A Book for the Hammock
by William Clark Russell
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About this eBook
- Author
- Russell, William Clark, 1844-1911
- Credits
- Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
- Subject
- English essays -- 19th century
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 61207
- Release Date
- January 20, 2020
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.A BOOK FOR THE HAMMOCK
- 2.PREFACE.
- 3.CONTENTS.
- 4.A NAUTICAL LAMENT.
- 5.SUPERSTITIONS OF THE SEA.
- 6.OLD SEA ORDNANCE.
- 7.THE HONOUR OF THE FLAG.
- 8.THE NAVAL OFFICER’S SPIRIT.
- 9.WOMEN AS SAILORS.
- 10.FIGHTING SMUGGLERS.
- 11.SEA PHRASES.
- 12.THEN AND NOW.
- 13.COSTLY SHIPWRECKS.
- 14.CURIOSITIES OF DISASTERS AT SEA.
- 15.INFERNAL MACHINES.
- 16.QUEER FISH.
- 17.STRANGE CRAFT.
- 18.MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCES.
- 19.RICH CAPTURES.
- 20.PECULIARITIES OF RIG.
- 21.HOW THE OLD NAVIGATORS MANAGED.
- 22.PLATES AND RIVETS. [78]
- 23.FRENCH SMACKSMEN.
- 24.OLD SEA CUSTOMS.
- 25.WHO IS VANDERDECKEN?
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