Castaways (1899) Across the Spanish Main (1906) Dick Leslie’s Luck (1906) Geoffrey Harrington’s Adventures (1907) With Airship and Submarine (1907) A Middy in Command (1908) Under the Chilian Flag (1908) Harry Escombe (1909) The Cruise of the ‘Thetis’ (1909) A Middy of the Slave Squadron (1910) Overdue (1910) A Middy of the King (1911) The Adventures of Dick Maitland (1911) In the Power of the Enemy (1912) Two Gallant Sons of Devon (1912) A Strange Cruise (1912) Through Veld and Forest (1913) Turned Adrift (1913) The Cruise of the ‘Nonsuch’ Buccaneer (1914) The First Mate (1914) A Chinese Command (1914) In Search of El Dorado (1915) Under the Ensign of the Rising Sun (1916) The Strange Adventures of Eric Blackburn (1922) The Wreck of the Andromeda (1923) The Cruise of the ‘Flying Fish’ (1923) Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks