Outward bound, or, A merchant's adventures / by the author of "Rattlin, the Reefer", "The old commodore", & c.

Authorship assigned by Halkett & Laing. Formerly attributed to Marryat. cf. Sadleir.
"The story appeared in part as a serial in the Metropolitan magazine under the title Ardent Troughton." Sadleir, M. Excursions in Victorian bibliography, p. 101.
Vol. 2 has publisher's advertisements ([2] p.) at end.