The Cruise of the Frolic

About this eBook

Author

Kingston, William Henry Giles, 1814-1880

Credits

Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England

Language

English

LoC Class

PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres

Subject

Mediterranean Region -- Description and travel -- Juvenile fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

34488

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34488

Release Date

November 29, 2010

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2."The Cruise of the Frolic" — Preface. — Chapter One. — A Yachtsman’s Lament—The “Frolic,” and the Frolickers. — Chapter Two. — Treats of the Regatta and Dinner on Board the “Frolic.” — Chapter Three. — A Voyage—The Mariners’ Return. — Chapter Four. — A Pic-nic, and its Consequences. — Chapter Five. — True Love Runs anything but smooth—Being a Melancholy Subject, I Cut it short. — Chapter Six. — How to kill time—the O’Wiggins—England’s Bulwarks—Jack Mizen and the “Fun”—Her Fair Crew—Naval Heroes and Nautical Heroines. — Chapter Seven. — Yacht Squadrons on a Cruise—O’Wiggins’s “Popple”—Arrival in Cherbourg—The Peace Congress and the French Channel Fleet—Lionising On Shore—Groggs Lost—His First Love—An Irate Parent. — Chapter Eight. — Gay Scene in Cherbourg Harbour—The O’Wiggins again—Aquatic Visiting—A Disciple of St. Impudentia—How to Banquet Uninvited—The Ball—Visit of the President to the Fleet—A Few Remarks on Affairs in General. — Chapter Nine. — Preparations for a Long Cruise—Hearty Confesses to a Soft Impeachment—The O’Wiggins and his Passengers—How we Got Rid of them. — Chapter Ten. — Why a Bachelor Took to Yachting—The Rival Suitors—A Doubtful Character. — Chapter Eleven. — A Lady Spirited Away—The Chase—The Consequences. — Chapter Twelve. — The “Frolic” in a Gale, in which the Frolickers see no Fun—A Sail in Sight—Her Fate—An Unexpected Increase to the Crew—Bubble Shows that he can Think and Feel—Intelligence Obtained. — Chapter Thirteen. — Lieutenant Porpoise’s Story—The Black Slaver—The Spanish Maiden—The Deserter’s Dream—The Flight. — The British Cruiser. — The Spanish Maiden. — The Deserter’s Dream. — The Flight. — Chapter Fourteen. — The Black Slaver (continued)—The Chase—The Slaver—The Capture—The Escape—The Pursuit. — The Chase. — The Slaver. — The Capture. — The Escape. — The Pursuit. — The Action. — Chapter Fifteen. — Corunna—Oporto—Pull up the Douro—Notice of the Siege of Oporto—Line-of-Battle Ship. — Chapter Sixteen. — Cintra—The Tagus—Lisbon—Cadiz—Gibraltar—Sandgate again—Old Friends—News of my Heroine. — Chapter Seventeen. — A Suspicious Sail—An Expected Visit from an Uninvited Stranger—We Prepare to Receive him. — Chapter Eighteen. — The Stranger Comes on Board—The Greek Chief—A White Squall—What Has Become of the Brig?—The Suspicious Stranger again—Preparations for a Fight. — Chapter Nineteen. — The Engagement—Our Desperate Condition—A Friend in Sight—Our Enemy Flies—Malta. — Chapter Twenty. — Valetta—A Glimpse of the Pirate. — Chapter Twenty One. — A Ball—What Occurred at it—The Greek Count—Mrs Skyscraper. — Chapter Twenty Two. — Our Malta Pic-nic—The Catacombs—The Pirate in Sight—Sandgate again Escapes us—Our Expedition with the Men-of-war—Return from our Fruitless Cruise. — Chapter Twenty Three. — Ladies Aboard—Our Crew’s Dread of the Consequences. — How Joe Buntin Did the Revenue. — Chapter Twenty Four. — The Polacca-Brig again—The “Zebra” in Chase—Reflections on Africa and the Slave-Trade. — Chapter Twenty Five. — The Bachelors at Sea—The Ionian Islands—Return to Malta—Sad News—Homeward-Bound—Horrible Suspicions—The Pirate’s Handiwork—A Burning Ship—Traces of our Friends—The Rescue—The Bachelors Become Benedicts, and thus Terminates in the Most Satisfactory Manner Imaginable the Cruise of the “Frolic.” — The End.

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