This volume contains half a dozen stories of sea life,—fresh, racy, and bracing,—all laid in America,—stories full of rollicking, jolly, sea-dog humor, tempered to the keen edge of wit.
"If any one writes better sea stories than Mr. Roberts, we don't know who it is; and if there is a better sea story of its kind than this it would be a joy to have the pleasure of reading it."—New York Sun.
"To read these stories is a tonic for the mind; the stories are gems, and for pith and vigor of description they are unequalled."—New York Commercial Advertiser.
"There is a hearty laugh in every one of these stories."—The Reader.
"Mr. Roberts treats the life of the sea in a way that is intensely real and intensely human."—Milwaukee Sentinel.
"The author knows his sea men from A to Z."—Philadelphia North American.
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