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THE DUCHESS OF POWYSLAND. By Grant Allen. 3 vols.

CORINTHIA MARAZION. By Cecil Griffith. 3 vols.

A SONG OF SIXPENCE. By Henry Murray. 1 vol.

SANTA BARBARA, &c. By Ouida. 1 vol.

IN THE MIDST OF LIFE. By Ambrose Bierce. 1 vol.

TRACKED TO DOOM. By Dick Donovan. 1 vol.

COLONEL STARBOTTLE’S CLIENT, AND SOME OTHER PEOPLE. By Bret Harte. 1 vol.

ADVENTURES OF A FAIR REBEL. By Matt. Crim. 1 vol.

IN A STEAMER CHAIR. By Robert Barr. 1 vol.

THE FOSSICKER: a Romance of Mashonaland. By Ernest Glanville. 1 vol.

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ALONE
ON A WIDE WIDE SEA
VOL. I.

PRINTED BY
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ALONE ON A WIDE WIDE SEA

BY

W. CLARK RUSSELL

AUTHOR OF
MY SHIPMATE LOUISE ‘THE ROMANCE OF JENNY HARLOWE’
ETC.

IN THREE VOLUMES

VOL. I.

London
CHATTO & WINDUS, PICCADILLY
1892

CONTENTS
OF
THE FIRST VOLUME

CHAPTERPAGE
I.Piertown[1]
II.A Boating Trip[39]
III.‘Who am I?’[76]
IV.Alphonse’s Conjectures[111]
V.On Board ‘Notre Dame’[135]
VI.A Terrible Night[193]
VII.Captain Frederick Ladmore[225]
VIII.A Kind Little Woman[262]