Dorymates : a tale of the fishing banks / by Kirk Munroe ; illustrated.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Munroe, Kirk, 1850-1930.

Contributor:

Smedley, W. T. (William Thomas), 1858-1920, illustrator.

American Imprints Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Series:

Harper's young people series.

Harper's young people series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Newfoundland and Labrador--Fiction.

Newfoundland and Labrador.

Ships--Fiction.

Ships.

Genre:

Sea stories.

Juvenile fiction.

Physical Description:

357, 4 pages, 23 leaves of plates : frontispiece, illustrations ; 19 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Harper & Bros., 1890, c1889.

Contents:

Chapter I.A Waif of the Sea

Chapter II. On Board the "Curlew"

Chapter III. The Hauling of the Siene

Chapter IV. A Sudden Disaster

Chapter V. Saved by Electricity

Chapter VI. A Gale of George's

Chapter VII. A Struggle for a Life

Chapter VIII. A False Friend and an Open Enemy

Chapter IX. Kidnapped-the Promise

Chapter X. Trawls and Whales

Chapter XI. Surrounded by Arctice Ice

Chapter XII. An Ice Cave and its Prisoners

Chapter XIII. Lost in the Fog

Chapter XIV. The Secret of the Golden Ball

Chapter XV. A Wonderful Meeting

Chapter XVI. Navigating the Brig

Chapter XVII. Overboard and Inboard

Chapter XVIII. News from Home

Chapter XIX. The Devil-Fish of Flemish Cap

Chapter XX. On the Coast of the Iceland

Chapter XXI. Tempted from Duty

Chapter XXII. The Steam-Yacht "Saga"

Chapter XXIII. Ponies and Geysers

Chapter XXIV. A Dorymate's Home

Chapter XXV. Startling Discoveries

Chapter XXVI. Proud of being a Yankee.

Notes:

Publisher's catalog included after text: "Books for Boys and Girls" (4 p.).

Some illustrations by W.T. Smedley.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Bound in bluish green cloth stamped in gold and silver; decorated front cover and spine.

Athenaeum copy: Stamped on t.p.: "Received Nov 20 1889, The Athenaeum."

Other Format:

Online version: Munroe, Kirk, 1850-1930. Dorymates.

OCLC:

30602835