The Cruise of the Frolic
by William Henry Giles Kingston
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Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine (extra customization on request like complete leather, Golden Screen printing in Front, Color Leather, Colored book etc.) Reprinted in 2018 with the help of original edition published long back [1860]. This book is printed in black & white, sewing binding for longer life, printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or m...
Chapters (62)
- W.H.G. Kingston "The Cruise of the Frolic"
- Preface.
- Chapter One.
- A Yachtsman’s Lament—The “Frolic,” and the Frolickers.
- Chapter Two.
- Treats of the Regatta and Dinner on Board the “Frolic.”
- Chapter Three.
- A Voyage—The Mariners’ Return.
- Chapter Four.
- A Pic-nic, and its Consequences.
- Chapter Five.
- True Love Runs anything but smooth—Being a Melancholy Subject, I Cut it short.
- Chapter Six.
- How to kill time—the O’Wiggins—England’s Bulwarks—Jack Mizen and the “Fun”—Her Fair Crew—Naval Heroes and Nautical Heroines.
- Chapter Seven.
- Yacht Squadrons on a Cruise—O’Wiggins’s “Popple”—Arrival in Cherbourg—The Peace Congress and the French Channel Fleet—Lionising On Shore—Groggs Lost—His First Love—An Irate Parent.
- Chapter Eight.
- Gay Scene in Cherbourg Harbour—The O’Wiggins again—Aquatic Visiting—A Disciple of St. Impudentia—How to Banquet Uninvited—The Ball—Visit of the President to the Fleet—A Few Remarks on Affairs in General.
- Chapter Nine.
- Preparations for a Long Cruise—Hearty Confesses to a Soft Impeachment—The O’Wiggins and his Passengers—How we Got Rid of them.
- Chapter Ten.
- Why a Bachelor Took to Yachting—The Rival Suitors—A Doubtful Character.
- Chapter Eleven.
- A Lady Spirited Away—The Chase—The Consequences.
- Chapter Twelve.
- The “Frolic” in a Gale, in which the Frolickers see no Fun—A Sail in Sight—Her Fate—An Unexpected Increase to the Crew—Bubble Shows that he can Think and Feel—Intelligence Obtained.
- Chapter Thirteen.
- Lieutenant Porpoise’s Story—The Black Slaver—The Spanish Maiden—The Deserter’s Dream—The Flight. The British Cruiser.
- The Spanish Maiden.
- The Deserter’s Dream.
- The Flight.
- Chapter Fourteen.
- The Black Slaver (continued)—The Chase—The Slaver—The Capture—The Escape—The Pursuit. The Chase.
- The Slaver.
- The Capture.
- The Escape.
- The Pursuit.
- The Action.
- Chapter Fifteen.
- Corunna—Oporto—Pull up the Douro—Notice of the Siege of Oporto—Line-of-Battle Ship.
- Chapter Sixteen.
- Cintra—The Tagus—Lisbon—Cadiz—Gibraltar—Sandgate again—Old Friends—News of my Heroine.
- Chapter Seventeen.
- A Suspicious Sail—An Expected Visit from an Uninvited Stranger—We Prepare to Receive him.
- Chapter Eighteen.
- The Stranger Comes on Board—The Greek Chief—A White Squall—What Has Become of the Brig?—The Suspicious Stranger again—Preparations for a Fight.
- Chapter Nineteen.
- The Engagement—Our Desperate Condition—A Friend in Sight—Our Enemy Flies—Malta.
- Chapter Twenty.
- Valetta—A Glimpse of the Pirate.
- Chapter Twenty One.
- A Ball—What Occurred at it—The Greek Count—Mrs Skyscraper.
- Chapter Twenty Two.
- Our Malta Pic-nic—The Catacombs—The Pirate in Sight—Sandgate again Escapes us—Our Expedition with the Men-of-war—Return from our Fruitless Cruise.
- Chapter Twenty Three.
- Ladies Aboard—Our Crew’s Dread of the Consequences.
- How Joe Buntin Did the Revenue.
- Chapter Twenty Four.
- The Polacca-Brig again—The “Zebra” in Chase—Reflections on Africa and the Slave-Trade.
- Chapter Twenty Five.
- The Bachelors at Sea—The Ionian Islands—Return to Malta—Sad News—Homeward-Bound—Horrible Suspicions—The Pirate’s Handiwork—A Burning Ship—Traces of our Friends—The Rescue—The Bachelors Become Benedicts, and thus Terminates in the Most Satisfactory Manner Imaginable the Cruise of the “Frolic.”
- The End.
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