COPYRIGHT, 1897, 1914, BY DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY TO EDWARD GARNETT THIS TALE ABOUT MY FRIENDS OF THE SEA TO MY READERS IN AMERICA From that evening when James Wait...
"Worthy of my undying regard" To Borys And All Others Who, Like Himself, Have Crossed In Early Youth The Shadow-Line Of Their Generation With Love PART ONE --_D'autre fois, calme plat, gr...
A FAMILIAR PREFACE As a general rule we do not want much encouragement to talk about ourselves; yet this little book is the result of a friendly suggestion, and even of a little friendly pressure.
I For a long time after the course of the steamer _Sofala_ had been altered for the land, the low swampy coast had retained its appearance of a mere smudge of darkness beyond a belt of glitter.