AN UNBIDDEN GUEST.
My cousins, Kate and Tom Howard, married at Trinity, at Easter time, concluded to commence…
A MISFIT GHOST.
Every boy with a knowledge of adventurous literature, otherwise “novels of action,” knows of the…
TRIUMPH IN RETREAT.
A STORY OF “BILLY BLUE.” After the defeat of the French by Lord Howe on…
THE STORY OF THE “GLORIOUS FIFTY-NINE” AND THE BATTLE OF QUIBERON BAY.
The year 1759 has been described as one of the most glorious years in the…
THE STORY OF THE CINQUE PORTS.
THE BATTLE OF DAMME.—THE BATTLE OF DOVER.—THE BATTLE OF SLUYS.—THE BATTLE OF LESPAGNOLS-SUR-MER.—THE VICTORIES OF…
THE STORY OF LORD EXMOUTH
(SIR EDWARD PELLEW). Edward Pellew, afterwards Viscount Exmouth, was born at Dover in 1757. At…
THE STORY OF CAPTAIN HORNBY AND THE FRENCH PRIVATEER.
The difficulties under which merchantmen carried on their trade with foreign countries before the navy…
THE MUTINY OF THE BOUNTY.
The circumstances detailed in the following narrative are altogether of so singular and romantic a…
THE MUTINY OF 1797.
AT SPITHEAD, APRIL 15TH.—AT THE NORE, MAY 22nd. In the course of February and March,…
THE GLORIOUS FIRST OF JUNE.
On January 21st, 1793, Louis XVI. of France was guillotined, and in the following month…