CONTENTS

Chapter I
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The Passing of the Sailing-Ship[1]
Chapter II
The Era of the Steamship[15]
Chapter III
The Evolution of the Marine Engine[24]
Chapter IV
The Makers of our Shipping Trade[29]
Chapter V
Our Merchant Ships and the War[55]
Chapter VI
Shipping and the War[69]
Chapter VII
The “Red Jacket,” 1857[87]
Chapter VIII
The “Queen of the Avon,” 1858[94]
Chapter IX
The “Great Eastern,” 1861[99]
Chapter X
The Building of an East Indiaman[106]
Chapter XI
Our Riddle of the Sands[113]

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