The Loss of the Royal George, by W.H.G. Kingston.
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A beautifully written but short little book. The actual loss of the
Royal George occurs in a few paragraphs in chapter four, but the whole
of the rest of the book concerns a small child who had been brought on
board the vessel by a lady presumed to be his aunt. The child survives
the accident, but the lady he was with was drowned. The child was
rescued, and was brought up by a crew-member, having a good career in
the Royal Navy. In the last chapter his true parentage is discovered,
and all is made well.
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