JANE AUSTEN’S SAILOR BROTHERS

VICE-ADMIRAL SIR FRANCIS AUSTEN, K.C.B.

JANE AUSTEN’S SAILOR BROTHERS

Being the Adventures of Sir Francis Austen, G.C.B., Admiral of the Fleet and Rear-Admiral Charles Austen By J. H. Hubback and Edith C. Hubback

mdccccvi London: John Lane The Bodley Head, Vigo Street, W. New York: John Lane Company

Printed by Ballantyne & Co. Limited Tavistock Street, London

TO M. P. H.

“i have discovered a thing very little known, which is that in one’s whole life one can never have more than one mother. you may think this obvious. you are a green gosling!”