CONTENTS.
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | Signs of Eminence | [1] |
| II. | Itur ad Astra | [10] |
| III. | The Dawn of Science | [16] |
| IV. | The Pursuit of Science | [25] |
| V. | "Grip" | [43] |
| VI. | True Science | [54] |
| VII. | The Great Washed | [65] |
| VIII. | For Change of Air | [75] |
| IX. | Thalatta! | [86] |
| X. | The New Admiral | [96] |
| XI. | Large Ideas | [106] |
| XII. | Twentifold Towers | [119] |
| XIII. | Whalebones | [131] |
| XIV. | A Silly Pair | [145] |
| XV. | Political Œconomy | [156] |
| XVI. | No Extras | [166] |
| XVII. | Self-defence | [178] |
| XVIII. | Ah Me! | [189] |
| XIX. | Comfort | [199] |
| XX. | Boil no more | [209] |
| XXI. | The Seat of Learning | [219] |
| XXII. | Hereditary Laws | [229] |
| XXIII. | A County Meeting | [237] |
| XXIV. | Old Bones, and Young Ones | [247] |
| XXV. | On the Rocks | [256] |
| XXVI. | Beneath them | [266] |
| XXVII. | Pleasant, and Unpleasant Things | [277] |
| XXVIII. | The Welfare of the Family | [286] |
| XXIX. | Because he had no Pity | [295] |
| XXX. | Perfidy | [303] |
| XXXI. | Free Trade | [314] |
| XXXII. | A Pair of Blue Eyes | [326] |
| XXXIII. | Strong Intentions | [338] |
| XXXIV. | Fames Famæ | [350] |
| XXXV. | National Emergency | [362] |
| XXXVI. | Vote for Tommy! | [371] |
| XXXVII. | Sunny Bay | [379] |
| XXXVIII. | Prepare | [386] |
| XXXIX. | For Public and Private Benefit | [393] |
| XL. | Fair Counsel | [398] |
| XLI. | The Right Way to Surrender | [406] |
| XLII. | Spars | [415] |
| XLIII. | The Battle, and the Breeze | [421] |
| XLIV. | The English Lion | [435] |
TOMMY UPMORE.