Transcribed from the 1889 Macmillan and Co. edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org

A MODERN TELEMACHUS

‘Be still; I want to hear what they are saying.’—P. 2.

illustrated by w. j. hennessy.

London
MACMILLAN AND CO.
and new york
1889

First Edition (2 Vols. Crown 8vo) 1886
Reprinted 1887, 1889

PREFACE

The idea of this tale was taken from The Mariners’ Chronicle, compiled by a person named Scott early in the last century—a curious book of narratives of maritime adventures, with exceedingly quaint illustrations. Nothing has ever shown me more plainly that truth is stranger than fiction, for all that is most improbable here is the actual fact.