Ready About; or, Sailing the Boat
by Oliver Optic
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About This Book
PERFACE. READY ABOUT " is the sixth and last volume of the Boat-Builder Series," which was be- gun six years ago. The only new characters presented in this story are the members of '' The Nautifelers Club," who are introduced to exhibit the contrast be- tween young men of high aims and correct principles, and those who are inclined to live too fast, and have no fixed ideas of duty to sustain and advance them in the battle of life. But, even in this miserable club, there are two classes of members ; for one-half are reckless and worse than indifferent in the matter of right living, while the ot...
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- READY ABOUT OR SAILING THE BOAT
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS.
- CHAPTER I. MR. SPICKLES FROM THE METROPOLIS.
- CHAPTER II. THE NAUTIFELERS CLUB ON THE LAKE.
- CHAPTER III. A TERRIFIC EXPLOSION IN THE NIGHT.
- CHAPTER IV. THE SCENE OF OPERATIONS.
- CHAPTER V. ON THE TRACK OF THE BURGLARS.
- CHAPTER VI. A VICTIM OF STRATEGY.
- CHAPTER VII. THE EFFECTS OF THE EXPLOSION.
- CHAPTER VIII. SOME DIFFERENCES OF OPINION.
- CHAPTER IX. UNDER THE LEE OF GARDINER'S ISLAND.
- CHAPTER X. A BATTLE WITH THE ELEMENTS.
- CHAPTER XI. THE TURNING OF THE TABLES.
- CHAPTER XII. DORY DORNWOOD RESORTS TO STRATEGY.
- CHAPTER XIII. THE ARRIVAL OF MICHAEL ANGELO SPICKLES.
- CHAPTER XIV. THE RESULT OF DORY'S STRATEGY.
- CHAPTER XV. UNDER WAY, OR UNDER WEIGH.
- CHAPTER XVI. ON BOARD OF THE LA MOTTE.
- CHAPTER XVII. THE STANDING-RIGGING OF A SLOOP.
- CHAPTER XVIII. THE RUNNING-RIGGING OF A SLOOP.
- CHAPTER XIX. THE PLAN THAT WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL.
- CHAPTER XX. MORE MEMBERS OF THE NAUTIFELERS CLUB.
- CHAPTER XXI. THE GOLDWING ON THE STARBOARD TACK.
- CHAPTER XXII. SOMETHING ABOUT STEERING A SAIL-BOAT.
- CHAPTER XXIII. OPERATIONS IN THE HOLD OF THE LA MOTTE.
- CHAPTER XXIV. THE DEFENDERS OF THE PIRATE-SCHOONER.
- CHAPTER XXV. A SELFISH VIEW OF AN IMPORTANT QUESTION.
- CHAPTER XXVI. "SEE, THE CONQUERING HERO COMES!"
- CHAPTER XXVII. THE GUESTS OF THE INSTITUTION.
- CHAPTER XXVIII. STATIONS FOR GETTING UNDER WAY.
- CHAPTER XXIX. ALL OF DORY'S CLASS BECOME SKIPPERS.
- CHAPTER XXX. THE GOLDWING'S TRIP TO PLATTSBURG.
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