INDEX.
Reading edition
A.
Almeria Bay, Action in, 32-34
America, Books about, 100
America, Marryat’s visit to, 98-113
Auckland, Lord, Letter to, 150-152;
his answer, 153
Avenger, Loss of, 153, 154
B.
Babbage, 14, 15
Basque roads, Action in, 37-40
Burmah, War in, 51-55
C.
Canada, Revolt in, 111, 112
Caroline, Affair of the, 106
“Children of New Forest, The,” 146, 147
Chucks, Mr., 96
Cochrane, Lord, Captain of Impérieuse, his character, 19-21;
in Basque roads, 37-40;
end of service, 40
Collingwood, Admiral, Marryat asked to write life of, 143
Continent, English on the, 67, 68
D.
Drew, Captain, see Caroline
Dundonald, Earl of, see Cochrane
F.
Fraser’s Magazine, Marryat and, 127-131
G.
Giliano, Pasquil, fight with, 27, 28
I.
Impérieuse, frigate, 17;
Marryat’s account of her service, 23, 24;
sent hurriedly to sea, 25, 26;
her cruises, 27-40
Irving, Washington, quoted, 84, 121
L.
Langham, Marryat’s life at, 65, 132-134, 136-142
“Little Savage, The,” 147
M.
Marryat, Frederick, born, 11;
his family, 11-12;
school-life, 12-15;
goes to sea, 16;
appointed to Impérieuse, 17;
serves in her, 17-40;
at Walcheren, 40;
in Victorious, 40;
Centaur, 40;
Atlas, 41;
Æolus, 41;
L’Espiègle, 41;
Newcastle, 41;
a Lieutenant and Commander, 41;
breaks blood-vessel, 41;
saves life, 43;
cuts away main-yard of Æolus, 43;
his wound, 45;
goes on Continent, 46;
marriage, 47;
command of Beaver, 47;
St. Helena, and death of Napoleon, 47;
exchange to the Rosario, 48;
service in Channel, 48;
Smugglers, 49;
appointed to Larne, 51;
service in Burmah, 51-54;
Post-captain, and C.B., 55;
Ariadne, 55;
begins writing, 55;
equerry to Duke of Sussex, 56;
resigns command, 56;
begins literary life, 58;
expensive habits, 59;
Metropolitan Magazine, 60;
letter to Bentley, 60-61;
editor of Metropolitan Magazine, 61-62;
first books, 62;
stands for Parliament, 63;
at Brighton, 64;
hard work in 1834, 64;
Langham, 65;
letter about lawsuit, 65;
goes to Continent, 66;
his work on, 66;
resigns editorship, 66;
writes for New Monthly Magazine, 67;
stories of Marryat, 69-70;
letter to his mother, 71-72;
starts for America, 72;
his literary work between 1832 and 1837, 73-97;
his speedy success, 74;
his earnings, 75;
quarrels with publisher, 75;
letter to publisher, 76-77;
“Frank Mildmay,” his account of, 79-80;
account and criticism of book, 81-82;
Marryat as a story-writer, 83;
truth of his pictures of sea-life, 84;
his story-telling faculty, 85;
his style, 86;
quotation from “Peter Simple,” 87-91;
his faculty of construction, 91, 92;
his fun, 92;
quotation from “Mr. Midshipman Easy,” 94-96;
Marryat’s portraits, 97;
his visit to America, 98;
at New York, 100-101;
letter to his mother from America, 101-105;
visit to Canada, 106;
affair of Caroline, 106;
disturbance about, 106-109;
letter to mother, 109-111;
serves during Canadian rising, 112;
return to England, 113;
Marryat’s money matters, 114-115;
life in London, 116-117;
ill health, 118;
his work from 1837 to 1843, 120-127;
quarrel with Fraser, 128-131;
goes to Langham, 132;
Marryat as a farmer, 135;
his life at Langham, 136-142;
his children, 138, 139;
fondness for animals, 140;
his labourers, 141;
his work at Langham, 143;
beginning of fatal illness, 149;
his personal appearance, 149;
letter to Lord Auckland, 150-152;
his good-service pension, 153;
at Hastings, 153;
at Brighton, 154;
return to Langham, 155;
death of Captain Marryat, 157;
his personal character, 156-157;
his place in literature, 157-159
Marryat, Joseph, M.P., Marryat’s father, 11
Marryat, Lieutenant F., Marryat’s son, his death, 154
“Masterman Ready,” 124-127
Metropolitan Magazine, 60, 61, 66
“Mildmay, Frank,” 43, 79-82
“Mission, The,” 144, 145, 146
N.
Naval war in 1806, 17, 18
P.
“Percival Keene,” 124
“Phantom Ship, The,” 122, 123
Pierce, Captain J., 108
“Poor Jack,” 123
“Poacher, The,” 124
“Privateersman, The,” 147
R.
Ross Church, Mrs., Marryat’s daughter, quoted, 11, 57, 68, 75, 115, 133, 136, 138-140
S.
Seagrave, Tommy, 126
V.
“Violet, Monsieur,” 144
W.
William IV., story of, 56, 57