E-text prepared by Martin Robb
| Preface. | |
| Chapter 1: | Venice. |
| Chapter 2: | A Conspiracy. |
| Chapter 3: | On The Grand Canal. |
| Chapter 4: | Carried Off. |
| Chapter 5: | Finding A Clue. |
| Chapter 6: | The Hut On San Nicolo. |
| Chapter 7: | On Board A Trader. |
| Chapter 8: | An Attack By Pirates. |
| Chapter 9: | The Capture Of The Lido. |
| Chapter 10: | Recaptured. |
| Chapter 11: | The Battle Of Antium. |
| Chapter 12: | In Mocenigo's Power. |
| Chapter 13: | The Pirates' Raid. |
| Chapter 14: | The End Of The Persecutor. |
| Chapter 15: | The Battle Of Pola. |
| Chapter 16: | The Recapture Of The Pluto. |
| Chapter 17: | An Ungrateful Republic. |
| Chapter 18: | The Release Of Pisani. |
| Chapter 19: | The Siege Of Chioggia. |
| Chapter 20: | The Triumph Of Venice. |
Of all the chapters of history, there are few more interestingor wonderful than that which tells the story of the rise andprogress of Venice. Built upon a few sandy islands in a shallowlagoon, and originally founded by fugitives from the mainland,Venice became one of the greatest and most respected powers ofEurope. She was mistress of the sea; conquered and ruled over aconsiderable territory bordering on the Adriatic; checked therising power of the Turks; conquered Constantinople; successfullydefied all the attacks of her jealous rivals to shake her power;and carried on a trade relatively as great as that of England inthe present day. I have laid my story in the time not of thetriumphs of Venice, but of her hardest struggle for existence--whenshe defended herself