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An Old Man's Story of a Young Man's Adventures, as Related by Captain John Hardy, Mariner.
by DR. ISAAC I. HAYES, Author of "An Arctic Boat Journey," "The Open Polar Sea," Etc.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1868, by Ticknor and Fields, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.
CHAPTER I. PAGE Relates how an Ancient Mariner met three Little People and promised them a Little Story 1
Captain John Hardy, otherwise Ancient Mariner, otherwise Old Man 8
Which shows the Old Man to be a Man of his Word 11
The Old Man, having related to the Little People how the Young Man went to Sea, now proceeds to tell what the Young Man did there 24
In which the Ancient Mariner, continuing his Story, borrows an Illustration from the "Ancient Mariner" of Song, and then proceeds to tell how they went into the Cold, and were cast away there 34
The Old Man meets the Little People under Peculiar Circumstances, and relates to them how the Young Man, being cast away in the Cold, rescued a Shipmate, and also other Matters, which, if put into this Title, would spoil the Story altogether 50
In which the Reader will discover, as the Little People did, how a Life was saved, and a Life was begun 68
In which the Mariner's Rest and the Ancient Mariner himself receive Particular Attention 85
Contains a Recovery, a Discovery, and a Disappointment 90
Shows how Some Things may be done as well as Others, with God's Help and with much Perseverance 100
In which the Little People are convinced of the Goodness of Providence, as the Reader ought to be,--seeing that to be cast away is not to be forsaken 114
Relates how a Desert Island became a Rock of Good Hope, and other Hopeful Matters which to be understood must be read of 131
The Ancient Mariner takes the Little People on a Little Voyage; and the Little People become convinced that an Arctic Winter, and Aurora Borealis, and an Ancient Mariner, are very Wonderful Things 144