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A Boy's Voyage Round the World

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Sent to Australia at sixteen to recover his health, Samuel Smiles's youngest son turned a long sea passage and an extended stay abroad into a record of everyday discoveries. His logs and letters, arranged for publication by his father, describe sailing from England, arriving in Melbourne and taking work in a bank at Majorca, a township in Victoria's gold-mining district. Shipboard amusements, rough weather, bush scenery and local social gatherings give the account its varied subjects.

The goldfields supply stories of uncertain fortunes as well as descriptions of work. In one passage, a digger recounts how a claim abandoned by others yielded a valuable find; another links his first nugget to a dream. The planned return route passes through Honolulu and San Francisco, then across America by rail.

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Samuel Smiles

Samuel Smiles (1812 to 1904) was a Scottish author and reformer, best known for Self-Help, the hugely influential Victorian guide to character and perseverance. He also wrote biographies of engineers and studies of social and industrial history.

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Author: Samuel Smiles
Reading time: About 6 hours
Pages: 151
Language: English
Genre: Travel Memoir
Formats: PDF, EPUB, Read online