A Yacht Voyage Round England, by W.H.G. Kingston.
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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
delivering to us an excellent story, full of comments on the places they
visited or passed by. Your reviewer has sailed much of the same route,
and can vouch for the intrinsic truth of the descriptions, after making
allowance for the hundred years between our voyages.
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A YACHT VOYAGE ROUND ENGLAND, BY W.H.G. KINGSTON.