Idylls of the Sea
by Frank Thomas Bullen
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About this eBook
- Author
- Bullen, Frank Thomas, 1857-1915
- Title
- Idylls of the Sea, and Other Marine Sketches
- Credits
- MWS, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
- Subject
- Marine animals
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 64161
- Release Date
- December 28, 2020
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.IDYLLS OF THE SEA
- 2.PREFACE
- 3.INTRODUCTION
- 4.CONTENTS
- 5.IDYLLS OF THE SEA
- 6.I THE PASSING OF PETER
- 7.II THE LOSS OF THE FIRST-BORN
- 8.III A TRUE SHARK-STORY
- 9.IV THE SLAVER
- 10.V THE CRUISE OF THE ‘DAISY’
- 11.VI ‘RUNNING THE EASTING DOWN’
- 12.VII IN THE CROW’S NEST
- 13.VIII THE BIRTH OF AN ISLAND
- 14.IX A SUBMARINE EARTHQUAKE
- 15.X THE SILENT WARFARE OF THE SUBMARINE WORLD
- 16.XI AN EFFECT OF REFRACTION
- 17.XII A WAKING NIGHTMARE
- 18.XIII THE DERELICT
- 19.STUDIES IN MARINE NATURAL HISTORY
- 20.XIV SOME OCEANIC BIRDS
- 21.XV THE KRAKEN
- 22.XVI CONCERNING SHARKS
- 23.XVII FLYING-FISH CATCHING AT BARBADOS
- 24.XVIII UNCONVENTIONAL FISHING
- 25.XIX DEVIL-FISH
- 26.XX OF TURTLE
- 27.OTHER SKETCHES
- 28.XXI ‘HOVELLING’ 2
- 29.XXII THE LOSS OF THE ‘ST. GEORGE’ An Incident of the Anglo-German War of 19—
- 30.XXIII THE TRUTH ABOUT THE MERCHANT SERVICE — Ocean Tramps — Much Canvas and Few Men — The Dutchman — The “Boy” — The Naval Reserve — The Intelligent Foreigner
- 31.XXIV CANCER CAY
- 32.XXV A NINETEENTH-CENTURY JONAH
- 33.XXVI THE TRAGICAL TALE OF THE BOOMERANG PIG
- 34.XXVII A DAY ON THE SOLANDER WHALING-GROUND
- 35.XXVIII SEA-ELEPHANTS AT HOME
- 36.XXIX AN INTERVIEW
- 37.XXX UP A WATERSPOUT
- 38.Transcriber’s Notes
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