Blue Lights

Blue Lights

R. M. Ballantyne, scottish author of juvenile fiction who wrote more than 100 books (1825-1894)


This ebook presents «Blue Lights», from R. M. Ballantyne. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected.


Table of Contents

-01- About this book

-02- The False Step

-03- Shows some of the Consequences of the False Step

-04- The Sailors’ Welcome

-05- The Embarkation Jetty—And Nipped in the Bud

-06- Difficulties met and overcome

-07- The Unfinished Letter—Too Late

-08- Miles begins to discover himself

-09- Has Reference to many Things connected with Mind, Matter, and Affections

-10- Our Hero meets a Friend unexpectedly in Peculiar Circumstances

-11- Off to the Wars

-12- New and Sad mingled with Curious Experiences

-13- In Action at last

-14- Tells of some of the Trials, Uncertainties, Dangers, and Disasters of War

-15- Describes some of Osman Digna’s Eccentricities and Other Matters

-16- Athletics—A New Acquaintance turns up

-17- Letters from Home

-18- The Expedition—Enemy reported—Miles in a Dilemma

-19- Wherein are described an Assault

-20- Refers to Sergeant Hardy, Amytoor-Lawyer Sutherland, and other Matters

-21- Old Friends in New Aspects

-22- Shows how the Lady of the Institute discourses to the Sergeant

-23- Led into Captivity

-24- Shows that Suffering tends to draw out Sympathy

-25- Adventures among the Soudanese, and Strange Meeting with the Mahdi

-26- Miles is promoted

-27- Cruel Treatment

-28- In which Hopes and Fears rise and fall

-29- A Horrible Situation

-30- Describes a few Meetings and several Surprises

-31- Conclusion