BLOWN TO BITS, by R.M. Ballantyne

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Author

Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael), 1825-1894

Title

Blown to Bits; or, The Lonely Man of Rakata

Credits

Produced by Michael Oltz, Suzanne Lybarger, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.

Language

English

LoC Class

PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres

Subject

Krakatoa (Indonesia) -- Juvenile fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

15348

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15348

Release Date

March 13, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1."CAME UNEXPECTEDLY ON A CAVERN." — BLOWN TO BITS — OR
2. 2.BY R.M. BALLANTYNE, — LONDON: — JAMES NISBET & CO., 21 BERNERS STREET. — 1894.
3. 3.PREFACE.
4. 4.CONTENTS.
5. 5.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
6. 6.BLOWN TO BITS — A TALE OF THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO.
7. 7.CHAPTER I. — THE PLAY COMMENCES.
8. 8.CHAPTER II. — THE HAVEN IN THE CORAL RING.
9. 9.CHAPTER III. — INTERESTING PARTICULARS OF VARIOUS KINDS.
10. 10.CHAPTER IV. — NIGEL UNDERGOES SOME QUITE NEW AND INTERESTING EXPERIENCES. — ART ON THE KEELING ISLANDS — FOOTNOTES:
11. 11.CHAPTER V. — CAPTAIN ROY SURPRISES AND GRATIFIES HIS SON, WHO SURPRISES A NEGRO, AND SUDDENLY FORMS AN ASTONISHING RESOLVE.
12. 12.CHAPTER VI. — THE HERMIT OF RAKATA INTRODUCED.
13. 13.CHAPTER VII. — WONDERS OF THE HERMIT'S CAVE AND ISLAND.
14. 14.CHAPTER VIII. — PERBOEWATAN BECOMES MODERATELY VIOLENT. — FOOTNOTES:
15. 15.CHAPTER IX. — DESCRIBES, AMONG OTHER THINGS, A SINGULAR MEETING UNDER PECULIAR CIRCUMSTANCES.
16. 16.CHAPTER X. — A CURIOUS SEA-GOING CRAFT—THE UNKNOWN VOYAGE BEGUN.
17. 17.CHAPTER XI. — CANOEING ON THE SEA—A MYSTERIOUS NIGHT-SURPRISE AND SUDDEN FLIGHT.
18. 18.CHAPTER XII. — WEATHERING A STORM IN THE OPEN SEA.
19. 19.CHAPTER XIII. — FRIENDS ARE MET WITH, ALSO PIRATES, AND A LIFE-OR-DEATH PADDLE ENSUES. — THEY DISCOVER A PIRATES' BIVOUAC
20. 20.CHAPTER XIV. — A NEW FRIEND FOUND—NEW DANGERS ENCOUNTERED AND HEW HOPES DELAYED. — "DO YOU HEAR?" SAID VERKIMIER, STERNLY
21. 21.CHAPTER XV. — HUNTING THE GREAT MAN-MONKEY.
22. 22.CHAPTER XVI. — BEGINS WITH A TERRIBLE FIGHT AND ENDS WITH A HASTY FLIGHT.
23. 23.CHAPTER XVII. — TELLS OF THE JOYS, ETC., OF THE PROFESSOR IN THE SUMATRAN FORESTS, ALSO OF A CATASTROPHE AVERTED.
24. 24.CHAPTER XVIII. — A TRYING ORDEAL—DANGER THREATENS AND FLIGHT AGAIN RESOLVED ON.
25. 25.CHAPTER XIX. — A TERRIBLE MURDER AND A STRANGE REVELATION.
26. 26.CHAPTER XX. — NIGEL MAKES A CONFIDANT OF MOSES—UNDERTAKES A LONELY WATCH AND SEES SOMETHING WONDERFUL.
27. 27.CHAPTER XXI. — IN WHICH THE PROFESSOR DISTINGUISHES HIMSELF.
28. 28.CHAPTER XXII. — A PYTHON DISCOVERED AND A GEYSER INTERVIEWED.
29. 29.CHAPTER XXIII. — TELLS OF VOLCANIC FIRES AND A STRANGE RETURN "HOME."
30. 30.CHAPTER XXIV. — AN AWFUL NIGHT AND TERRIBLE MORNING. — BLOWN TO BITS
31. 31.CHAPTER XXV. — ADVENTURES OF THE "SUNSHINE" AND AN UNEXPECTED REUNION.
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVI. — A CLIMAX.
33. 33.CHAPTER XXVII. — "BLOWN TO BITS."
34. 34.CHAPTER XXVIII. — THE FATE OF THE "SUNSHINE."
35. 35.CHAPTER XXIX. — TELLS CHIEFLY OF THE WONDERFUL EFFECTS OF THIS ERUPTION ON THE WOULD AT LARGE.
36. 36.CHAPTER XXX. — COMING EVENTS, ETC.—WONDERFUL CHANGES AMONG THE ISLANDS.
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXI. — ENDS WITH A STRUGGLE BETWEEN INCLINATION AND DUTY.
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXII. — THE LAST. — THE END — ADVERTISEMENTS — BY MR. R.M. BALLANTYNE. — BY MR. R.M. BALLANTYNE. — JAMES NISBET & CO.'S
39. 39.SELECT LIST OF BOOKS — PRESENTS AND PRIZES, — WORKS by Mrs. MARSHALL. — Mrs. MARSHALL'S WORKS—continued. — By R.M. BALLANTYNE. — Mr. R.M. BALLANTYNE'S BOOKS—continued. — MR. R.M. BALLANTYNE'S — MISCELLANY of ENTERTAINING and INSTRUCTIVE TALES — MR. R.M. BALLANTYNE'S MISCELLANY—continued. — By AGNES GIBERNE. — AGNES GIBERNE'S WORKS—continued — By Dr. MACAULAY. — By S.M.S. CLARKE (Mrs. Pereira). — By Rev. J. REID HOWATT. — By Lady KENNETT-BARRINGTON. — By WILLIAM CHARLES METCALFE. — By Mrs. SAXBY. — By EVA TRAVERS EVERED POOLE. — By BARLEY DALE. — By ELLEN L. DAVIS. — By the Rev. GEORGE EVERARD, M.A. — By Miss HAVERGAL. — By the Rev. J.B. MACDUFF, D.D. — By Rev. J. JACKSON WRAY. — THE "KNAPSACK" SERIES . — By Mrs. BARBOUR. — By Mrs. HAYCRAFT. — By ESMÉ STUART. — By EDITH RALPH. — By the Rev. DAVID MacEWAN, D.D. — By the Rev. JAMES WELLS, M.A. — By Lady DUNBOYNE. — By the Rev. J.H. WILSON. — By L.T. MEADE. — By Mrs. WINSCOM. — By the Rev. W.W. TULLOCH, B.D. — REVISED BY THE QUEEN. — THE "CHIMES" SERIES. — THE "LAUREL" SERIES. — THE "SUNSHINE" SERIES. — THE "MARBECK" SERIES. — THE "SWEETBRIAR" SERIES. — THE "ROUNDABOUT" SERIES.
40. 40.BIBLE HISTORY FOR THE YOUNG. — "THE WORD" SERIES. — THE GOLDEN LADDER SERIES. — THE "GOLDEN SILENCE" SERIES OF TALES. — "DOLLY'S CHARGE" SERIES. — NISBET'S JUVENILE LIBRARY. — THE SELECT SERIES OF BOOKS SUITABLE FOR PRESENTS AND PRIZES. — THE "PILGRIM" SERIES. — SELECT LIST OF BOOKS
41. 41.DEVOTIONAL AND PRACTICAL — PUBLISHED BY JAMES NISBET & CO. — THE CHRISTIAN UNDER REVIEW. — By H. BONAR, D.D. — By MATTHEW HENRY. — By LADY CATHARINE LONG. — By HARRIET E. COLVILE. — By Miss MARSH. — By Rev. J. REID HOWATT. — By Miss NUGENT. — By the Rev. JAMES WELLS, M.A. — By the Rev. J.H. WILSON, D.D. — By EDITH RALPH. — By FREDERICK A. ATKINS, — By Rev. THEODORE CUYLER, D.D. — By the Rev. ALFRED PEARSON, M.A., — By the Rev. ANDREW MURRAY. — By the Rev. J. HAMILTON, D.D. — By the Rev. GEORGE MATHESON, D.D. — By Mrs. A. RUSSELL SIMPSON. — By FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL. — By FRANCES BEVAN, — By Mrs. PEARSALL SMITH, — Lectures on Ecclesiastical History delivered in Norwich Cathedral. — By the Rev. G.S. BOWES, B.A. — By the Rev. GEORGE EVERARD, M.A. — By the Rev. CANON BELL, D.D., — By the Rev. ERNEST BOYS, M.A. — By ANNA WARNER. — NISBET'S MINIATURE CHRISTIAN CLASSICS. — By the Rev. J.R. MACDUFF, D.D. — By the Rev. Prof. LEWIS F. STEARNS, — By the Rev. HENRY WAGE, D.D., — By the late Rev. AUBREY L. MOORE, M.A.
42. 42.LIST OF BOOKS OF FAMILY PRAYERS. — By the Right Rev. the LORD BISHOP OF RIPON. — By the Rev. GORDON CALTHROP, M.A. — By the Rev. J. OSWALD DYKES, D.D. — By the Rev. GEORGE EVERARD, M.A., — By the Rev. C.E. KENNAWAY, M.A. — By the Rev. J.R. MACDUFF, D.D. — By M.L.M. DAWSON.
43. 43.WORKS BY R.M. BALLANTYNE. — Works by R.M. Ballantyne-continued. — With Illustrations, Crown 8vo. 5s. each . — With Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 5s. each .

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