A Voyage round the World A book for boys

The story opens on a sunny midsummer day at a grand country manor, where a restless young boy watches his family gather for the holidays. Surrounded by lofty gables, ancient oaks and a sparkling pond that once taught him to row, he dreams of far‑off seas and exotic lands instead of the usual games of cricket and fishing. When the legendary Captain Frankland, a weather‑worn sailor who has navigated polar ice, Indian coasts and Pacific islands, arrives to visit, the boy’s imagination ignites.

Enthralled by the captain’s tales of whales, elephants, and peoples dressed in feathers, the boy becomes his eager assistant, hanging on every word and hoping to trade his quiet garden for a deck of a ship. The narrative follows his first steps toward a life of adventure, capturing the excitement of youthful ambition and the pull of the unknown. Listeners will feel the salt‑kissed wind and the promise of distant horizons as the boy prepares to set sail.