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R.M. 발렌타인이 1866년에 쓴 소설
R.M. Ballantyne(1825-1894)은 스코틀랜드의 예술가이자 대부분 어린이 소설의 다작 작가였다. Edinburgh에서 태어난 Ballantyne은 열 자녀 중 아홉 번째였다. 16세에 Ballantyne은 캐나다로 이주하여 Hudson's Bay Company에서 일하면서 모피 무역을 위해 전국을 여행했다. 1847년 아버지가 세상을 떠나 스코틀랜드로 돌아온 그는 평생 동안 100권이 넘는 어린이 모험 책을 쓰면서 본격적으로 문학 활동을 시작했다. 'The Coral Island' 및 'The Young Fur Traders'와 같은 이야기는 큰 인기를 얻었으며 많은 이야기가 캐나다 전역을 여행한 자신의 경험을 바탕으로 했다.
그의 대표작으로는 "The Coral Island"(《산호섬》)과 "The Gorilla Hunters"(《고릴라 사냥꾼》) 등이 있으며, 이들 작품은 당시 영국에서 매우 인기가 있었습니다. 또한, 그는 자연과학에 관심을 가지고 있어 책에도 관련 내용을 많이 썼다.


R.M. A novel written by Valentine in 1866
R.M. Ballantyne (1825-1894) was a Scottish artist and prolific author of mostly children's fiction. Born in Edinburgh, Ballantyne was the ninth of ten children. At the age of 16, Ballantyne moved to Canada, where he worked for the Hudson's Bay Company, where he traveled the country in the fur trade. Returning to Scotland after his father's death in 1847, he began his literary career in earnest, writing over 100 children's adventure books during his lifetime. His stories, such as 'The Coral Island' and 'The Young Fur Traders', were hugely popular and many of them were based on his own experiences traveling across Canada.
His representative works include "The Coral Island" and "The Gorilla Hunters", which were very popular in England at the time. In addition, he was interested in natural science and wrote a lot of related contents in books.

CONTENTS

Chapter I. The Cottage and its Inmates.
Chapter II. Wrecked, Rescued, and Resuscitated?
Chapter III. The Cottage at Cove invaded?
Chapter IV. The Rescue.
Chapter V. The Breakfast Party at Seaside Villa.
Chapter VI. Kenneth indulges in Suspicions and Surmises.
Chapter VII. Lizzie Gordon is run away with, and Gaff is “pumped”.
Chapter VIII. Dan Horsey does the Agreeable in the Kitchen.
Chapter IX. The Sailors’ Home and the Mad Skipper.
Chapter X. The Dinner in the Restaurant?
Chapter XI. The Writing of the “Hambigoo-ous” Letter.
Chapter XII. The Bu’ster wills to accomplish Mischief, and gets into Trouble.
Chapter XIII. The Storm, and its Consequences.
Chapter XIV. Gaff and Billy become the Sport of Fortune, and see Strange Things.
Chapter XV. The Dinner Party?
Chapter XVI. Jack Tar before and after the Institution of the S.F.M.S.
Chapter XVII. Mrs Gaff endeavours fruitlessly to understand the Nature of Cash, Principal, and Interest.
Chapter XVIII. Mrs Gaff becomes a Woman of Business, and finds it awfully Hard Work.
Chapter XIX. The Open Boat on the Pacific?
Chapter XX. The Voyage of the Bottle.
Chapter XXI. The Fortunes of Gaff and Billy continued.
Chapter XXII. The Island-Home Examined.
Chapter XXIII. Relating to Improvements in the Hut, and Mrs Gaff’s Perplexities.
Chapter XXIV. Miss Peppy undertakes a Journey.
Chapter XXV. Perplexities and Musical Charms.
Chapter XXVI. Mad Haco startled at last.
Chapter XXVII. Plot and Counterplot, ending in a Long Chase.
Chapter XXVIII. Plotters Counterplotted.
Chapter XXIX. Dreadful Suspicions aroused in Anxious Bosoms.
Chapter XXX. Strange Scenes and Doings far away.
Chapter XXXI. Delivered, Wrecked, and Rescued.
Chapter XXXII. Home Again.
Chapter XXXIII. The Sailors’ Home and the New Secretary.
Chapter XXXIV. Failures and Hopes Deferred, and Consequences.
Chapter XXXV. Conclusion.