Blown to Bits; or, The Lonely Man of Rakata
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- "CAME UNEXPECTEDLY ON A CAVERN."
- BLOWN TO BITS
- OR
- THE LONELY MAN OF RAKATA.
- A Tale of the Malay Archipelago.
- LONDON: JAMES NISBET & CO., 21 BERNERS STREET. 1894.
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS.
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
- BLOWN TO BITS
- A TALE OF THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO.
- CHAPTER I.
- THE PLAY COMMENCES.
- CHAPTER II.
- THE HAVEN IN THE CORAL RING.
- CHAPTER III.
- INTERESTING PARTICULARS OF VARIOUS KINDS.
- CHAPTER IV.
- NIGEL UNDERGOES SOME QUITE NEW AND INTERESTING EXPERIENCES.
- ART ON THE KEELING ISLANDS
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER V.
- CAPTAIN ROY SURPRISES AND GRATIFIES HIS SON, WHO SURPRISES A NEGRO, AND SUDDENLY FORMS AN ASTONISHING RESOLVE.
- CHAPTER VI.
- THE HERMIT OF RAKATA INTRODUCED.
- CHAPTER VII.
- WONDERS OF THE HERMIT'S CAVE AND ISLAND.
- CHAPTER VIII.
- PERBOEWATAN BECOMES MODERATELY VIOLENT.
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER IX.
- DESCRIBES, AMONG OTHER THINGS, A SINGULAR MEETING UNDER PECULIAR CIRCUMSTANCES.
- CHAPTER X.
- A CURIOUS SEA-GOING CRAFT—THE UNKNOWN VOYAGE BEGUN.
- CHAPTER XI.
- CANOEING ON THE SEA—A MYSTERIOUS NIGHT-SURPRISE AND SUDDEN FLIGHT.
- CHAPTER XII.
- WEATHERING A STORM IN THE OPEN SEA.
- CHAPTER XIII.
- FRIENDS ARE MET WITH, ALSO PIRATES, AND A LIFE-OR-DEATH PADDLE ENSUES.
- THEY DISCOVER A PIRATES' BIVOUAC
- CHAPTER XIV.
- A NEW FRIEND FOUND—NEW DANGERS ENCOUNTERED AND HEW HOPES DELAYED.
- "DO YOU HEAR?" SAID VERKIMIER, STERNLY
- CHAPTER XV.
- HUNTING THE GREAT MAN-MONKEY.
- CHAPTER XVI.
- BEGINS WITH A TERRIBLE FIGHT AND ENDS WITH A HASTY FLIGHT.
- CHAPTER XVII.
- TELLS OF THE JOYS, ETC., OF THE PROFESSOR IN THE SUMATRAN FORESTS, ALSO OF A CATASTROPHE AVERTED.
- CHAPTER XVIII.
- A TRYING ORDEAL—DANGER THREATENS AND FLIGHT AGAIN RESOLVED ON.
- CHAPTER XIX.
- A TERRIBLE MURDER AND A STRANGE REVELATION.
- CHAPTER XX.
- NIGEL MAKES A CONFIDANT OF MOSES—UNDERTAKES A LONELY WATCH AND SEES SOMETHING WONDERFUL.
- CHAPTER XXI.
- IN WHICH THE PROFESSOR DISTINGUISHES HIMSELF.
- CHAPTER XXII.
- A PYTHON DISCOVERED AND A GEYSER INTERVIEWED.
- CHAPTER XXIII.
- TELLS OF VOLCANIC FIRES AND A STRANGE RETURN "HOME."
- CHAPTER XXIV.
- AN AWFUL NIGHT AND TERRIBLE MORNING.
- BLOWN TO BITS
- CHAPTER XXV.
- ADVENTURES OF THE "SUNSHINE" AND AN UNEXPECTED REUNION.
- CHAPTER XXVI.
- A CLIMAX.
- CHAPTER XXVII.
- "BLOWN TO BITS."
- CHAPTER XXVIII.
- THE FATE OF THE "SUNSHINE."
- CHAPTER XXIX.
- TELLS CHIEFLY OF THE WONDERFUL EFFECTS OF THIS ERUPTION ON THE WOULD AT LARGE.
- CHAPTER XXX.
- COMING EVENTS, ETC.—WONDERFUL CHANGES AMONG THE ISLANDS.
- CHAPTER XXXI.
- ENDS WITH A STRUGGLE BETWEEN INCLINATION AND DUTY.
- CHAPTER XXXII.
- THE LAST.
- THE END
- ADVERTISEMENTS
- JAMES NISBET & CO.'S
- SELECT LIST OF BOOKS
- PRESENTS AND PRIZES,
- WORKS by Mrs. MARSHALL.
- Mrs. MARSHALL'S WORKS—continued.
- Mr. R.M. BALLANTYNE'S BOOKS—continued.
- MR. R.M. BALLANTYNE'S MISCELLANY of ENTERTAINING and INSTRUCTIVE TALES
- MR. R.M. BALLANTYNE'S MISCELLANY—continued.
- AGNES GIBERNE'S WORKS—continued
- THE "KNAPSACK" SERIES.
- REVISED BY THE QUEEN.
- THE "CHIMES" SERIES.
- THE "LAUREL" SERIES.
- THE "SUNSHINE" SERIES.
- THE "MARBECK" SERIES.
- THE "SWEETBRIAR" SERIES.
- THE "ROUNDABOUT" SERIES.
- BIBLE HISTORY FOR THE YOUNG.
- "THE WORD" SERIES.
- THE GOLDEN LADDER SERIES.
- THE "GOLDEN SILENCE" SERIES OF TALES.
- "DOLLY'S CHARGE" SERIES.
- NISBET'S JUVENILE LIBRARY.
- THE SELECT SERIES OF BOOKS SUITABLE FOR PRESENTS AND PRIZES.
- THE "PILGRIM" SERIES.
- SELECT LIST OF BOOKS
- DEVOTIONAL AND PRACTICAL
- PUBLISHED BY JAMES NISBET & CO.
- THE CHRISTIAN UNDER REVIEW.
- Lectures on Ecclesiastical History delivered in Norwich Cathedral.
- NISBET'S MINIATURE CHRISTIAN CLASSICS.
- LIST OF BOOKS OF FAMILY PRAYERS.
- WORKS BY R.M. BALLANTYNE.
- Works by R.M. Ballantyne-continued.
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