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قراءة كتاب A Great Emergency and Other Tales

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A Great Emergency and Other Tales

A Great Emergency and Other Tales

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A GREAT EMERGENCY

AND OTHER TALES.

 

 

BY

JULIANA HORATIA EWING.

 

 

 

LONDON:

SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE,

NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, W.C.
BRIGHTON: 129, NORTH STREET.
NEW YORK: E. & J. B. YOUNG & CO.

[Published under the direction of the General Literature Committee.]

 

 

 

DEDICATED TO

JOHN,

LORD BISHOP OF FREDERICTON,

AND TO HIS DEAR WIFE

MARGARET,

IN PLEASANT AND GRATEFUL MEMORY OF

NEW BRUNSWICK,

BY J.H.E.

 

 

 

CONTENTS.

A GREAT EMERGENCY  
CHAP       PAGE
I     Rupert's Lectures--The Old Yellow Leather Book 13
II     Henrietta--A Family Chronicle--The School Mimic--My First Fight 21
III     School Cricket--Lemon-Kali--The Boys' Bridge--An Unexpected Emergency 40
IV     A Doubtful Blessing--A Family Failing--Old Battles--The Canal-Carrier's Home 46
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 52
VI     S. Philip and S. James--The Monkey-Barge and the Dog--War, Plague, and Fire--The Dulness of Everyday Life 59
VII     We Resolve to Run Away--Scruples--Baby Cecil--I Prepare--I Run Away 64
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 73
IX     A Coasting Voyage--Musk Island--Linnet Flash--Mr. Rowe an Old Tar--The Dog-Fancier at Home 83
X     Locks--We Think of Going on the Tramp--Pyebridge--We Set Sail 92
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 98
XII     Emergencies and Policemen--Fenchurch Street Station--Third Class to Custom House--A Ship Forest 111
XIII     A Dirty Street--A Bad Boy--Shipping and Merchandise--We Stowaway on Board the 'Atalanta'--A Salt Tear 117
XIV     A Glow on the Horizon--A Fantastic Peal--What I Saw when the Roof Fell In 131
XV     Henrietta's Diary--A Great Emergency 136
XVI     Mr. Rowe on the Subject--Our Cousin--Weston Gets Into Print--The Harbour's Mouth--What Lies Beyond 142
         
      A VERY ILL-TEMPERED FAMILY.  
I     A Family Failing 151
II     Ill-Tempered People and Their Friends--Narrow Escapes--The Hatchet-Quarrel 153
III     Warnings--My Aunt Isobel--Mr. Rampant's Temper, and His Conscience 160
IV    

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