Marryat’s position in 1815; goes abroad; marriage; appointed to _Beaver_; at St. Helena changes to _Rosario_; in Channel; pays off _Rosario_; the Channel smugglers; appointed to _Larne_; Burmese War; promotion and made a C.B.; transferred to _Tees_ in July, 1824; short command of _Ariadne_; the _Ariadne_ his last ship; resigns command November, 1830; begins writing; equerry to Duke of Sussex; story of William IV. 46 CHAPTER V. From 1830 to 1848 a writer; his literary life; expensive habits; early success in novel writing; editorial ventures; _The Metropolitan Magazine_; hard work in 1833-34; in 1833 he stands for Tower Hamlets, and fails; at Brighton in 1834; quotation from letter on lawsuit; goes abroad; life abroad; leaves for America 58 CHAPTER VI. Marryat’s literary work up to 1837; his early success, and determination to make money; quarrels with publisher; prices paid him; “Frank Mildmay”; quotation from _Metropolitan Magazine_ on “Frank Mildmay”; other books from “King’s Own” to “Pirate” and “Three Cutters”; quality of Marryat’s style; quotation from “Peter Simple”; his plots; his fun; quotation from “Midshipman Easy” 73 CHAPTER VII. Visit to America in 1837; his object in going there; in New York; letter to his mother describing where he has been; visit to Canada; affair of the _Caroline_; unpopularity in United States; Marryat stands his ground; return to England 98 CHAPTER VIII. Movements in London; ruin of West Indian property; life and friendships in London; Duke Street, Wimbledon, Piccadilly, Spanish Place; first signs of breaking health; goes to Langham; books of these years; “Phantom Ship”; children’s stories; “Masterman Ready”; skirmish with _Fraser’s Magazine_; Marryat defends publication of his stories in the _Era_ 114 CHAPTER IX. Marryat goes to Langham for good in 1843; life there; Marryat and his children; kindness to his men; his scientific farming, and its financial results; his literary work; asked to write life of Collingwood; declines; last stories: “The Mission,” “The Settlers,” “The Children of the New Forest,” “The Little Savage” 132 CHAPTER X. His fatal illness; his _physique_ and personal appearance; letter to Lord Auckland on supposed slight; Hastings; loss of H.M.S. _Avenger_, and death of Marryat’s son, Lieutenant Frederick Marryat; returns to Langham; last months, and death on 9th August, 1848; estimate of his character and work 149