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R. M. Ballantyne. Personal Reminiscences in Book Making, and Some Short Stories
Personal Reminiscences in Book Making, and Some Short Stories
Table of Contents
R.M. Ballantyne
"Personal Reminiscences in Book Making"
Chapter One
Incidents in Book Making—Introductory
Chapter Two
Life in the Bell Rock Lighthouse
Chapter Three
Nights with the Fire Brigade
“Case 10,620
Chapter Four
A War of Mercy
Chapter Five
Descent into the Cornish Mines
Chapter Six
The Land of the Vikings
Chapter Seven
The Burglars and the Parson
Chapter Eight
Jim Greely, the North Sea Skipper
Chapter Nine
A Northern Waif
Chapter Ten
How to make the Best of Life: from a Young Man’s Standpoint
Chapter Eleven
Forgive and Forget: A Lifeboat Story
Chapter Twelve
“Rescue the Perishing.”
Chapter Thirteen
A Knotty Question
Chapter Fourteen
Two Remarkable Dreams
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R. M. Ballantyne
Published by Good Press, 2019
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To arrive still closer at the truth, and to avoid errors, I have always endeavoured to submit my proof-sheets, when possible, to experts and men who knew the subject well. Thus, Captain Shaw, late Chief of the London Fire Brigade, kindly read the proofs of Fighting the Flames, and prevented my getting off the rails in matters of detail, and Sir Arthur Blackwood, financial secretary to the General Post Office, obligingly did me the same favour in regard to Post Haste.
In conclusion, there are some things that I shrink from flaunting in the eyes of the public. Personal religion is one of these. Nevertheless, there are a few words which I feel constrained to write before closing this chapter.
