“Captain Osbon, whose memoirs are given practically as he detailed them to the writer, Mr. Albert Bigelow Paine, lived among some of the most stirring scenes of the past century, and his narrative presents with extraordinary vividness events of which he was an actor or an eye-witness.” (Lit. D.) “This lively record covers whaling, buccaneering, the Civil war, journalism, and almost everything but love.” (World To-Day.)
“Mr. Paine, the redactor of these stories of sea life, has succeeded admirably in preserving the personal quality of the actor-narrator, and we easily accept the ‘yarns’ as a long succession of fireside talks face to face with the man who lived them.”
+ Lit. D. 33: 556. O. 20, ’06. 180w.
“Cannot fail to be a joy to old and young.”
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 667. O. 13, ’06. 190w.
“His reminiscences of famous men are numerous and characteristic.”
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 800. D. 1, ’06. 250w.
“Mr. Paine has done well what must have been a difficult task. The book will amuse and enchain the reader who has a love for the unusual and picturesque.”
+ Putnam’s. 1: 381. D. ’06. 110w.