The Quest of the Silver Swan: A Land and Sea Tale for Boys by W. Bert Foster - HTML preview

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Table of Contents

CHAPTER I THE RAFT AT SEA

CHAPTER II INTRODUCING BRANDON TARR AND UNCLE ARAD

CHAPTER III AN ACCOUNT OF THE WRECK OF THE SILVER SWAN

CHAPTER IV BRANDON COMES TO A DECISION

CHAPTER V UNCLE ARAD HAS RECOURSE TO LEGAL FORCE

CHAPTER VI RELATING A MEETING BETWEEN UNCLE ARAD AND THE SAILOR

CHAPTER VII INTRODUCING “SQUARE” HOLT AND HIS OPINIONS

CHAPTER VIII SOMETHING ABOUT LEAVING THE FARM

CHAPTER IX ANOTHER LETTER FROM NEW YORK

CHAPTER X BRANDON’S ARRIVAL AT THE METROPOLIS

CHAPTER XI THE FIRM OF ADONIRAM PEPPER & CO.

CHAPTER XII IN WHICH BRANDON VENTURES INTO RATHER DISREPUTABLE SOCIETY

CHAPTER XIII THE OLD SAILOR WITH THE WOODEN LEG

CHAPTER XIV THE OLD SAILOR’S EXCITEMENT

CHAPTER XV CALEB RECEIVES A STARTLING COMMUNICATION

CHAPTER XVI TELLING HOW BRANDON BEARDED THE LION IN HIS LAIR

CHAPTER XVII HOW THE OMNIPRESENT WEEKS PROVES HIS RIGHT TO THE TERM

CHAPTER XVIII BRANDON LISTENS TO A SHORT FAMILY HISTORY

CHAPTER XIX TELLING A GREAT DEAL ABOUT DERELICTS IN GENERAL

CHAPTER XX THE CONTENTS OF SEVERAL INTERESTING DOCUMENTS

CHAPTER XXI IN WHICH MR. PEPPER MAKES A PROPOSITION TO CALEB AND DON

CHAPTER XXII INTO BAD COMPANY

CHAPTER XXIII MR. ALFRED WEEKS AT A CERTAIN CONFERENCE

CHAPTER XXIV HOW A NEFARIOUS COMPACT WAS FORMED

CHAPTER XXV UNCLE ARAD MAKES AN ANNOUNCEMENT

CHAPTER XXVI CALEB WETHERBEE OBSTRUCTS THE COURSE OF THE LAW

CHAPTER XXVII WHEREIN BRANDON TARR CONCEALS HIMSELF

CHAPTER XXVIII THE DEPARTURE OF THE WHALEBACK, NUMBER THREE

CHAPTER XXIX THE STOWAWAY ABOARD THE SUCCESS

CHAPTER XXX SHOWING WHAT MISS MILLY DOES FOR BRANDON

CHAPTER XXXI WHEREIN NUMBER THREE APPROACHES THE SUPPOSED VICINITY OF THE SILVER SWAN

CHAPTER XXXII RELATING HOW THE SILVER SWAN WAS HEARD FROM

CHAPTER XXXIII IN WHICH COMRADES IN COURAGE LAUNCH THEMSELVES UPON THE DEEP

CHAPTER XXXIV THE INCIDENTS OF A NIGHT OF PERIL

CHAPTER XXXV SHOWING HOW CALEB APPEARED ON THE SCENE JUST TOO LATE

CHAPTER XXXVI THE CASTAWAYS ON THE BRIG SUCCESS

CHAPTER XXXVII LEFT IN DOUBT

CHAPTER XXXVIII HOW THE ENEMY APPEARED

CHAPTER XXXIX SHOWING HOW MR. WEEKS MADE HIS LAST MOVE

CHAPTER XL IN WHICH THE ENEMY IS DEFEATED AND THE QUEST OF THE SILVER SWAN IS ENDED