The sailor brother
English: Identifier: McGillLibrary-PN970_F35_S56_1820_003809855-1576 (find matches) Title: The sailor brother, or, The history of Thomas Saville : an interesting tale Year: 1825 (1820s) Authors: Moodie, Susanna,1803-1885 Dean & Munday,printer Subjects: Children -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction. Sailors -- Juvenile fiction. Orphans -- Juvenile fiction. Shipwrecks -- Juvenile fiction. Families -- Juvenile fiction. Homecoming -- Juvenile fiction. Chapbooks -- Specimens. Chapbooks -- England -- London -- 19th century McGill University Library Digitized Title McGill Library's Chapbook Collection Children Sailors Orphans Shipwrecks Families Homecoming Chapbooks Publisher: London : Dean and Munday, Threadneedle-Street Contributing Library: McGill University Library View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: is notworth half of one. It is worth more than a thousand,look here, and judge for yourself,and he flung into her lap a large dou-ble letter as he spoke. ^^It is from our dear sailor bro-ther! exclaimed Charlotte, examining 4 the direction of the letter: Oh, yes, itis his own hand-writing, and now weknow he is safe; (for Tom had beenabsent more than three years, and hisfamily had heard nothing of him formany months. Do make haste and open the let-ter, dear mamma, cried the impa-tient sister; but mammas hand trem-bled, and her eyes were fnll of tears,she could not read a line, but put theletter into Charlottes hand, and badeher read aloud. I cannot tell you all the letter con-tained, for it was a very long one,written on two large sheets of paper,but in one part it said: I have sufferedshipwreck, and nearly escaped fromdrowning; I have a long story to tellyou, but I shall defer it till a happierday, wdiich I trust is not far distant,when I hope to visit once more thehome so dear to me. Text Appearing After Image: 5 In the postscript, he said: Give mylove and a kiss, to all my dear sisters,and brother Hal; and tell him I havenot forgotten him, and have broughthome a companion for him as mis-chievous a« himself. When Charlotte , read this part of the letter, she said; I suppose it is the monkey that Tompromised to bring home last voyage.On hearing this, Harry gave a shoutof joy, and bounding on to the lawn, j flung his cap into the air, crying;Oh, a monkey! a monkey! brother ^ Tom is coming home and has broughta mon ey for me! A monkey for you; exclaimedJane, who w as at play in the garden;what son of a thing is a monkey?for Jane never chanced to have seen amonkey. While Harry vvas givinglittle Jane a long description of twomonkeys he had once seen; and re-counting all the stories he had ever 2 6 heard or read of their tricks^ his mo-ther was seeking her husband to im-part to him the joyful news. Mr. Saville was walking in thefields when the letter arrived^ andMrs. Saville found him sitting undMcGillLibrary-PN970_F35_S56_1820_003809855-1576 Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.