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For Treasure Bound is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1897.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these ...

The Cruise of the Esmeralda is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1894.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publish...

Hillo, Singleton, old chap, how are you?" exclaimed a young fellow of about eighteen years of age, as he laid his hand upon the shoulder of a lad about his own age, who, on a certain fine July day in the year of grace 1894, was standing gazing into the window of a shop in Piccadilly. The speaker was a somewhat slightly-built youth, rather tall and slim, by no means ill-looking, of sallow complexion and a cast of features that betrayed his fore...

Well, young man, what do you think of her?" The question was addressed to me in a very pleasantly modulated female voice, carrying just the slightest suspicion of an American accent. For the fraction of a second I was a wee bit startled. I had not had the ghost of a suspicion that anyone was nearer me than the gang of labourers who were busily engaged in unloading a big delivery wagon and transferring the contents, in the shape of numerous pac...

Set sail for adventure! A swash buckling tail of the high seas full of courage and danger.The barometer had been slowly but persistently falling during the two previous days, the dawn had been red and threatening, with a strong breeze from S.E., and as the short dreary November day waxed and waned this strong breeze had steadily increased in strength until by nightfall it had become a regular "November gale, " with frequent squalls of arrowy r...

Under the Meteor Flag is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1884.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes the...

This book has been deemed as a classic and has stood the test of time. The book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations.

This book has been deemed as a classic and has stood the test of time. The book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations.

This book has been deemed as a classic and has stood the test of time. The book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations.

Excerpt from Dick Leslie's Luck: A Story of Shipwreck and AdventureStood six feet one inch in his socks, was of exception~ ally muscular build, without an ounce of super¿uous.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work...

Excerpt from The Congo Rovers: A Story of the Slave SquadronWell, Dick, what do you think of Captain Ver non's proposal? Inquired my father somewhat sadly, as I concluded my perusal of the letter and raised my eyes to his.Oh, father' I exclaimed eagerly, I hope you will consent to let me go. Perhaps I may never have another such an opportunity and I am quite sure I shall never care to be anything but a sailor.About the PublisherForgotten Books...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Excerpt from The Secret of the Sands, Vol. 2 of 2: Or the Water-Lily and Her Crew, A Nautical NovelAT eight o'clock next morning, nothing having occurred during the night worthy of record, we went about and stood away about north-east on the starboard tack. The Wind continued fresh, but steady, and we averaged quite thirteen knots during the Whole of the next twenty-four hours.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands ...

The Log of the Flying-Fish is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1887.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishe...

Excerpt from Some Leisure Lyrics: By a Busy ManThe hole was choked with bees that tried To force their way in vain, And so I gently pushed them through I shan't do that again.As I grew older, I looked back And laughed at that old joke, I felt I was a man at twelve, So I would have a smoke.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction ...

Excerpt from The Log of a PrivateersmanThe capture of the ship by the Frenchmen occurred during the early hours of a Friday morning, and on the following Tuesday evening I received a message from Mr. W'hite, asking me to call upon him, at his office, next day at noon. Punctual to the moment, I presented myself, and was at once ushered into the old gentleman's private sanctum, where I found my employer seated at his desk, with several bundles o...

Excerpt from The Log of the Flying Fish: A Story of Aerial and Submarine Peril and AdventureHE Migrants' Club Stands on the most delight ful site in all London, and it is, as the few Who are intimately acquainted with it know full well, one of the most cosy and comfortable clubs in the great metropolis.It is by no means a famous club, the building itself has a very Simple, unpretentious elevation, with nothing whatever about it to attract the ...

Excerpt from The Secret of the Sands, or the Water Lily and Her Crew, Vol. 1 of 2: A Nautical NovelSuch voyages, however, if of any considerable length, are sure to abound in adventure, and, in selecting one as the groundwork of my story, it has been my aim to endeavour at once to make it interesting and readable to those who have a liking for the sea and for nautical adventure, and to con vey a few useful hints (gathered from my own experienc...

The year is 1840, and Henry Dugdale is shipping out on H.M.S. Barracouta, an 18-gun brig of the newest design -- in search of slavers.The senior midshipman has just learned their immediate destination, there off the coast of West Africa. The Congo, it seems, has become a hotbed of activity, with a strong group of desperate slavers operating somewhere along its banks.But the captain of the Barracouta, too, has his share of daring -- for he plan...

Clad in oilskins the hearty rescuers fought the lashing waves, seeing the few survivors of the wrecked ship huddled on the remaining boards, drenched by the freezing sea.For the poor survivors brought to shore, children among them, the rescue by the brave fisherman is only a foretaste of things to come . . . for some among them will face dire risks once again at sea -- at the hands of the desperate men of Albatross Island.