A Yacht Voyage Round England

Kingston, William Henry Giles · 1880

________________________________________________________________________ This is a most remarkable book, copiously illustrated with interesting engravings. A young boy and his brother are sent home early from their boarding-school, because of illness among the pupils. Their father is a retired captain in the Royal Navy, who has had a beautiful yacht built. He suggests that the family should spend this lengthened summer holiday sailing round England. This means sailing round the southern part of Scotland, passing through the Caledonian Canal. The boys were instructed to keep journals, in which they were to note everything that took their interest. This is Kingston's vehicle for deliverin…

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