{"product_id":"2940013241732","title":"DIKES AND DITCHES","description":"PREFACE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDIKES AND DITCHES, the fourth of the \"YOUNG AMERICA ABROAD\" series, is a\u003cbr\u003econtinuation of the history of the Academy Ship and her consort in the\u003cbr\u003ewaters of Holland and Belgium. As in its predecessors, those parts of\u003cbr\u003ethe book which lie within the domain of history and fact are intended to\u003cbr\u003ebe entirely reliable; and great care has been used to make them so. The\u003cbr\u003eauthor finds his notes so copious, and his recollections of the Low\u003cbr\u003eCountries so full of interest, that he has felt obliged to devote a\u003cbr\u003econsiderable portion of the work to the geography and history of the\u003cbr\u003ecountry, and to the manners and customs of the people; but there is so\u003cbr\u003emuch that is novel in the region itself, and so much that is stirring\u003cbr\u003eand even \"sensational\" in the history of the sturdy patriots of Holland,\u003cbr\u003ethat he hopes his young friends will not complain of the proportion in\u003cbr\u003ewhich he has mingled his material. It would be a very great happiness to\u003cbr\u003ehim to have excited a sufficient degree of interest in these countries\u003cbr\u003eto induce the boys and girls to read Mr. Motley's inimitable works, \"The\u003cbr\u003eRise of the Dutch Republic,\" and \"The History of the United\u003cbr\u003eNetherlands.\" The writer is confident that young people will find these\u003cbr\u003evolumes quite as attractive as the story books of the day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDIKES AND DITCHES has its independent story of the adventures of the\u003cbr\u003estudents. Though the Academy Squadron has thus far been remarkably\u003cbr\u003efortunate in the character of its instructors, Professor Hamblin proves\u003cbr\u003eto be an exception, and the crews of the ship and her consort are\u003cbr\u003eunhappily plunged into sundry disciplinary tribulations by his\u003cbr\u003eoverstrained dignity, and by his want of discretion. The young\u003cbr\u003ecommander of the Josephine suffers from the evils of a divided\u003cbr\u003eauthority, which brings him into conflict with the senior instructor\u003cbr\u003ebefore experience suggests the remedy. While the principal is compelled\u003cbr\u003eto punish the students for their misconduct in \"hazing\" the obnoxious\u003cbr\u003eprofessor, he also finds it necessary to abate the nuisance of a\u003cbr\u003econceited, overbearing, and tyrannical pedagogue. Boys cannot be\u003cbr\u003eexpected to be angels in school, until their instructors have soared to\u003cbr\u003ethis sublime height.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe author of the series, more than ever encouraged by the hearty and\u003cbr\u003egenerous favor of his readers, submits this volume to their\u003cbr\u003econsideration, trusting that they will at least appreciate his earnest\u003cbr\u003eefforts not only to please, but to instruct them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   HARRISON SQUARE, MASS.,\u003cbr\u003e           April 9, 1868.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   CHAPTER                                                          PAGE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      I. THE PROFESSOR AND THE CAPTAIN.                               11\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     II. A SQUALL IN THE GERMAN OCEAN.                                27\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    III. SOMETHING ABOUT DIKES.                                       43\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     IV. UP THE SCHELDT TO FLUSHING.                                  59\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      V. CAPTAIN SCHIMMELPENNINK.                                     76\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     VI. PROFESSOR HAMBLIN CHANGES HIS MIND.                          93\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    VII. THE LECTURE ON BELGIUM.                                     110\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   VIII. ANTWERP AND RUBENS.                                         129\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     IX. TROUBLE ON BOARD THE JOSEPHINE.                             146\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      X. WHO WAS CAPTAIN OF THE JOSEPHINE.                           162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     XI. ON THE WAY TO GHENT.                                        179\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XII. IN BELGIUM'S CAPITAL.                                       195\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XIII. THREE CHEERS FOR THE KING OF BELGIUM.                       213\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XIV. THE VICE-PRINCIPAL.                                         230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     XV. THE PROFESSOR'S CHARGE.                                     245\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     XVI. CAPTAIN KENDALL'S DEFENCE.                                 262\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XVII. MORE ABOUT THE DIKES AND DITCHES.                          278\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XVIII. AN EXCURSION AMONG THE DIKES.                              293\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     XIX. A RUN THROUGH HOLLAND.                                     310\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      XX. ADIEU TO HOLLAND AND PROFESSOR HAMBLIN.                    328","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47082673897712,"sku":"2940013241732","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013241732_p0.jpg?v=1763578285","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013241732","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}