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To S.L.O., an American gentleman in accordance with whose classic taste the following narrative has been designed, it is now, in return for numerous delightful hours, and with the kindest wishes, dedicated by his affectionate friend, the author.
To The Hesitating Purchaser
If sailor tales to sailor tunes, Storm and adventure, heat and cold, If schooners, islands, and maroons, And buccaneers, and buried gold, And all the old romance, retold Exactly in the ancient way, Can please, as me they pleased of old, The wiser youngsters of today:
--So be it, and fall on! If not, If studious youth no longer crave, His ancient appetites forgot, Kingston, or Ballantyne the brave, Or Cooper of the wood and wave: So be it, also! And may I And all my pirates share the grave Where these and their creations lie!
CONTENTS
PART ONE The Old Buccaneer
1. The Old Sea-dog At The Admiral Benbow . .11
2. Black Dog Appears And Disappears . . . . 17
3. The Black Spot . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
4. The Sea-chest . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
5. The Last Of The Blind Man . . . . . . . 36
6. The Captain's Papers . . . . . . . . . . 41
PART TWO The Sea Cook
7. I Go To Bristol . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
8. At The Sign Of The Spy-glass . . . . . . 54
9. Powder And Arms . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
10. The Voyage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
11. What I Heard In The Apple Barrel . . . . 70
12. Council Of War . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
PART THREE My Shore Adventure
13. How My Shore Adventure Began . . . . . . 82
14. The First Blow . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
15. The Man Of The Island. . . . . . . . . . 93
PART FOUR The Stockade
16. Narrative Continued By The Doctor: How The Ship Was Abandoned . . . . . . 100
17. Narrative Continued By The Doctor: The Jolly-boat's Last Trip . . . . . . 105
18. Narrative Continued By The Doctor: End Of The First Day's Fighting . . . 109
19. Narrative Resumed By Jim Hawkins: The Garrison In The Stockade . . . . . 114
20. Silver's Embassy . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
21. The Attack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
PART FIVE My Sea Adventure
22. How My Sea Adventure Began . . . . . . . 132
23. The Ebb-tide Runs . . . . . . . . . . . 138
24. The Cruise Of The Coracle . . . . . . . 143
25. I Strike The Jolly Roger . . . . . . . . 148
26. Israel Hands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
27. "pieces Of Eight" . . . . . . . . . . . 161
PART SIX Captain Silver
28. In The Enemy's Camp . . . . . . . . . . 168
29. The Black Spot Again . . . . . . . . . . 176
30. On Parole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
31. The Treasure-hunt--flint's Pointer . . . 189
32. The Treasure-hunt--the Voice Among The Trees .195
33. The Fall Of A Chieftain . . . . . . . . 201
34. And Last . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207