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Title: The Brassbounder
A Tale of the Sea

Author: David W. Bone

Release Date: March 4, 2010 [EBook #31497]

Language: English

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THE BRASSBOUNDER

_A Tale of the Sea_

by

DAVID W. BONE

AUTHOR OF "BROKEN STOWAGE"

DUCKWORTH

3 HENRIETTA STREET

LONDON, W.C.2.

All Rights Reserved

First published 1910. Reprinted (twice) 1910.

Reprinted 1911. Popular Edition printed 1913.

Reprinted 1916 and 1924.

Reprinted (New Readers Library) 1927.

Made and Printed in Great Britain by

The Camelot Press Limited

London and Southampton

TO

JAMES HAMILTON MUIR

THE NEW READERS LIBRARY

1. GREEN MANSIONS by W. H. HUDSON
2. THE POLYGLOTS by WILLIAM GERHARDI
3. THE SEA AND THE JUNGLE by H. M. TOMLINSON
4. THE ROADMENDER by MICHAEL FAIRLESS
5. THE TERROR by ARTHUR MACHEN
6. LOST DIARIES by MAURICE BARING
7. THE BONADVENTURE by EDMUND BLUNDEN
8. SUCCESS by CUNNINGHAM GRAHAM
9. BIRDS AND MAN by W. H. HUDSON
10. THE BLACK MONK by ANTON TCHEKOFF
11. GOD'S COUNTRY by JAMES OLIVER CURWOOD
12. BUCOLIC COMEDIES by EDITH SITWELL
13. THE BRASSBOUNDER by DAVID W. BONE
14. THE PURPLE LAND by W. H. HUDSON
15. CALABAN'S GUIDE TO LETTERS AND LAMKIN'S REMAINS by HILAIRE BELLOC
16. OBITER DICTA by AUGUSTINE BIRRELL
17. AMARYLLIS AT THE FAIR by RICHARD JEFFERIES
18. A CRYSTAL AGE by W. H. HUDSON
19. THE KISS by ANTON TCHEKOFF
20. GOSSIP OF THE 17TH AND 18TH CENTURIES by JOHN BERESFORD
21. FUTILITY by WILLIAM GERHARDI
22. TRIPLE FUGUE by OSBERT SITWELL
23. EL OMBU by W. H. HUDSON
24. SIX SHORT PLAYS by JOHN GALSWORTHY

CONTENTS

I. THE 'BLUE PETER'
II. STEERSMANSHIP
III. THE WAY OF THE HALF-DECK
IV. THE 'DEAD HORSE'
V. 'SEA PRICE'
VI. ROUNDING THE HORN
VII. A HOT CARGO
VIII. WORK!
IX. IN 'FRISCO TOWN
X. THE DIFFICULTY WITH THE 'TORREADOR'S'
XI. THE 'CONVALESCENT'
XII. ON THE SACRAMEN