YOUNG AMERICA ABROAD
By
OLIVER OPTIC
OUTWARD BOUND
BOSTON
LEE & SHEPARD.
OUTWARD BOUND;
OR,
YOUNG AMERICA AFLOAT.
A STORY OF TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE.
BY
WILLIAM T. ADAMS
(OLIVER OPTIC).
BOSTON: LEE AND SHEPARD.
1869.
WILLIAM T. ADAMS,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.
GEORGE WEBSTER TERRILL
This Volume
IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED.
YOUNG AMERICA ABROAD.
BY OLIVER OPTIC.
A Library of Travel and Adventure in Foreign Lands. Firstand Second Series; six volumes in each Series. 16mo.Illustrated.
First Series.
| I. | OUTWARD BOUND, OR, YOUNG AMERICA AFLOAT. |
| II. | SHAMROCK AND THISTLE;OR, YOUNG AMERICA IN IRELAND AND SCOTLAND. |
| III. | RED CROSS; OR, YOUNG AMERICA IN ENGLAND AND WALES. |
| IV. | DIKES AND DITCHES; OR, YOUNG AMERICA IN HOLLANDAND BELGIUM. |
| V. | PALACE AND COTTAGE; OR, YOUNG AMERICA IN FRANCE ANDSWITZERLAND. |
| VI. | DOWN THE RHINE; OR, YOUNG AMERICA IN GERMANY. |
Second Series.
| I. | UP THE BALTIC; OR, YOUNG AMERICA IN DENMARK AND SWEDEN. |
| II. | NORTHERN LANDS; OR, YOUNG AMERICA IN PRUSSIA AND RUSSIA. |
| III. | VINE AND OLIVE; OR, YOUNG AMERICA IN SPAIN AND PORTUGAL. |
| IV. | SUNNY SHORES; OR, YOUNG AMERICA IN ITALY AND AUSTRIA. |
| V. | CROSS AND CRESCENT; OR, YOUNG AMERICA IN GREECE AND TURKEY. |
| VI. | ISLES OF THE SEA; OR, YOUNG AMERICA HOMEWARD BOUND. |
PREFACE.
Outward Bound is the first volume of "A Library ofTravel and Adventure in Foreign Lands," and contains thevoyage of the Academy Ship "Young America" across theAtlantic. The origin and progress of this aquatic institutionare incidentally developed, and the plan is respectfully submittedto the consideration of those who are interested inthe education and moral training of the class of young menwho are the characters in the scenes described in this work.Besides a full description of the rou