Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines
by R. M. Ballantyne
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About this eBook
- Author
- Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael), 1825-1894
- Credits
- Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
- Subject
- Cornwall (England : County) -- Juvenile fiction
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 21726
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21726
- Release Date
- June 7, 2007
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2."Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines" — Chapter One. — Begins the Story with a Peculiar Meeting. — Chapter Two. — Shows what Astonishing Results may follow from taking the Wrong Road. — Chapter Three. — Introduces a few more Characters and Homely Incidents. — Chapter Four. — At Work under the Sea. — Chapter Five. — Describes a Wreck and some of its Consequences. — Chapter Six. — Treats of the Miner’s Cottage, Work, and Costume. — Chapter Seven. — Tells of the Great Mine and of a Royal Dive under the Sea. — Chapter Eight. — Down, Down, Down. — Chapter Nine. — Treats of Difficulties to be Overcome. — Chapter Ten. — Shows how Maggot made a Desperate Venture, and what Flowed from it. — Chapter Eleven. — Shows that Music hath Charms, and also that it sometimes has Disadvantages. — Chapter Twelve. — In which Oliver gets “a Fall,” and sees some of the Shadows of the Miner’s Life. — Chapter Thirteen. — Treats of Spirits and of Sundry Spirited Matters and Incidents. — Chapter Fourteen. — Continues to treat of Spirits, and shows the Value of Hospitality. — Chapter Fifteen. — Introduces a Stranger, describes a Picnic, and reveals some Secrets of Mining. — Chapter Sixteen. — Describes “Holing to a House of Water” and its Terrible Consequences. — Chapter Seventeen. — Touches on the Causes of Accidents: Oliver in a New Light and his Uncle in a sad one. — Chapter Eighteen. — Tells of King Arthur and other more or less Fabulous Matters. — Chapter Nineteen. — Small Talk and some Account of Cornish Fairies. — Chapter Twenty. — The Mine in the Sea. — Chapter Twenty One. — Treats of Tin-Smelting and other Matters. — Chapter Twenty Two. — Shows how Oliver and his Friend went to Newlyn and saw the Mackerel Market, and found some Difficulties and Mysteries Awaiting them there. — Chapter Twenty Three. — In which is Recorded a Visit to an Infant-School; a Warning to a Thankless Old Gentleman; also a Storm, and a Sudden as well as Surprising End of a Mine, besides Dark Designs. — Chapter Twenty Four. — Exhibits the Managing Director and the Secretary of Wheal Dooem in Confidential Circumstances, and Introduces the Subject of “Locals.” — Chapter Twenty Five. — Shows the Miner in his Sunday Garb, and Astonishes Clearemout, besides Relating some Incidents of an Accident. — Chapter Twenty Six. — Tells of a Discovery and a Disaster. — Chapter Twenty Seven. — Indicates that “We little know what Great Things from Little Things may rise.” — Chapter Twenty Eight. — Describes Setting-Day at the Mine, etcetera. — Chapter Twenty Nine. — Details, among other Things, a Deed of Heroism. — Chapter Thirty. — Reveals some Astonishing Facts and their Consequences. — Chapter Thirty One. — Describes a Marred Plot, and tells of Retributive Justice. — Chapter Thirty Two. — Touches on Love and on Pilchard Fishing. — Chapter Thirty Three. — The Last. — The End.
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