# The Boys' Nelson

Author: Wheeler, Harold, 1877-

Genre: Category: Children & Young Adult Reading

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/50731

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Boys%27+Nelson+Wheeler&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Thus[3] runs one of the verses of a song dear to the British sailor for many a long year. Nelson, dead over a century, is still revered in the King’s Navy. To the landsman there is no more popular hero. The _Victory_, riding at anchor in the placid waters of the Solent and in view of the cobble-covered sally port through which the Hero walked to his barge, still flies an admiral’s flag. One of the most modern battleships in the service bears his name, the most famous of London’s many columns is crowned by his effigy. Canvas sails have given place to steam turbines, the days of oak and hemp are gone, but the memory of “the greatest sea captain of all time” is at once an incentive and an in...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER XXI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-boys-nelson-50731/chapters/21/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-boys-nelson-50731/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-boys-nelson-50731/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-boys-nelson-50731/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-boys-nelson-50731/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-boys-nelson-50731/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-boys-nelson-50731/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-boys-nelson-50731/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-boys-nelson-50731/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-boys-nelson-50731/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-boys-nelson-50731/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-boys-nelson-50731/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-boys-nelson-50731/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter I--Boyhood and First Years at Sea (1758-1773)](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-boys-nelson-50731/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-boys-nelson-50731/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-boys-nelson-50731/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-boys-nelson-50731/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-boys-nelson-50731/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-boys-nelson-50731/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-boys-nelson-50731/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-boys-nelson-50731/chapters/8/index.md)