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Фредерик Марриет. Mr. Midshipman Easy
Mr. Midshipman Easy
Table of Contents
Chapter Two
In which Mrs. Easy, as usual, has her own way
Chapter Three
In which our hero has to wait the issue of an argument
Chapter Four
In which the Doctor prescribes going to school as a remedy for a cut finger
Chapter Five
Jack Easy is sent to a school at which there is no flogging
Chapter Six
In which Jack makes essay of his father’s sublime philosophy and arrives very near to truth at last
Chapter Seven
In which Jack makes some very sage reflections, and comes to a very unwise decision
Chapter Eight
In which Mr. Easy has his first lesson as to zeal in His Majesty’s Service
Chapter Nine
In which Mr. Easy finds himself on the other side of the Bay of Biscay
Chapter Ten
Showing how Jack transgresses against his own philosophy
Chapter Eleven
In which our hero proves that all on board should equally sacrifice decency to duty
Chapter Twelve
In which our hero prefers going down to going up; a choice, it is to be hoped, he will reverse upon a more important occasion
Chapter Thirteen
In which our hero begins to act and think for himself
Chapter Fourteen
In which our hero finds that disagreeable occurrences will take place on a cruise
Chapter Fifteen
In which mutiny, like fire, is quenched for want of fuel and no want of water
Chapter Sixteen
In which Jack’s cruise is ended, and he regains the Harpy
Chapter Seventeen
In which our hero finds out that trigonometry is not only necessary to navigation, but may be required in settling affairs of honour
Chapter Eighteen
In which our hero sets off on another cruise, in which he is not blown off shore
Chapter Nineteen
In which our hero follows his destiny and forms a tableau
Chapter Twenty
A long story, which the reader must listen to, as well as our hero
Chapter Twenty One
In which our hero is brought up all standing under a press of sail
Chapter Twenty Two
Our hero is sick with the service, but recovers with proper medicine—an argument, ending, as most do, in a blow up—Mesty lectures upon craniology
Chapter Twenty Three
Jack goes on another cruise—love and diplomacy—Jack proves himself too clever for three, and upsets all the arrangements of the high contracting powers
Chapter Twenty Four
Our hero plays the very devil
Chapter Twenty Five
In which the old proverb is illustrated, “that you must not count your chickens before they are hatched.”
Chapter Twenty Six
In which our hero becomes excessively unwell, and agrees to go through a course of medicine
Chapter Twenty Seven
In which Captain Wilson is repaid with interest for Jack’s borrowing his name; proving that a good name is as good as a legacy
Chapter Twenty Eight
“Philosophy made easy” upon agrarian principles, the subject of some uneasiness to our hero—the first appearance, but not the last, of an important personage
Chapter Twenty Nine
In which our hero sees a little more service, and is better employed than in fighting Don Silvio
Chapter Thirty
Modern philanthropy which, as usual, is the cause of much trouble and vexation
Chapter Thirty One
A regular set-to, in which the parties beaten are not knocked down, but rise higher and higher at each discomfiture—nothing but the troops could have prevented them from going up to Heaven
Chapter Thirty Two
In which our hero and Gascoigne ought to be ashamed of themselves, and did feel what might be called midshipmite compunction
Chapter Thirty Three
In which Mesty should be called throughout Mephistopheles, for it abounds in black cloaks, disguises, daggers, and dark deeds
Chapter Thirty Four
Jack leaves the service, in which he had no business, and goes home to mind his own business
Chapter Thirty Five
Mr. Easy’s wonderful invention fully explained by himself—much to the satisfaction of our hero, and, it is to be presumed, to that also of the reader
Chapter Thirty Six
In which Jack takes up the other side of the argument, and proves that he can argue as well on one side as the other
Chapter Thirty Seven
In which our hero finds himself an orphan, and resolves to go to sea again, without the smallest idea of equality
Chapter Thirty Eight
In which our hero, as usual, gets into the very middle of it
Chapter Thirty Nine
A council of war, in which Jack decides that he will have one more cruise
Chapter Forty
In which there is another slight difference of opinion between those who should be friends
Chapter Forty One
Which winds up the Nautical Adventures of Mr. Midshipman Easy
