A Great Emergency and Other Tales
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- A GREAT EMERGENCY
- AND OTHER TALES.
- JULIANA HORATIA EWING.
- LONDON: SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE,
- NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, W.C. BRIGHTON: 129, NORTH STREET. NEW YORK: E. & J. B. YOUNG & CO.
- CONTENTS.
- A GREAT EMERGENCY.
- CHAPTER I.
- RUPERT'S LECTURES—THE OLD YELLOW LEATHER BOOK.
- CHAPTER II.
- HENRIETTA—A FAMILY CHRONICLE—THE SCHOOL MIMIC—MY FIRST FIGHT.
- CHAPTER III.
- SCHOOL CRICKET—LEMON-KALI—THE BOYS' BRIDGE—AN UNEXPECTED EMERGENCY.
- CHAPTER IV.
- A DOUBTFUL BLESSING—A FAMILY FAILING—OLD BATTLES—THE CANAL-CARRIER'S HOME.
- CHAPTER V.
- THE NAVY CAPTAIN—SEVEN PARROTS IN A FUCHSIA TREE—THE HARBOUR LION AND THE SILVER CHAIN—THE LEGLESS GIANTS—DOWN BELOW—JOHNSON'S WHARF.
- CHAPTER VI.
- S. PHILIP AND S. JAMES—THE MONKEY-BARGE AND THE DOG—WAR, PLAGUE, AND FIRE—THE DULNESS OF EVERYDAY LIFE.
- CHAPTER VII.
- WE RESOLVE TO RUN AWAY—SCRUPLES—BABY CECIL —I PREPARE—I RUN AWAY.
- CHAPTER VIII.
- WE GO ON BOARD—THE PIE—AN EXPLOSION—MR. ROWE THE BARGE-MASTER—THE 'WHITE LION'—TWO LETTERS—WE DOUBT MR. ROWE'S GOOD FAITH.
- CHAPTER IX.
- A COASTING VOYAGE—MUSK ISLAND—LINNET FLASH—MR. ROWE AN OLD TAR—THE DOG-FANCIER AT HOME.
- CHAPTER X.
- LOCKS—WE THINK OF GOING ON THE TRAMP—PYEBRIDGE—WE SET SAIL.
- CHAPTER XI.
- MR. ROWE ON BARGE-WOMEN—THE RIVER—NINE ELMS—A MYSTERIOUS NOISE—ROUGH QUARTERS—A CHEAP SUPPER—JOHN'S BERTH—WE MAKE OUR ESCAPE—OUT INTO THE WORLD.
- CHAPTER XII.
- EMERGENCIES AND POLICEMEN—FENCHURCH STREET STATION—THIRD CLASS TO CUSTOM HOUSE—A SHIP FOREST.
- CHAPTER XIII.
- A DIRTY STREET—A BAD BOY—SHIPPING AND MERCHANDISE—WE STOWAWAY ON BOARD THE 'ATALANTA'—A SALT TEAR.
- CHAPTER XIV.
- A GLOW ON THE HORIZON—A FANTASTIC PEAL—WHAT I SAW WHEN THE ROOF FELL IN.
- CHAPTER XV.
- HENRIETTA'S DIARY—A GREAT EMERGENCY.
- CHAPTER XVI.
- MR. ROWE ON THE SUBJECT—OUR COUSIN—WESTON GETS INTO PRINT—THE HARBOUR'S MOUTH—WHAT LIES BEYOND.
- CHAPTER I.
- A FAMILY FAILING.
- CHAPTER II.
- ILL-TEMPERED PEOPLE AND THEIR FRIENDS—NARROW ESCAPES—THE HATCHET-QUARREL.
- CHAPTER III.
- WARNINGS—MY AUNT ISOBEL—MR. RAMPANT'S TEMPER, AND HIS CONSCIENCE.
- CHAPTER IV.
- CASES OF CONSCIENCE—ETHICS OF ILL-TEMPER.
- CHAPTER V.
- CELESTIAL FIRE—I CHOOSE A TEXT.
- CHAPTER VI.
- THEATRICAL PROPERTIES—I PREPARE A PLAY—PHILIP BEGINS TO PREPARE THE SCENERY—A NEW FRIEND.
- CHAPTER VII.
- A QUARREL—BOBBY IS WILLING—EXIT PHILIP.
- CHAPTER VIII.
- I HEAR FROM PHILIP—A NEW PART WANTED—I LOSE MY TEMPER—WE ALL LOSE OUR TEMPERS.
- CHAPTER IX.
- SELF-REPROACH—FAMILY DISCOMFORT—OUT ON THE MARSH—VICTORY.
- OUR FIELD.
- OUR FIELD
- MADAM LIBERALITY.
- PART I.
- PART II.
- Richard Clay & Sons, Limited, London, & Bungay.
- S.P.C.K., NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, LONDON, W.C.
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