Publisher's Synopsis
Lieutenant Jack Rogers at home-His brother Tom resolves to follow in his wake-His old shipmates discussed-Letter from Terence Adair descriptive of his family-Admiral Triton pleads Tom's cause-The Admiral's advice to Tom-Leaving home. "Really, Jack, that uniform is excessively becoming. Do oblige us by standing up as if you were on the quarter-deck of your ship and hailing the main-top. I do not remember ever having seen a naval officer above the rank of a midshipman in uniform before. Do you, Lucy?"
