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Eric Lease Morgan Number of items in the collection; 'How big is my corpus?' ---------------------------------------------------------- 24 Average length of all items measured in words; "More or less, how big is each item?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 74129 Average readability score of all items (0 = difficult; 100 = easy) ------------------------------------------------------------------ 89 Top 50 statistically significant keywords; "What is my collection about?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 Mr. 9 Captain 8 Tom 8 Dick 7 Sam 7 Rover 4 illustration 4 Mrs. 4 Miss 4 Dan 4 Baxter 3 New 3 John 3 Hans 2 look 2 like 2 boy 2 Yacht 2 Uncle 2 Todd 2 Thames 2 Songbird 2 Sir 2 Sid 2 Sea 2 Royal 2 Queen 2 Merrick 2 Jerry 2 God 2 Fred 2 Dora 2 Cup 2 Cuffer 2 Crabtree 2 Cowes 2 Club 2 Bill 2 Aleck 1 water 1 rule 1 pretty 1 papa 1 nest 1 ice 1 good 1 girl 1 face 1 egg 1 decoration Top 50 lemmatized nouns; "What is discussed?" --------------------------------------------- 3499 man 3471 yacht 3029 time 2605 boat 1963 water 1913 way 1707 day 1704 hand 1622 boy 1398 thing 1396 deck 1340 vessel 1156 sea 1136 wind 1117 captain 1108 board 1102 night 1065 one 1057 side 1040 place 988 something 987 head 981 eye 977 sail 958 foot 871 room 863 nothing 856 ship 837 year 819 course 818 house 817 hour 816 door 813 race 799 friend 794 ton 751 island 742 girl 740 cabin 734 face 719 moment 714 money 691 crew 683 morning 680 other 676 end 671 anything 654 fellow 648 sir 648 shore Top 50 proper nouns; "What are the names of persons or places?" -------------------------------------------------------------- 4847 _ 3353 Dick 2526 Mr. 2422 Tom 1769 | 1712 Sam 1494 Captain 1212 Mrs. 965 Rover 779 Baxter 716 Jack 684 Frank 619 Miss 591 Cliff 574 Club 569 Jerry 548 Donald 481 Dora 473 Royal 457 Dan 445 Yacht 443 . 437 John 428 New 361 Burke 345 Hans 335 Jimmy 330 Orissa 315 Laud 311 York 311 Holgate 303 exclaimed 297 Prince 278 Merrick 270 CHAPTER 267 Don 256 Sea 253 Nellie 251 Sybil 248 Willy 247 Arnold 242 America 241 Hearty 239 Stanhope 237 Fred 234 Crusoe 230 Island 229 Johnny 226 Valkyrie 223 Barraclough Top 50 personal pronouns nouns; "To whom are things referred?" ------------------------------------------------------------- 21032 i 17620 he 16831 it 12933 you 9067 they 8351 we 7199 she 4886 him 4503 them 3649 me 3100 her 2581 us 1070 himself 442 themselves 357 herself 342 myself 214 one 193 ''em 171 itself 170 yourself 130 ourselves 124 ''s 61 mine 57 em 45 yours 38 his 21 ours 15 ye 12 yourselves 11 theirs 10 yo 10 hers 8 oneself 7 i''m 5 thee 4 you''ll 4 on''t 3 out,-- 3 mineselluf 2 yo''self 2 twelf 2 o 2 ay 2 aloud,-- 1 yourself,--you 1 you''re 1 yerself 1 wireless 1 ve 1 us,--we''re Top 50 lemmatized verbs; "What do things do?" --------------------------------------------- 58887 be 21265 have 10854 do 7706 say 6159 go 4608 come 4144 see 4105 get 3923 make 3598 take 3325 know 2844 think 2267 give 2223 look 2003 find 1828 tell 1732 ask 1629 want 1456 answer 1455 run 1442 leave 1434 put 1376 keep 1302 let 1184 turn 1145 stand 1091 hear 1058 seem 1049 follow 1031 cry 1017 call 978 bring 948 try 944 carry 894 begin 877 feel 860 hold 824 sail 788 add 760 speak 747 pass 727 reply 725 return 707 show 694 reach 684 catch 671 set 661 start 658 build 640 send Top 50 lemmatized adjectives and adverbs; "How are things described?" --------------------------------------------------------------------- 13911 not 4282 up 3807 so 3526 then 3223 out 2831 now 2715 more 2607 good 2580 very 2451 well 2157 as 2120 down 1911 here 1877 other 1834 little 1798 much 1707 back 1679 only 1661 first 1607 away 1580 long 1503 just 1490 off 1387 there 1383 old 1333 again 1311 too 1274 great 1263 soon 1214 all 1154 on 1134 in 1093 small 983 never 979 right 949 enough 942 once 939 over 934 most 898 young 889 still 880 even 877 many 833 few 831 large 821 last 802 far 778 also 702 next 700 same Top 50 lemmatized superlative adjectives; "How are things described to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 629 good 297 least 213 most 112 bad 95 young 87 great 59 near 53 eld 51 large 42 slight 37 high 34 old 34 fine 31 Most 27 fast 21 small 16 early 16 big 15 late 15 dear 13 simple 12 sternpost 11 strong 10 short 10 long 9 safe 9 keen 9 heavy 7 wise 7 light 7 j 7 hard 6 warm 6 low 6 grand 6 easy 6 deep 5 tall 5 smart 5 nice 5 farth 5 bright 4 unlucki 4 rough 4 rich 4 pleasant 4 happy 4 full 4 brave 4 Iolanthe Top 50 lemmatized superlative adverbs; "How do things do to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 721 most 83 well 53 least 1 worst 1 sternpost 1 south,--the 1 near 1 fast Top 50 Internet domains; "What Webbed places are alluded to in this corpus?" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 www.gutenberg.org 2 www.gutenberg.net 2 archive.org 1 www.hathitrust.org 1 mirlyn.lib.umich.edu Top 50 URLs; "What is hyperlinked from this corpus?" ---------------------------------------------------- 1 http://www.hathitrust.org/digital_library 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/45944/45944-h/45944-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/45944/45944-h.zip 1 http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/2/8/3/8/28387/28387-h/28387-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/2/8/3/8/28387/28387-h.zip 1 http://mirlyn.lib.umich.edu/Record/008655736 1 http://archive.org/details/elsieyachtingwit00finl 1 http://archive.org Top 50 email addresses; "Who are you gonna call?" ------------------------------------------------- Top 50 positive assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-noun?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 26 boys did not 16 dick did not 14 captain did not 12 something was wrong 10 _ is _ 10 something is wrong 10 thing is certain 8 yacht is not 7 _ are _ 7 _ was _ 7 _ was now 7 dick was not 7 tom did not 6 men did not 6 night came on 6 things were not 5 _ was not 5 boys came up 5 dick did so 5 men were now 5 tom is right 5 wind was fresh 5 wind was light 5 wind was now 4 _ did not 4 dick looked around 4 dick was almost 4 dick was much 4 hand was not 4 man had not 4 men were not 4 men were so 4 sam did not 4 sea is too 4 something is up 4 tom was close 4 wind had not 4 yacht was not 4 yacht was still 3 _ came up 3 boat was not 3 boats are all 3 boys were glad 3 boys were very 3 captain came down 3 captain was not 3 deck was not 3 dick had not 3 men were more 3 one does not Top 50 negative assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-no|not-noun?" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 _ was not far 2 boat has no business 2 boy knows no rest,-- 2 deck was not clean 2 dick was not aware 2 men tell no tales 2 time was no object 2 yacht is not as 1 _ was not so 1 boat had not yet 1 boat was not far 1 boat was not much 1 boats is not necessarily 1 boys are not crazy 1 boys were not old 1 boys were not so 1 captain were not far 1 deck was not such 1 decks were not really 1 dick did not then 1 dick did not yet 1 dick was not happy 1 dick was not quite 1 man ''s not right 1 man had no fear 1 man is not sincere 1 man made no reply 1 man said no more 1 man was not responsible 1 men are not satisfied 1 men had no desire 1 men had no notion 1 men were no less 1 men were not government 1 night was not cold 1 one has not already 1 one is not likely 1 one is not long 1 place has not already 1 place was not far 1 sam did not exactly 1 sam had no call 1 sam had no intention 1 sam made no attempt 1 sea is no less 1 side was not so 1 thing is not all 1 things were not brave 1 things were not exactly 1 things were not quite A rudimentary bibliography -------------------------- id = 55950 author = Bates, Oric title = A Madcap Cruise date = keywords = Castleport; Dave; Drake; Fairhew; Gonzague; Jack; Jerry; Katrine; Marchfield; Merle; Mr.; Mrs.; Naples; President; Randolph; Tab; Taberman; Uncle; Wrenmarsh; decoration; good; illustration; look summary = "All right, Jack; I beg your pardon; but I would like to ask one thing. Assured of this, Jack left Jerry to keep watch, and went up to They were all aboard: ten men, exclusive of Jack, Jerry, and Gonzague. "Think of anything we''ve left, Jerry?" Jack asked. "That''s truly noble of you," Tab said, coming over to Jack''s cabin after Jack looked after her with an expression which made Jerry smile. She''s looking ten times better than when she left home," Tab said "Did Mr. Drake put you two in charge of his sailing-master, Mr. Taberman?" asked Katrine, with a suspicion of a glance at Jack, as if Jack sat by Mrs. Fairhew on the starboard side, with Katrine and Jerry Jerry turned quickly to Jack the moment they were alone, with a look of "Jack, old man," Jerry said pleadingly, "I''ve been an awful ass, but the id = 53692 author = Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank) title = The Flying Girl and Her Chum date = keywords = Aircraft; Captain; Chesty; Cumberford; Dentry; Francisco; Ganza; Kane; Madeline; Miss; Mr.; Orissa; Ramon; Salvador; Steve; Sybil; Todd; Tupper summary = "Nonsense, Uncle!" cried Madeline; "Orissa Kane, so far as I''ve read of reading a similar assertion attributed to Orissa Kane, the Flying Girl, "I will consider it and let you know later," said the Flying Girl, "I''ll let Chesty explain that," said Steve, turning to the youthful As the "Hy" was run out to the center of the field Steve said to Orissa: Personally, I think such a precaution wholly unnecessary, but Mr. Cumberford is a good deal of an old woman where Sybil is concerned "Be good, Sybil," said Mr. Cumberford. "Gentlemen," said Madeline Dentry, laying a gentle hand on Mr. Cumberford''s arm, "let me help you. "The owls did that, of course," said Orissa, "and if it is good food "And it''s south we must go, I think," said Steve, looking at Chesty had been received of Orissa Kane and Sybil Cumberford. "Do you know, there''s a big island just west of here," said Orissa, id = 33226 author = Castlemon, Harry title = No Moss; Or, The Career of a Rolling Stone date = keywords = Atkins; Crusoe; Friday; Harding; Harry; Johnny; King; Mr.; Newcombe; Sam; Storm; Sweepstakes; Tom; Xury summary = "Call away the jolly-boat, and man her with an armed crew," said Harry. "I don''t like that way of getting over," said Tom, looking down at the The governor shut one eye, and looked at Tom through, the half-closed "O, I mean it, governor," said Tom, with a decided shake of his head. chief of the band, Tom captain of the vessel, and Xury, in view of the "Will Atkins," said Xury, "go up an'' tell the governor that if he wants and looked out into the passage-way that ran between the store and Mr. Newcombe''s elevator, and finally he examined the shutters that Johnny "Now comes the worst part of the business," said the governor, when Tom The governor glanced at Tom''s face a good many times "You had better hurry up, governor," said Tom, with a calmness that "Just leave this thing to me, governor," replied Tom. id = 40214 author = Davies, G. Christopher (George Christopher) title = The Swan and Her Crew or The Adventures of Three Young Naturalists and Sportsmen on the Broads and Rivers of Norfolk date = keywords = Bell; Broad; CHAPTER; Dick; Frank; Jimmy; Mary; Meredith; Merivale; Mr.; Norfolk; Swan; bird; boy; come; common; egg; illustration; like; look; nest; water summary = "It shall be done," said Frank decisively, and Dick looked up at him "That''s what all grebe''s nests look like," answered Frank; "they cover Frank will go in for birds''-nesting, Dick will catch "That is a teal," said Frank, "we shall find her nest here, so look Frank saw, by the way she went through the water, even when her sails "Oh, it must have been the hawks!" said Dick, and he and Frank went off "Come, Dick," said Jim, "let us go and birds''-nest in the wood while Frank had agreed to row in the race, and while Jimmy and Dick sailed the "Now it is time to turn in," said Frank; "take up the bucket, Jimmy, and "It is the same with birds''-eggs," said Frank. "Frank would give up anything for sailing," said Dick laughing, as he "Poor Jimmy," said Frank, "he does not like both of us going away, and id = 41973 author = Dufferin and Ava, Frederick Temple Blackwood, Marquis of title = Yachting, Vol. 2 date = keywords = August; Bay; Britannia; Calluna; Captain; Club; Clyde; Commodore; Cumberland; Cup; Fleet; George; Island; John; July; June; Lord; Mr.; Navahoe; New; Queen; R.Y.S.; Royal; Satanita; Thames; Valkyrie; Vigilant; Water; Yacht; York; american; illustration summary = CHART OF THE ROYAL BOMBAY YACHT CLUB SAILING COURSE CHART OF THE ROYAL IRISH YACHT CLUB, DUBLIN BAY COURSES reported of the new Royal yacht, ''Splendid sea-boat, and rode out the [Illustration: International Gold Cup, Royal Victoria Yacht Club, yachts which sailed in the first match of the club, Monday, June 16, When the year 1867 closed the Clyde Yacht Club''s first racing decade, [Illustration: Royal Forth Yacht Club Courses.] [Illustration: Royal St George''s Yacht Club, Dublin Bay.] [Illustration: Start of 25-tonners, Royal Thames Yacht Club, from at Lowestoft, one meets great numbers of yachts and sailing boats, and small yachts and sailing boats; and as for racing, I really think that sailed twenty-six races in the New York Yacht Club, and won ten yachting clubs wherever a handful of boats could be found with owners fleet of small yachts and of boats for sailing and cruising which from id = 45944 author = Finley, Martha title = Elsie Yachting with the Raymonds date = keywords = Americans; Boston; Captain; Elsie; God; Gracie; Keith; Lexington; Lulu; Max; Mr.; Prescott; Raymond; Rosie; Violet; Washington; british; papa summary = "What time shall we reach there, Papa?" asked Max. "Oh, yes, Papa, I remember about him!" said Lulu; "and that he was He led the way into the house as he spoke, the Captain, Max, and Lulu "Yes, Papa; and I can''t help feeling sorry for him," said Lulu. "I think there was fighting the next day,--wasn''t there, Papa?" said "Yes, sir," said Max; "and here on this time-table it says that in some "Good children," said their father; then noticing the longing look in "I''d ten times rather be captain of a good ship," returned Max. "Good-morning, Papa," Max said. "Yes, I think you will enjoy it," the Captain said, smiling to see how "I think I know, though I''m not right sure," Max said, looking at his their fathers," the Captain said, smiling down into her eyes while he "Yes," replied Captain Raymond, "one of their officers said, ''they [the id = 53460 author = Garis, Howard Roger title = Dick Hamilton''s Steam Yacht; Or, A Young Millionaire and the Kidnappers date = keywords = Albatross; Barton; Beeby; Captain; Dick; Ezra; Grit; Hamilton; Larabee; Mr.; New; Paul; Senor; Tim; Uncle; Widdy; boy summary = DICK HAMILTON''S CADET DAYS Or The Handicap of a Millionaire''s Son DICK HAMILTON''S STEAM YACHT Or A Young Millionaire and the uncle Ezra Larabee, how the wrong young man was spirited away, how Dick "Hi, Grit, old boy!" cried Dick, and a handsome bulldog--that is, "Oh, you look good enough; come on!" exclaimed Paul Drew to Dick, as the wonder that when Uncle Ezra came to Hamilton Corners Dick was not happy. "About how large a yacht do you think I ought to get, dad?" asked Dick, told of his visit to his brother-in-law''s house, and denounced Mr. Hamilton''s action in letting Dick have a steam yacht. save Dick Hamilton from what the old man thought was a trip that would "Was that Dick Hamilton who just passed?" asked the old man. "Is Widdy here?" asked Dick, looking about for a sight of the old id = 34488 author = Kingston, William Henry Giles title = The Cruise of the Frolic date = keywords = Bubble; Captain; Carstairs; Cowes; Daggerfeldt; England; Frolic; Harcourt; Hearty; Hernan; Joe; Miss; Mizen; Mrs; O''Malley; O''Wiggins; Porpoise; Rover; Sandgate; Seton; Sir; Skyscraper; Snow; Staunton; Tom; pretty summary = "Hear that, young ladies," said Sir Francis, looking, however, at Miss fine-looking set of fellows, as they stood hat in hand, dressed in plain The ladies, old and young, soon got tired of doing any thing, and the "Remember, ladies, that time and tide wait for no man," answered Hearty. Manning the gig, we pulled on shore to pass away the time till before Sandgate could have time to carry Miss Manners on shore. nothing like the present time for a good thing when it can be got, and a sail appears in sight," said Captain Staunton, as he was quitting the By this time all hands were on deck, looking at the Greek brig; but all Hearty looked at Miss Mizen and thought he should very much mean time Hearty had been constantly on board the brig-of-war. "Yes, sir," answered Margaret, "he said he thought he might just look in id = 23351 author = Optic, Oliver title = The Yacht Club; or, The Young Boat-Builder date = keywords = Captain; Cavendish; Donald; Foam; Hasbrook; John; Juno; Laud; Maud; Mr.; Nellie; Patterdale; Rodman; Sea; Shivernock; Skylark summary = "You don''t think Don John took the box--do you, father?" asked Nellie, "I have no idea that Don John took the box," replied Captain Patterdale. Captain Patterdale wanted to talk with Laud, but he did not like to "Well, how do you like her, Sam?" said Donald to a young man of his own noticing it," said Donald, who thought the captain''s question was a very "I think I won''t go out again, Donald," said Mr. Ramsay, when Captain "How cheap do you expect to buy a boat like the Sea Foam?" asked Donald, Donald threw the boat up into the wind, under the stern of Laud''s craft. Donald was as fond of boating as any young man in the club. "Is Captain Shivernock at home?" asked the young man, trying to appear Donald, who desired to know whether the captain had met Laud Cavendish id = 2358 author = Rinehart, Mary Roberts title = The After House date = keywords = Burns; Ella; Johns; Jones; Lee; Leslie; Miss; Mr.; Mrs.; Singleton; Turner; Vail; Williams summary = I saw the quick look between Vail and Mrs. Turner, and saw her come "Sometimes," said Charlie Jones, "I think the Good Man should have left Vail and Miss Lee had left the others and come into the chart-room. "I told you last night, Mr. Turner," the captain said, banging the "Just now, Mrs. Johns;" I said, "I am one of the crew of the Ella, and shortly after I went to Williams''s cabin in the forward house to dress A night light was burning in the bath-room, and the door beyond was After the men had gone, I knocked at Mrs. Turner''s door. When Burns gave me the key to the captain''s room Charlie Jones had Miss Lee came out then, and Burns went on deck. She went toward Turner''s door, and Jones leaned over me, putting a hand back, Jones was standing at the door of Vail''s cabin, looking in. id = 42040 author = Snell, Roy J. (Roy Judson) title = The Cruise of the O Moo date = keywords = Cole; Florence; Lucile; Marian; Mark; Moo; blue; face; girl; ice; like summary = The light of the blue face appeared to wax and wane, to come and go like Florence, Marian and Lucile were plain, ordinary, normal girls, yet in When Florence failed to return, Marian and Lucile might have been seen "Florence!" exclaimed Lucile springing for the door. With Lucile and Marian listening intently Florence told her story. "Do you know," said Lucile a few moments later as she sipped a cup of hot "Oh!" exclaimed Lucile suddenly, "You were going to tell me the story All that Marian had said was true, and even Florence stared at it a long "As the old seaman told it to me," said Florence, "it was like this: He "Last time," said Marian, setting her teeth tight, "he got away with his out on the lake ice, Florence and Marian were witnessing mysterious "Seems strange they never came back for it," said Lucile. id = 30848 author = Stockton, Frank Richard title = Mrs. Cliff''s Yacht date = keywords = Barbara; Beacon; Burke; Captain; Cliff; Croup; Dunkery; Horn; Miss; Mr.; Mrs.; Plainton; Shelter; Shirley; Shott; Summer; Willy summary = Mrs. Cliff might have said that that sort of thing would not be likely "Oh, I will tell you everything that has happened to me," said Mr. Burke, "and it won''t take long; but first let me ask you something, Mrs. Cliff?" and as he spoke he quietly rose and shut the parlor door. At this moment Willy Croup knocked at the parlor door, and when Mrs. Cliff went to her, she asked if the gentleman was going to stay to people said and thought about Mrs. Cliff and her money, it was generally "I don''t look upon Mrs. Cliff as such a very old woman," said Miss "There is only one thing I don''t like about the arrangement," said Mrs. Cliff, when the Captain had left them, "and that is, that we will have "He must have been watching for us," said Captain Burke to Mrs. Cliff, id = 15723 author = Stratemeyer, Edward title = The Rover Boys on Treasure Isle; Or, The Strange Cruise of the Steam Yacht date = keywords = Aleck; Bill; Cuffer; Dick; Fred; Hans; Merrick; Mr.; Rover; Sam; Sid; Songbird; Tom summary = "He went ahead, to get two good seats for us," answered Dick Rover. "Let us ask Jackson and make sure," said Sam, and led the way to the "Come on, I''ve got to see the end of this," said Tom, and led the way Arriving home, Sam and Tom told of the fun they had had and Dick fellows if we can," said Tom, and without delay the three Rover boys "It is Jack Ness," said Tom. The boys set up an answering shout, and soon a boat came up to the "So would I," added Sam and Tom. The idea of going on a treasure hunt "He''s coming," answered Sam. Just then Tom came into the dining room holding something in his hand "I hope you find Dick, and Tom and Sam," said Dora. Tom went down, and Dick and Sam came after him. id = 16476 author = Stratemeyer, Edward title = The Rover Boys on Land and Sea: The Crusoes of Seven Islands date = keywords = Baxter; Blossom; Captain; Dan; Dick; Dora; Jerry; Lesher; Rover; Sam; Tom summary = "Ditto here," came from Sam. At these words a look of bitter hatred crossed Dan Baxter''s face. "He''s the same old Baxter," said Tom, with a long sigh. "And to think that Dan Baxter should get them," said Tom. "He said he would get square, and I guess he has done it," returned Tom. But Dan Baxter had not gotten as far as they supposed. "We have seen the last of Dan Baxter," said Sam. But the youngest Rover was mistaken. Tom and Sam, took the wheel, while old Jerry and Dick inspected the "Dan Baxter!" came from Tom and Dick simultaneously. Tom, leaving Dick and old Jerry with Dora, Nellie, and Grace. "I want to know where Dick is?" said old Jerry stubbornly. "This news about Dick and old Jerry worries me," said Tom. "Dan Baxter, I think you know more than you care to tell," said Sam id = 22547 author = Stratemeyer, Edward title = The Rover Boys on Treasure Isle; or, The Strange Cruise of the Steam Yacht date = keywords = Aleck; Bahama; Bill; Cuffer; Dick; Fred; Hans; Merrick; Mr.; Rover; Sam; Sid; Sobber; Songbird; Tom summary = things they have said about the "Rover Boys" stories and the "Putnam "He went ahead, to get two good seats for us," answered Dick Rover. "Come on, I''ve got to see the end of this," said Tom, and led the way Arriving home, Sam and Tom told of the fun they had had and Dick "Chicken thieves again--I''ll bet a new hat," said Sam. By this time Randolph Rover and his wife were up and were lighting a fellows if we can," said Tom, and without delay the three Rover boys "It is Jack Ness," said Tom. The boys set up an answering shout, and soon a boat came up to the "He''s coming," answered Sam. Just then Tom came into the dining room holding something in his hand "I hope you find Dick, and Tom and Sam," said Dora. Tom went down, and Dick and Sam came after him. id = 26193 author = Stratemeyer, Edward title = The Rover Boys in Southern Waters; or, The Deserted Steam Yacht date = keywords = Baxter; Bird; Dan; Dick; Hans; Harold; Pold; Rover; Sam; Todd; Tom summary = To my old readers the Rover boys, Sam, Tom, and Dick, need no special "The Rover Boys on the River," I related how Sam, Tom, and Dick of Tom and Sam. The trip on the houseboat started well enough, but soon came trouble "I am going to see Harold Bird," said Dick. "Now, Hans, Fred, and Songbird, get in the stern," said Dick. "I think somebody had better climb a tree and look around," said Tom. "Now, if we get up steam we won''t be blown sky-high anyway," said Sam. While Sam and Tom were experimenting in the engine room, Dick and "Maybe Mr. Bird was on this steam yacht," called up Tom. Sam and Hans went over the stuff in the lockers with care. "Like as not Sam and Hans are already prisoners," said Dick. "Let Sam and Hans come down and we''ll talk it over," said Dick, struck id = 5875 author = Stratemeyer, Edward title = The Rover Boys on the Ocean; Or, A chase for a fortune date = keywords = Baxter; Crabtree; Dan; Dick; Dora; Harris; Mrs.; Mumps; Rover; Sam; Tom summary = "Dan Baxter won''t come back," answered Dick seriously. bed, and a cot was added, to accommodate Sam; Dick and Tom "Dick can''t bear to think of anybody around Dora," laughed Tom. "I think those Rover boys put up a job on you," said Mumps. "I don''t think Sam is fooling," said Dick seriously, and at once "I guess you had better pole her off," replied Tom. Nevertheless, he did as Dick requested, working like a beaver. As soon as the door was locked Arnold Baxter faced Dick. Sam had been right when he said that Dan Baxter was like his Dan Baxter heard him coming and tried to get away, but as Tom "I believe that is Dan Baxter''s writing," said Dick slowly. "What''s up, Tom!" came from Dick and Sam simultaneously. As silently as possible Dick and Sam came after Baxter and his only meet Dick, Tom, and Sam again, but also Dan Baxter and id = 6451 author = Stratemeyer, Edward title = The Rover Boys on the Great Lakes; Or, The Secret of the Island Cave date = keywords = Arnold; Baxter; Captain; Crabtree; Dan; Dick; Peacock; Peterson; Rover; Sam; Tom summary = So far we have followed the doings of Dick, Tom, and Sam at dear old And while Tom and Sam are looking for their elder brother, let us turn "Father, it is Dick Rover," cried Dan Baxter, after having seen the "So you are Dick Rover''s brothers," said Peterson, as he shook hands. "I wish to see my brother, Dick Rover," said Tom to the clerk at the Then Tom and Sam got out and walked away, intending to come up at the "Arnold Baxter, where is my brother Dick?" demanded Tom, as he reached "We shall go armed," answered Tom. The boys soon had the rowboat floating on the lake, and they leaped in, "They are Tom and Sam Rover," answered Arnold Baxter, after a brief your boat, and that Dick Rover is aboard, too," said Sam. Arnold Baxter leaped to his feet, and so did Dan. Tom and Sam also id = 28387 author = Watson, H. B. Marriott (Henry Brereton Marriott) title = Hurricane Island date = keywords = Alix; Barraclough; Day; Dr.; Ellison; Frederic; God; Holgate; John; Lane; Legrand; Mademoiselle; Morland; Mr.; Phillimore; Prince; Princess; Pye; Queen; Sea; Sir summary = "This is Mr. Holgate, the third officer," said Pye, by way of "Any port in a storm, in fact," said the little man, looking at me I thought I recognised that voice," said the little man "I don''t believe I know what that means quite," said Holgate, giving me "Well, doctor," said the cheerful voice of Pye, "have you had a good "Mr. Holgate," said Captain Day in his most particular voice, "I have said, "and have sent for Sir John Barraclough and Mr. Holgate. effect, for when the door opened and Holgate''s face appeared Day said Day''s voice came to us from his cabin door: "Sir John Barraclough, be "Bring him," said Day, and opened the door to the Prince. be of little use to me in his present state, I said, "Look here, Pye, "The mutineers, sir, offer terms," said Barraclough to the Prince. id = 41971 author = Watson. G. L. (George Lennox) title = Yachting, Vol. 1 date = keywords = Aline; America; Channel; Club; Council; Cowes; Cup; Egeria; Freda; Livonia; Mr.; New; Nicholson; Payne; Royal; Sailing; Solent; Southampton; St.; Thames; Vril; Watson; Y.R.A.; Yacht; illustration; rule summary = Racing cutters of 150 to 170 tons are now built to sail at a speed In the early times of schooner racing the yachts were, as a rule, The Royal Yacht Squadron arranged a race without time allowances round There are thirty-two ''sailing rules'' under which yacht racing in The rules have been examined and explained with much ability by Mr. Dixon Kemp, in his book on ''Yacht and Boat Sailing,'' chapter viii. C.Y.C.--To encourage the racing of yachts in the small classes Y.R.A. B.S.C.--To promote the interests of amateur boat-sailing. the Council may think fit, from sailing his yacht in any race held The measurement of a racing-yacht''s _sails_ is left very much in the The year 1887 was a turning point in small yacht racing on the Solent, Measurement, or the late Rule of the Yacht Racing Association, to sail This yacht, designed to sail under either measurement, length on deck,