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It may very well be that I am doing something now which is totally unnecessary, indeed that is a foregone conclusion as far as many omnivorous readers are concerned, for they never by any chance read a Preface or an Introduction. But only the other day I was reading an interesting volume of reminiscences, and the writer said that after the publisher had received the manuscript he wrote sternly demanding the reason why there was no Introduction...

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Reproduction of the original: The Cruise of the "Cachalot" by Frank T. Bullen

Reproduction of the original: The Cruise of the "Cachalot" by Frank T. Bullen

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Excerpt from Our Heritage the SeaThis being so (and I have not the slightest fear of its being questioned), I feel that no apology is needed for my present attempt to present, 'in a series of sketches, the salient points concerning our heritage the sea, while fully conscious Of my many limitations and scanty equipment for so important a task. In this respect I may say that I have endeavoured to summarize in readable fashion the substance of ma...

Excerpt from Confessions of a TradesmanT is a particular, and not altogether pleasant, feature of literary work in Britain that should an author make a certain amount of success with a book on one particular topic, it is thenceforward tacitly assumed that he must stick to that topic, assaying no other on pain of being mercilessly taken to task by the critics. Or what is worse, damned with faint praise. With this knowledge very vividly impresse...

Excerpt from A Sack of ShakingsMost of the Essays brought together in the present volume have been published in the Spectator, and are here reproduced by the kind permission of the proprietors of that journal, for which I offer them my hearty thanks. It may perhaps not be out of place to mention, for the benefit of any who may wish to know why these Articles have been published in book form, that th'é action has been taken in deference to the ...

Excerpt from The Apostles of the SoutheastIn the following pages it has been my earnest endeavour to set forth under fictitious names and in places which do not really exist the real sayings and doings of men and women who are known to me and with whom I have been associated for many years in mission work. I have made no attempt to tell a sensational story.I earnestly hope and pray that out of the telling of my story some good may come, which ...

Excerpt from The Men of the Merchant Service: Being the Polity of the Mercantile Marine for 'Longshore ReadersCare has been taken to avoid, as far as possible, all technical treatment of the subject. I have not assumed the possession of too much nautical knowledge on the part of my prospective readers, not nearly as much, for instance, as would be permissible in a work of fiction. Having before me, too, the h0pe that sons as well as parents wi...

Excerpt from Idylls of the SeaLet my plea be that I have not seen with their eyes nor heard with their ears, but with mine own. This may have some weight with my judges those Who will buy the wares I have to sell.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art techno...