In Search of a SonFront matterReading editionChapter navigation29 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterChapter I · THE DESPATCH.Chapter II · TWO FRIENDS.Chapter III · MONSIEUR ROGER.Chapter IV · MONSIEUR ROGER'S STORY.Chapter V · FIRE AT SEA.Chapter VI · MISS MIETTE'S FORTUNE.Chapter VII · VACATION.Chapter VIII · A DRAWING LESSON.Chapter IX · THE TOWER OF HEURTEBIZE.Chapter X · PHYSICAL SCIENCE.Chapter XI · THE SMOKE WHICH FALLS.Chapter XII · AT THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH.Chapter XIII · WHY LEAD IS HEAVIER THAN CORK.Chapter XIV · THE AIR-PUMP.Chapter XV · DROPS OF RAIN AND HAMMER OF WATER.Chapter XVI · AMUSING PHYSICS.Chapter XVII · WHY THE MOON DOES NOT FALL.Chapter XVIII · A MYSTERIOUS RESEMBLANCE.Chapter XIX · THE FIXED IDEA.Chapter XX · FIRE.Chapter XXI · SAVED.Chapter XXII · GEORGE! GEORGE!Chapter XXIII · A PROOF?Chapter XXIV · THE AIR AND THE LUNGS.Chapter XXV · OXYGEN.Chapter XXVI · WHY WATER PUTS OUT FIRE.Chapter XXVII · PAUL OR GEORGE?Chapter XXVIII · MY FATHER.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →Chapter I · THE DESPATCH.All chapters and sections (29)Opening pagesFront matterChapters12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728BYUNCLE LAWRENCE,AUTHOR OF "YOUNG FOLKS' WHYS AND WHEREFORES," ETC.PHILADELPHIA:J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY.1890.Copyright, 1889, by J. B. Lippincott Company.◇CHAPTER I. THE DESPATCH. →
