The first edition of this book is dated 1886. The edition used is dated 1886. The publisher was Blackie and Son, Ltd., London, Glasgow, Dublin. The number of pages is 344.

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General information

This book by Collingwood is a good story, but as your reviewer has said elsewhere, told in a rather long-winded manner, and in the notably Kingston style and format that Collingwood often adopts. Why not? Kingston was dead before Collingwood started to write, and the style had been proved to be what young readers of the era liked.

The format specifically is that the book starts with a young boy who is suddenly offered a posting as a midshipman in a naval vessel about to sail in a few days’ time. The boy accepts, and the story goes on from there.

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Contents

A Story of the Slave Squadron.

Chapter II.
I quit the Paternal Roof.

Chapter III.
The Truth about Fitz-Johnes.

Chapter IV.
A Boat-Excursion into the Congo.

Chapter V.
The “Vestale.“

Chapter VI.
In the Congo once more.

Chapter VII.
Mr. Smellie makes a little Survey.

Chapter VIII.
We attack the Slavers.

Chapter IX.
Doomed to the Torture.

Chapter X.
A Fiendish Ceremonial.

Chapter XI.
Faithful unto Death.

Chapter XII.
Doña Antonia.

Chapter XIII.
An Eventful Night.

Chapter XIV.
We rejoin the “Daphne.“

Chapter XV.
A Stern Chase—and a fruitless one.

Chapter XVI.
A very mysterious Occurrence.

Chapter XVII.
Poor Austin’s Fate.

Chapter XVIII.
The Cutters beset.

Chapter XIX.
The Situation becomes desperate.

Chapter XX.
Rescued.

Chapter XXI.
An Awful Catastrophe.

Chapter XXII.
An Abduction and an important Capture.

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