A Great Emergency and Other Tales

About this eBook

Author

Ewing, Juliana Horatia, 1841-1885

Credits

Juliet Sutherland, Sankar Viswanathan, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Language

English

LoC Class

PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres

Subject

Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

17069

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17069

Release Date

November 15, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.A GREAT EMERGENCY
2. 2.JULIANA HORATIA EWING. — LONDON: — SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE, — NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, W.C. BRIGHTON: 129, NORTH STREET. NEW YORK: E. & J. B. YOUNG & CO.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.A GREAT EMERGENCY.
5. 5.CHAPTER I. — RUPERT'S LECTURES—THE OLD YELLOW LEATHER BOOK.
6. 6.CHAPTER II. — HENRIETTA—A FAMILY CHRONICLE—THE SCHOOL MIMIC—MY FIRST FIGHT.
7. 7.CHAPTER III. — SCHOOL CRICKET—LEMON-KALI—THE BOYS' BRIDGE—AN UNEXPECTED EMERGENCY.
8. 8.CHAPTER IV. — A DOUBTFUL BLESSING—A FAMILY FAILING—OLD BATTLES—THE CANAL-CARRIER'S HOME.
9. 9.CHAPTER V. — THE NAVY CAPTAIN—SEVEN PARROTS IN A FUCHSIA TREE—THE HARBOUR LION AND THE SILVER CHAIN—THE LEGLESS GIANTS—DOWN BELOW—JOHNSON'S WHARF.
10. 10.CHAPTER VI. — S. PHILIP AND S. JAMES—THE MONKEY-BARGE AND THE DOG—WAR, PLAGUE, AND FIRE—THE DULNESS OF EVERYDAY LIFE.
11. 11.CHAPTER VII. — WE RESOLVE TO RUN AWAY—SCRUPLES—BABY CECIL —I PREPARE—I RUN AWAY.
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. — WE GO ON BOARD—THE PIE—AN EXPLOSION—MR. ROWE THE BARGE-MASTER—THE 'WHITE LION'—TWO LETTERS—WE DOUBT MR. ROWE'S GOOD FAITH.
13. 13.CHAPTER IX. — A COASTING VOYAGE—MUSK ISLAND—LINNET FLASH—MR. ROWE AN OLD TAR—THE DOG-FANCIER AT HOME.
14. 14.CHAPTER X. — LOCKS—WE THINK OF GOING ON THE TRAMP—PYEBRIDGE—WE SET SAIL.
15. 15.CHAPTER XI. — MR. ROWE ON BARGE-WOMEN—THE RIVER—NINE ELMS—A MYSTERIOUS NOISE—ROUGH QUARTERS—A CHEAP SUPPER—JOHN'S BERTH—WE MAKE OUR ESCAPE—OUT INTO THE WORLD.
16. 16.CHAPTER XII. — EMERGENCIES AND POLICEMEN—FENCHURCH STREET STATION—THIRD CLASS TO CUSTOM HOUSE—A SHIP FOREST.
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII. — A DIRTY STREET—A BAD BOY—SHIPPING AND MERCHANDISE—WE STOWAWAY ON BOARD THE 'ATALANTA'—A SALT TEAR.
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV. — A GLOW ON THE HORIZON—A FANTASTIC PEAL—WHAT I SAW WHEN THE ROOF FELL IN.
19. 19.CHAPTER XV. — HENRIETTA'S DIARY—A GREAT EMERGENCY.
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI. — MR. ROWE ON THE SUBJECT—OUR COUSIN—WESTON GETS INTO PRINT—THE HARBOUR'S MOUTH—WHAT LIES BEYOND.
21. 21.A VERY ILL-TEMPERED FAMILY.
22. 22.CHAPTER I. — A FAMILY FAILING.
23. 23.CHAPTER II. — ILL-TEMPERED PEOPLE AND THEIR FRIENDS—NARROW ESCAPES—THE HATCHET-QUARREL.
24. 24.CHAPTER III. — WARNINGS—MY AUNT ISOBEL—MR. RAMPANT'S TEMPER, AND HIS CONSCIENCE.
25. 25.CHAPTER IV. — CASES OF CONSCIENCE—ETHICS OF ILL-TEMPER.
26. 26.CHAPTER V. — CELESTIAL FIRE—I CHOOSE A TEXT.
27. 27.CHAPTER VI. — THEATRICAL PROPERTIES—I PREPARE A PLAY—PHILIP BEGINS TO PREPARE THE SCENERY—A NEW FRIEND.
28. 28.CHAPTER VII. — A QUARREL—BOBBY IS WILLING—EXIT PHILIP.
29. 29.CHAPTER VIII. — I HEAR FROM PHILIP—A NEW PART WANTED—I LOSE MY TEMPER—WE ALL LOSE OUR TEMPERS.
30. 30.CHAPTER IX. — SELF-REPROACH—FAMILY DISCOMFORT—OUT ON THE MARSH—VICTORY.
31. 31.OUR FIELD.
32. 32.OUR FIELD
33. 33.MADAM LIBERALITY.
34. 34.PART I.
35. 35.PART II.
36. 36.Richard Clay & Sons, Limited, London, & Bungay . — S.P.C.K., NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, LONDON, W.C.

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