This volume contains half a dozen stories of sea life,--fresh, racy, and
bracing,--all laid in America,--stories full of rollicking, jolly,
sea-dog humor, tempered to the keen edge of wit.
"If any one writes better sea stories than Mr. Roberts, we don't know
who it is; and if there is a better sea story of its kind than this it
would be a joy to have the pleasure of reading it."--_New York Sun_.
"To read these stories is a tonic for the mind; the stories are gems,
and for pith and vigor of description they are unequalled."--_New York
Commercial Advertiser_.
"There is a hearty laugh in every one of these stories."--_The Reader_.
"Mr. Roberts treats the life of the sea in a way that is intensely real
and intensely human."--_Milwaukee Sentinel_.
"The author knows his sea men from A to Z."--_Philadelphia North
American_.