A Boy's Voyage Round the World
by Samuel Smiles
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About this eBook
- Author
- Smiles, Samuel, 1852-1902
- Title
- A boy's voyage round the world
- Credits
- Produced by Thierry Alberto, Diane Monico, and The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- G: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation
- Subject
- Australia -- Description and travel
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 24345
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24345
- Release Date
- January 17, 2008
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.A BOY'S VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD
- 2.EDITED BY SAMUEL SMILES, LL.D. — AUTHOR OF 'SELF-HELP,' ETC. — LONDON JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET — 1905
- 3.PREFACE.
- 4.CONTENTS.
- 5.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. — ROUND THE WORLD.
- 6.CHAPTER I. — DOWN CHANNEL.
- 7.CHAPTER II. — FLYING SOUTH.
- 8.CHAPTER III. — WITHIN THE TROPICS.
- 9.CHAPTER IV. — THE 'BLUE JACKET.'
- 10.CHAPTER V. — IN THE SOUTH ATLANTIC. — FOOTNOTES:
- 11.CHAPTER VI. — NEARING AUSTRALIA—THE LANDING.
- 12.CHAPTER VII. — MELBOURNE. — FOOTNOTES:
- 13.CHAPTER VIII. — UP COUNTRY. — FOOTNOTES:
- 14.CHAPTER IX. — MAJORCA. — FOOTNOTES:
- 15.CHAPTER X. — MY NEIGHBOURHOOD AND NEIGHBOURS.
- 16.CHAPTER XI. — AUSTRALIAN WINTER—THE FLOODS.
- 17.CHAPTER XII. — SPRING, SUMMER, AND HARVEST. — FOOTNOTES:
- 18.CHAPTER XIII. — BUSH ANIMALS—BIRDS—SNAKES. — FOOTNOTES:
- 19.CHAPTER XIV. — GOLD-BUYING AND GOLD-MINING. — FOOTNOTES:
- 20.CHAPTER XV — ROUGH LIFE AT THE DIGGINGS—"STOP THIEF!"
- 21.CHAPTER XVI. — PLACES ABOUT. — FOOTNOTES:
- 22.CHAPTER XVII. — CONCLUSION OF MAJORCAN LIFE.
- 23.CHAPTER XVIII. — ROUND TO SYDNEY. — FOOTNOTES:
- 24.CHAPTER XIX. — TO AUCKLAND, IN NEW ZEALAND.
- 25.CHAPTER XX. — UP THE PACIFIC.
- 26.CHAPTER XXI. — HONOLULU AND THE ISLAND OF OAHU. — FOOTNOTES:
- 27.CHAPTER XXII. — HONOLULU TO SAN FRANCISCO.
- 28.CHAPTER XXIII. — SAN FRANCISCO TO SACRAMENTO.
- 29.CHAPTER XXIV. — ACROSS THE SIERRA NEVADA.
- 30.CHAPTER XXV. — ACROSS THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS.
- 31.CHAPTER XXVI. — OMAHA TO CHICAGO. — FOOTNOTES:
- 32.CHAPTER XXVII. — CHICAGO TO NEW YORK.
- 33.INDEX. — Transcriber's Notes
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