Part 13

“Every line of this hits the mark, and to anyone who knows the forecastle and its types the picture appeals with the urgency of old familiar things. All through his four hundred and more pages he is equally unaffected and forcible, equally picturesque. To go through one chapter is to pass with lively anticipation to the next. His book is destined to be remembered.”--_New York Tribune._

“The book reads like a romance, but is at the same time realistic history, before which the fancy ships and the fancy sailors of the novelist are pale and faded.”--_Baltimore Sun._

“The charm of the book is its simplicity and truth. The author, as I happen to know, can spin thrilling yarns by the hour, and this book of his is simply one long yarn of his life. A seaman every inch of him, he writes as only a sailor can. No landsman, no amateur yachtsman, could write a book like this. The entire book bears the stamp of truth, and in this age of literary shams that is a crowning merit.”--_New York Herald._

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY, 66 Fifth Avenue, New York.

AMERICAN HISTORY

TOLD BY CONTEMPORARIES.

BY ALBERT BUSHNELL HART, _Harvard University_.

The Set of Four Volumes, $7.00. Each Volume sold Separately, Price $2.00.

VOL. I. Era of Colonization, 1493-1689.

_Published 1897._

VOL. II. Building of the Nation, 1689-1783.

_Ready shortly._

VOL. III. National Expansion, 1783-1844.

_In Preparation._

VOL. IV. Welding of the Nation, 1845-1897.

_In Preparation._

Professor T. H. WOOD, of Worcester Academy, Worcester, Mass., says of Volume I.:--

“_The plan and the contents are alike admirable. The set will be a necessity for libraries and for teachers of American History._”

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY, 66 Fifth Avenue, New York.

FOOTNOTES:

[1] These notes were originally printed in the great war book of the Century Company, entitled: “Battles and Leaders of the Civil War.” They are here reprinted by the courteous and very generous permission of the Century Company.

[2] This story was first printed in the _Galaxy_ for December, 1875. It is here reprinted by courteous permission of Colonel William Conant Church, now of the _Army and Navy Journal_, under whose editorship the _Galaxy_ was made a conspicuous and honorable factor in American literature.

TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES:

Italicized text is surrounded by underscores: _italics_.

Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.

Inconsistencies in hyphenation have been standardized.

Archaic or alternate spelling has been retained from the original.