| + − | N. Y. Times. 11: 792. D. 1, ’06. 990w. |
“Sir F. T. Marzials writes with unflagging spirit, and shows a sane and sober judgment.”
| + | Spec. 97: 733. N. 10, ’06. 250w. |
Masefield, John, ed. Sailor’s garland. $1.50. Macmillan.
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An anthology of sea poems. Miscellaneous poems, poems based upon historical fact, poems of mermaids and sea spirits, of pirates and smugglers and love poems are found here. The last thirty pages are devoted to a collection of sea chanties with a goodly bit of interesting folk-lore.
“The exercise of a little judgment might have made it so much better.”
| + − | Acad. 71: 642. D. 22, ’06. 490w. |
“The selection is good and wise, one we should like to see in the forecastle, as well as in the saloon of every British ship afloat.”