Jack at Sea: All Work and No Play Made Him a Dull Boy

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Jack at Sea: All Work and No Play Made Him a Dull Boy by George Manville Fenn.

Contents

• George Manville Fenn "Jack at Sea"5
• Or all work and no play made Jack a dull boy.6
• Chapter One.6
• When a boy is not a boy.6
• Chapter Two.11
• Doctor Instow’s prescription.11
• Chapter Three.27
• In doleful dump.27
• Chapter Four.34
• A ready-made man.34
• Chapter Five.44
• The “Silver Star.”44
• Chapter Six.64
• Jack begins to wake.64
• Chapter Seven.81
• First sniffs of the briny.81
• Chapter Eight.90
• Ned feels the motion of the vessel.90
• Chapter Nine.101
• “When the raging seas do roar.”101
• Chapter Ten.114
• Jack begins to come round.114
• Chapter Eleven.119
• Chapter Twelve.130
• A finny prize.130
• Chapter Thirteen.139
• Beginning to grow backward.139
• Chapter Fourteen.145
• Doctor Instow paints a picture—with his tongue.145
• Chapter Fifteen.157
• Jack is wide-awake.157
• Chapter Sixteen.173
• An awkward customer.173
• Chapter Seventeen.191
• Jack sees a volcano light up.191
• Chapter Eighteen.202
• Finding the way in.202
• Chapter Nineteen.209
• The first run ashore.209
• Chapter Twenty.233
• Floating blacks.233
• Chapter Twenty One.248
• An adventure.249
• Chapter Twenty Two.265
• A sharp lesson.265
• Chapter Twenty Three.279
• The use of the lance.279
• Chapter Twenty Four.298
• A circumnavigation.298
• Chapter Twenty Five.304
• “A was an archer, who shot—”304
• Chapter Twenty Six.323
• A poisoned arrow.323
• Chapter Twenty Seven.333
• The crew have their own opinions.333
• Chapter Twenty Eight.347
• Taken by surprise.347
• Chapter Twenty Nine.362
• The missing pair.362
• Chapter Thirty.372
• The reverse of circumstances.372
• Chapter Thirty One.387
• A bi-startler.387
• Chapter Thirty Two.404
• The evil of not being used to it.404
• Chapter Thirty Three.415
• In the face of peril.415
• Chapter Thirty Four.424
• Cookery under queer circumstances.424
• Chapter Thirty Five.441
• In spite of all.441
• Chapter Thirty Six.449
• Running the reef.449
• Chapter Thirty Seven.460
• A stern chase—very.460
• Chapter Thirty Eight.474
• Not beaten yet.474
• Chapter Thirty Nine.485
• The last adventure.485
• The End.496
• THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE498

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