The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands
by R. M. Ballantyne
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Language: English
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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
- Courtship -- Juvenile fiction
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 21735
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21735
- Release Date
- June 7, 2007
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2."The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands" — Preface. — Chapter One. — Particular Inquiries. — Chapter Two. — The Floating Light Becomes the Scene of Floating Surmises and Vague Suspicions. — Chapter Three. — A Disturbed Night; a Wreck and an Unexpected Rescue. — Chapter Four. — A New Character Introduced. — Chapter Five. — More New Characters Introduced. — Chapter Six. — The Tempter and the Tempted. — Chapter Seven. — Treats of Queeker and Others—also of Youthful Jealousy, Love, Poetry, and Confusion of Ideas. — Chapter Eight. — The Sloop Nora—Mr Jones Becomes Communicative, and Billy Towler, for the First Time in his Life, Thoughtful. — Chapter Nine. — Mr Jones Takes Strong Measures to Secure his Ends, and Introduces Billy and his Friends to some New Scenes and Moments. — Chapter Ten. — Treats of Tender Subjects of a Peculiar Kind, and Shows how Billy Towler got into Scrapes and out of Them. — Chapter Eleven. — The Ancient Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond. — Chapter Twelve. — Strange Sights and Scenes on Land and Sea. — Chapter Thirteen. — Bob Queeker Comes out Very Strong Indeed. — Chapter Fourteen. — The Lamplighter at Home, and Threatening Appearances. — Chapter Fifteen. — A Night of Wreck and Disaster—The Gull “Comes to Grief.” — Chapter Sixteen. — Getting Ready for Action. — Chapter Seventeen. — The Battle. — Chapter Eighteen. — Shows that there are no Effects without Adequate Causes. — Chapter Nineteen. — Confidences and Cross Purposes. — Chapter Twenty. — Mysterious Doings. — Chapter Twenty One. — On the Scent. — Chapter Twenty Two. — Mr Jones is Outwitted, and Nora is left Desolate. — Chapter Twenty Three. — Tells of an Unlooked-for Return, and Describes a Great Feast. — Chapter Twenty Four. — Conclusion.
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