A Sack of Shakings
NEW AND RECENT FICTION
Crown 8vo, 6s.
WILLOWDENE WILL
By Halliwell Sutcliffe
CINDERS
By Helen Mathers
THE MASTER PASSION
By Bessie Hatton
THE TAPU OF BANDERAH
By Louis Becke and Walter Jeffery
A HONEYMOON IN SPACE
By George Griffith
Frank Thomas Bullen
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A Sack of Shakings
Preface
Contents
THE ORPHAN
A PORPOISE MYTH
CATS ON BOARD SHIP
THE OLD EAST INDIAMAN
THE FLOOR OF THE SEA
SHAKESPEARE AND THE SEA
THE SKIPPER OF THE “AMULET”
AMONG THE ENCHANTED ISLES
SOCIABLE FISH
ALLIGATORS AND MAHOGANY
COUNTRY LIFE ON BOARD SHIP
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
“THE WAY OF A SHIP”
SEA ETIQUETTE
WAVES
A BATTLESHIP OF TO-DAY
NAT’S MONKEY
BIG GAME AT SEA
A SEA CHANGE
SEA-SUPERSTITIONS
OCEAN WINDS
THE SEA IN THE NEW TESTAMENT
THE POLITY OF A BATTLESHIP
THE PRIVACY OF THE SEA
THE VOICES OF THE SEA
THE CALLING OF CAPTAIN RAMIREZ
MARATHON OF THE SEALS
OCEAN CURRENTS
SAILORS’ PETS
THE SURVIVORS
BENEATH THE SURFACE
THE MYSTERY OF THE “SOLANDER”
OUR AMPHIBIOUS ARMY