The Island Home
by Richard Archer
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About this eBook
- Author
- Archer, Richard, -1883
- Credits
- Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
- Subject
- Robinsonades
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 23117
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23117
- Release Date
- October 20, 2007
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2."The Island Home" — Chapter One. — Introduction. — Chapter Two. — The Tropical Island. — A Cocoa-Palm—Views of Desert Island Life. — Chapter Three. — The Alarm and the Conflict. — The Mutineers—The Race for Life—The Coral Ledge—A Final Effort—A Brief Warning—The Strange Sail. — Chapter Four. — At Sea. — A Night of Gloom—Morton’s Narrative—Visionary Terrors—An Alarming Discovery. — Chapter Five. — The Consultation. — Out of Sight of Land—Slender Resources—What’s to be done? — Chapter Six. — The Calm. — The Second Watch—An Evil Omen—The White Shark—A Breakfast Lost. — Chapter Seven. — A Change. — A Welcome Peril—The Albatross And their Prey—A Tropical Thunder-Storm. — Chapter Eight. — Tokens of Land. — The Centre of the Sphere—The Mysterious Sound—The Conflagration. — Chapter Nine. — Dark Waters. — Suffering and Delirium—The Midnight Bath—A Strange Peril. — Chapter Ten. — A Sail. — The Cachelot and his Assailants—The Course—New Acquaintances. — Chapter Eleven. — A Catastrophe. — The Whirling Columns—A Stupendous Spectacle—We lose our New Friends. — Chapter Twelve. — Our Island Home. — The Illusion of the Golden Haze—The Wall of breakers—A Struggle for Life—The Islet of Palms. — Chapter Thirteen. — The Exploring Expedition. — Eiulo—Pearl-Shell Beach—A Warlike Colony—An Invasion Repelled. — Chapter Fourteen. — Castle-Hill. — The Noonday Halt—A Charming Resting-Place—Heathen Skill versus Civilisation and the Story-Books. — Chapter Fifteen. — Camping Out. — A Desperate Engagement—Johnny Discovers an “Oyster Tree”—Vagrants, or Kings?—A Sleeping Prescription. — Chapter Sixteen. — Domestic Embarrassments. — A Desert Island Breakfast—Persuasive Reasoning—Romance and Reality—The Prince and Princess. — Chapter Seventeen. — The Progress of Discovery. — A Voice in the Woods—Vive Napoleon!—Calculating the Longitude—The “Wild Frenchman’s” Hat. — Pierre Baudin, — Chapelier, — Rue Richelieu, Numero 20. — A Paris. — Chapter Eighteen. — About Tewa. — A Dull Chapter, but Necessary—Wakatta and Atollo—A Gentle Hint—Max as an Architect. — Chapter Nineteen. — The Coral Reef. — Johnny and the Chama—Amateur Pearl-Diving—A Shark Blockade—Culinary Genius. — Chapter Twenty. — Arthur’s Story. — Browne on “The Knightly Character”—Rokóa—The Cannibal Island of Angatan. — Arthur’s Story of the Cannibal Island of Angatan. — Chapter Twenty One. — The Cannibal Village. — The Marae and the Priest—Mowno at Home—Cannibal Young Ladies—Olla and her Friends. — Chapter Twenty Two. — An Explosion. — The Cannibals appreciate Music and Eloquence, but take Offence at the New Theology. — Chapter Twenty Three. — The Flight. — Te Vea—The Victim for Sacrifice—The Escape and Pursuit—The Priest’s Ambush. — Chapter Twenty Four. — House-Building. — Dawn on the Lagoon—The “Sea-Attorney”—The “Shark-Exterminator”—Max “Carries The War Into Africa.” — Chapter Twenty Five. — The Cabin by the Lake. — A Democrat in the Woods—Echo-vale and Lake Laicomo—The “Wild Frenchman” Discovered at last. — Chapter Twenty Six. — The Removal. — Preparations for the Rainy Season—Going into Winter-Quarters—“Monsieur Paul”—The Patriarch of the Lake. — Chapter Twenty Seven. — Winter Evenings at Home. — Amusements and Occupations—Story-Telling—The South-Sea Lyceum. — Chapter Twenty Eight. — The Separation. — Our Seclusion Invaded—Spring in the Tropics—The Excursion and its Consequences. — Chapter Twenty Nine. — The Search. — Home Sweet Home—Max on Moonlight—Following a Trail—The Concealed Canoe. — Chapter Thirty. — The Rencontre. — The Two Leaders—An Unexpected Meeting—The Council of War—And what followed. — Chapter Thirty One. — Reconnoitring by Night. — The Search Renewed—The Captives—Atollo and the Tewans. — Chapter Thirty Two. — The Single Combat. — Preparations for Defence—A Demand and Refusal—The Two Champions. — Chapter Thirty Three. — The Migration. — A Tewan MD—Exchange of Civilities—Max’s Farewell Breakfast—A Glance at the Future. — The End.
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