ABOUT BOOK

UP THE BALTIC, the first volume of the second series of "YOUNG AMERICAABROAD," like its predecessors, is a record of what was seen and doneby the young gentlemen of the Academy Squadron on its second voyage toEurope, embracing its stay in the waters of Norway, Sweden, andDenmark. The story is principally the adventures of the crew of the second cutter, who attempted "an independent excursion without running away," which includes the career of a young Englishman, spoiled by his mother's indulgence, and of a Norwegian waif, picked up by the squadron in the North Sea.