The Quest of the Silver Swan

About this eBook

Author

Foster, W. Bert (Walter Bertram), 1869-1929

Title

The quest of the Silver Swan: A land and sea tale for boys

Original Publication

United States: Chatterton-Peck Company,1907.

Credits

D A Alexander, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Library of Congress)

Language

English

LoC Class

PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres

Subject

Shipwrecks -- Juvenile fiction

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 68182

Release Date

May 27, 2022

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.THE QUEST OF THE SILVER SWAN
3. 3.Untitled
4. 4.CONTENTS
5. 5.CHAPTER I THE RAFT AT SEA
6. 6.CHAPTER II INTRODUCING BRANDON TARR AND UNCLE ARAD
7. 7.CHAPTER III AN ACCOUNT OF THE WRECK OF THE SILVER SWAN
8. 8.CHAPTER IV BRANDON COMES TO A DECISION
9. 9.CHAPTER V UNCLE ARAD HAS RECOURSE TO LEGAL FORCE
10. 10.CHAPTER VI RELATING A MEETING BETWEEN UNCLE ARAD AND THE SAILOR
11. 11.CHAPTER VII INTRODUCING “SQUARE” HOLT AND HIS OPINIONS
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII SOMETHING ABOUT LEAVING THE FARM
13. 13.CHAPTER IX ANOTHER LETTER FROM NEW YORK
14. 14.CHAPTER X BRANDON’S ARRIVAL AT THE METROPOLIS
15. 15.CHAPTER XI THE FIRM OF ADONIRAM PEPPER & CO.
16. 16.CHAPTER XII IN WHICH BRANDON VENTURES INTO RATHER DISREPUTABLE SOCIETY
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII THE OLD SAILOR WITH THE WOODEN LEG
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV THE OLD SAILOR’S EXCITEMENT
19. 19.CHAPTER XV CALEB RECEIVES A STARTLING COMMUNICATION
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI TELLING HOW BRANDON BEARDED THE LION IN HIS LAIR
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII HOW THE OMNIPRESENT WEEKS PROVES HIS RIGHT TO THE TERM
22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII BRANDON LISTENS TO A SHORT FAMILY HISTORY
23. 23.CHAPTER XIX TELLING A GREAT DEAL ABOUT DERELICTS IN GENERAL
24. 24.CHAPTER XX THE CONTENTS OF SEVERAL INTERESTING DOCUMENTS
25. 25.CHAPTER XXI IN WHICH MR. PEPPER MAKES A PROPOSITION TO CALEB AND DON
26. 26.CHAPTER XXII INTO BAD COMPANY
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIII MR. ALFRED WEEKS AT A CERTAIN CONFERENCE
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIV HOW A NEFARIOUS COMPACT WAS FORMED
29. 29.CHAPTER XXV UNCLE ARAD MAKES AN ANNOUNCEMENT
30. 30.CHAPTER XXVI CALEB WETHERBEE OBSTRUCTS THE COURSE OF THE LAW
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVII WHEREIN BRANDON TARR CONCEALS HIMSELF
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVIII THE DEPARTURE OF THE WHALEBACK, NUMBER THREE
33. 33.CHAPTER XXIX THE STOWAWAY ABOARD THE SUCCESS
34. 34.CHAPTER XXX SHOWING WHAT MISS MILLY DOES FOR BRANDON
35. 35.CHAPTER XXXI WHEREIN NUMBER THREE APPROACHES THE SUPPOSED VICINITY OF THE SILVER SWAN
36. 36.CHAPTER XXXII RELATING HOW THE SILVER SWAN WAS HEARD FROM
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXIII IN WHICH COMRADES IN COURAGE LAUNCH THEMSELVES UPON THE DEEP
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXIV THE INCIDENTS OF A NIGHT OF PERIL
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXV SHOWING HOW CALEB APPEARED ON THE SCENE JUST TOO LATE
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXVI THE CASTAWAYS ON THE BRIG SUCCESS
41. 41.CHAPTER XXXVII LEFT IN DOUBT
42. 42.CHAPTER XXXVIII HOW THE ENEMY APPEARED
43. 43.CHAPTER XXXIX SHOWING HOW MR. WEEKS MADE HIS LAST MOVE
44. 44.CHAPTER XL IN WHICH THE ENEMY IS DEFEATED AND THE QUEST OF THE SILVER SWAN IS ENDED
45. 45.Untitled

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