Chapter I: Front Matter

[Frontispiece: "Nelson is struck by a grapeshot and falls bleeding into the boat." _p_ 244.]

_Hearts of Oak._

A STORY OF

Nelson and the Navy.

By

GORDON STABLES, M.D., C.M.
(_Surgeon Royal Navy_),

AUTHOR OF "FROM SQUIRE TO SQUATTER;"
"IN THE DASHING DAYS OF OLD;" "EXILES OF FORTUNE;"
"ENGLAND, HOME, AND BEAUTY;"
ETC. ETC.

"'Hearts of oak!' our captain cried; when each gun
From its adamantine lips
Spread a death-shade round the ships
Like the hurricane eclipse
Of the sun." CAMPBELL.

NEW EDITION.

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HEARTS OF OAK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . By Dr. GORDON-STABLES.
FOR ENGLAND, HOME, AND BEAUTY . . . . . . Dr. GORDON-STABLES.
EXILES OF FORTUNE . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. GORDON-STABLES.
IN SEARCH OF FORTUNE . . . . . . . . . . Dr. GORDON-STABLES.
TWO SAILOR LADS . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. GORDON-STABLES.
IN THE DASHING DAYS OF OLD . . . . . . . Dr. GORDON-STABLES.
FACING FEARFUL ODDS . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. GORDON-STABLES.
GRAHAM'S VICTORY . . . . . . . . . . . . G. STEBBING.
THE TWO CASTAWAYS . . . . . . . . . . . . LADY F. DIXIE.
HONOURS DIVIDED . . . . . . . . . . . . . W. C. METCALFE.
ON TO THE RESCUE . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. GORDON-STABLES.
BEL-MARJORY. A Tale of Conquest . . . . L. T. MEADE.
EUSTACE MARCHMONT . . . . . . . . . . . . E. EVERETT-GREEN.
A TRUE GENTLEWOMAN . . . . . . . . . . . EMMA MARSHALL.
THE END CROWNS ALL. A Story of Life . . EMMA MARSHALL.
BISHOP'S CRANWORTH . . . . . . . . . . . EMMA MARSHALL.
FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM . . . . . . . . . . ANDREW REED.
CITY SNOWDROPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . M. E. WINCHESTER.
COUNTESS MAUD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EMILY S. HOLT.
HER HUSBAND'S HOME. A Tale . . . . . . . E. EVERETT-GREEN.
IDA VANE. A Tale of the Restoration . . ANDREW REED.
ONE SNOWY NIGHT . . . . . . . . . . . . . EMILY S. HOLT.
FOR HONOUR NOT HONOURS . . . . . . . . . Dr. GORDON-STABLES.
WINNING AN EMPIRE . . . . . . . . . . . . G. STEBBING.
A REAL HERO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G. STEBBING.
A TANGLED WEB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EMILY S. HOLT.
DOROTHY'S STORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . L. T. MEADE.
BEATING THE RECORD . . . . . . . . . . . G. STEBBING.
BRITAIN'S QUEEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . T. PAUL.
THE FOSTER-SISTERS . . . . . . . . . . . L. E. GUERNSEY.
A KNIGHT OF TO-DAY . . . . . . . . . . . L. T. MEADE.
NEVER GIVE IN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G. STEBBING.
EDGAR NELTHORPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . ANDREW REED.
MARION SCATTERTHWAITE . . . . . . . . . . M. SYMINGTON.

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