George Melville

Title: Rosine. ... With illustrations by M. Kerns. Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC. The FICTION & PROSE LITERATURE collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The collection provides readers with a perspective of the world from some of the 18th and 19th century's most talented writers. Written for a range of audiences, these works are a treasure for any curious reader looking to see the world through the eyes of ages past. Beyond the main body of works the collection also includes song-books, comedy, and works of satire. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Melville, George; Kerns, Miriam; 1877 1867]. 8 . 12638.m.10.

Title: The Works of G. J. Whyte-Melville. Edited by Sir H. Maxwell. With illustrations by J. B. Partridge, Hugh Thomson, and others.]Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC. The GENERAL HISTORICAL collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This varied collection includes material that gives readers a 19th century view of the world. Topics include health, education, economics, agriculture, environment, technology, culture, politics, labour and industry, mining, penal policy, and social order. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Melville, George; Maxwell, Herbert; 1898-1902. 8 . 24 vol. 012272.g.

In the Lena Delta is the story of the U. S. explorer and naval engineer, George Melville, who led an expedition that found the remains of Lieutanant G. W. DeLong and his party from his previous expedition on the Jeannette. In July of 1879, as chief engineer, Melville set sail with De Long from San Francisco on the Jeannette through the Bering Strait, heading for Wrangel Island off the northeast coast of Siberia. On September 5th, the ship became trapped in the pack ice near Herald Island (now Gerald Island), east of Wrangel. With Melville's engineering skill, the boat was kept alloat for almost two years until it was finally crushed on June 12, 1881. The crew, including De Long, escaped with most of their provisions and three small boats. Their destination, the Siberian coast, lay some 600 miles away. They endured extreme hardships for the next two months as they crossed the ice. After reaching open water, one of the boats and the men aboard were lost. The remaining two boats became separated. De Long's boat reached the eastern side of the Lena River delta, Melville's, reached the western side. Melville's party was rescued, but DeLong and his men died of exposure and starvation. In the Lena Delta is the modest retelling of the incredible hardships the searchers endured on their 500-mile trek in the successful search for the remains of De Long and his party. After a long arduous journey by boat and sled, Melville and a group of men reached the Siberian shore and obtained help at the mouth of the Lena River. The following spring he led an expedition that found the semains of De Long and his party. De Long's journal was discovered in which he made regular entries until shortly before his death and was later published in Our Lost Explorers, The Narrative of the Jeannette Arctic Expedition, also available from DSI.