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“Oh! I love the great blue ocean, I love the whistling breeze, When the gallant ship sweeps lightly Across the surging seas. I watched my first ship building; I saw her timbers rise, Until her masts were towering Up in the bright blue skies… more

THE TALE BEGINS WITH THE ENGAGING OF A “TAIL”—AND THE CAPTAIN DELIVERS HIS OPINIONS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS.Captain Dunning stood with his back to the fireplace in the back-parlour of a temperance coffee-house in a certain town on the eastern … more

“As so often with Ballantyne there are two concurrent stories in this book. In one of these we meet two little stray and homeless boys in the vicinity of Whitechapel in the East-End of London. These two are rescued from the streets, trained… more

The extremely violent nature of the volcanic eruption in Krakatoa in 1883, the peculiar beauty of those parts of the eastern seas where the event occurred, the wide-spread influences of the accompanying phenomena, and the tremendous devasta… more

A beautiful island lying like a gem on the breast of the great Pacific— a coral reef surrounding, and a calm lagoon within, on the glass-like surface of which rests a most piratical-looking schooner.Such is the scene to which we invite our… more

“Those who regard familiar objects in art and nature as mere matters of course, and do not trouble themselves to wander out of the beaten track of everyday thought, may not at first feel the force or admit the truth of this statement. Let s… more

March Marston was mad! The exact state of madness to which March had attained at the age when we take up his personal history—namely, sixteen—is uncertain, for the people of the backwoods settlement in which he dwelt differed in their opi… more

There is a dividing ridge in the great northern wilderness of America, whereon lies a lakelet of not more than twenty yards in diameter. It is of crystal clearness and profound depth, and on the still evenings of the Indian summer its surfa… more

R. M. Ballantyne (1825-1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer. Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. In 1848 he published his first book, Hudson’s Bay: or, Life in the … more

An Accident and some of its Curious Results.Every one has heard of those ponies—those shaggy, chubby, innocent-looking little creatures—for which the world is indebted, we suppose, to Shetland.Well, once on a time, one of the most innocent-… more

In this book we meet once again Wandering Will, one of Ballantyne’s perpetual heroes. They are on a touristic cruise in the eastern Pacific, when the second mate, Griffin, eggs on some of the seamen to mutiny and take over the ship. The cap… more

This book is well-written and carries the reader right up to the last chapter, always panting to know what ever will happen next. It describes a journey across central South America, at about the latitude of Buenos Aires in Argentina. Lots … more

The Giant was an Eskimo of the Arctic regions. At the beginning of his career he was known among his kindred by the name of Skreekinbroot, or the howler, because he howled oftener and more furiously than any infant that had ever been born i… more

There is a vast amount of interesting information, on almost all subjects, which many people, especially the young, cannot attain to because of the expense, and, in some instances, the rarity of the books in which it is contained.

CHAPTER I THE WRECK IN THE BAY ON a dark NovembeT afternoon, not many years ago, Captain Boyns sat smoking Iiis pipe in his own chimney-comer, gazing with a some- what anxious expression at the fire. There was cause for anxiety, for there r… more

Chit-Chat by a Little Kit-Catby R.M. BallantyneThe classic children novel from the famous author — R.M. Ballantyne, retold the story of mother cat and little kitten.Ah! Truly, pussy was a darling!She was a large, mild, sleek, amiable cat,… more

CHAPTER I SUDDEN FRIENDSHIPS. In the midst of the great wilderness — we might almost say the wilds— of that comparatively un- known region which lies on the Surrey side of the Thames, just above London Bridge, there saun- tered one fine day… more

R. M. Ballantyne (1825-1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer. Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. In 1848 he published his first book, Hudson’s Bay: or, Life in the … more

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made bes… more

On the Hunt.On a brilliant summer morning in the last quarter of the seventeenth century a small troop of horsemen crossed the ford of the river Cairn, in Dumfriesshire, not far from the spot where stands the little church of Irongray, and,… more