Chapter I: Front Matter

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NOVELS, ETC., BY W. CLARK RUSSELL.

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ROUND THE GALLEY FIRE. IN THE MIDDLE WATCH. ON THE FO'K'SLE HEAD. A VOYAGE TO THE CAPE. A BOOK FOR THE HAMMOCK. THE MYSTERY OF THE 'OCEAN STAR.' THE ROMANCE OF JENNY HARLOWE. AN OCEAN TRAGEDY. MY SHIPMATE LOUISE. ALONE ON A WIDE WIDE SEA. THE GOOD SHIP 'MOHOCK.' THE PHANTOM DEATH. IS HE THE MAN? THE CONVICT SHIP. HEART OF OAK. THE TALE OF THE TEN. THE LAST ENTRY.

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'"The Last Entry" is a rattling good salt-water yarn, told in the author's usual breezy, exhilarating style.'--_Daily Mail._

'In this new novel Mr. Russell has cleverly thrown its events into the year 1837, and there are one or two ingenious passages which add to the Diamond Jubilee interest which that date suggests.... "The Last Entry" is as certain of general popularity as any of Mr. Russell's former tales of the marvels of the sea.'--_Glasgow Herald._

'We do not think it possible for anyone to dip into this novel without desiring to finish it, and it adds another to the long list of successes of our best sea author.'--_Librarian._

'In addition to mutiny and murder, "The Last Entry" contains many of those good things which have made Mr. Russell's pages a joy to so many lovers of the sea during the last twenty years.... "The Last Entry" is a welcome addition to Mr. Clark Russell's library.'--_Speaker._

'The writer is as realistic and picturesque as usual in his vivid descriptions of the stagnant life on board the homeward-bound Indiaman.'--_Times._

'It is full of pleasant vigour.... As is always the case in Mr. Clark Russell's books, the elements are treated with the pen of an artist.'--_Standard._

'We expected plenty of go, of fresh and vigorous description of sea-faring life, coupled with a story which would not be wanting in interest. All this we have here.'--_Tablet._

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BY W. CLARK RUSSELL

AUTHOR OF 'THE WRECK OF THE "GROSVENOR,"' 'MY SHIPMATE LOUISE,' 'THE TALE OF THE TEN,' ETC.

A NEW EDITION

LONDON CHATTO & WINDUS 1899

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. MR. AND MISS VANDERHOLT 1

II. DOWN RIVER 28

III. 'ALONG OF BILL' 53

IV. CAPTAIN MARY LIND 82

V. ON THE EVE 119

VI. THE MURDERS 141

VII. CAPTAIN PARRY 169

VIII. IN SEARCH 196

IX. THE DISCOVERY 224

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