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The Skipper's Wooing, and The Brown Man's ServantJacobs, W. W. (William Wymark), 1863-1943en2007-05-05
The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron SproulDay, Holman, 1865-1935en2005-09-01
Skipper WorseKielland, Alexander Lange, 1849-1906enNeilson, William Allan, 1869-1946 [Editor]2009-11-23
The Little Skipper A Son of a SailorFenn, George Manville, 1831-1909en2007-02-08
Hunting the Skipper The Cruise of the "Seafowl" SloopFenn, George Manville, 1831-1909enPiffard, Harold, -1938 [Illustrator]Great Britain. Royal Navy -- Juvenile fiction; Seafaring life -- Juvenile fiction; Sailors -- Juvenile fiction2009-01-27
Sea UrchinsJacobs, W. W. (William Wymark), 1863-1943enSmoked skipper -- A safety match -- A rash experiment -- The cabin passenger -- "Choice spirits" -- A disciplinarian -- Brother Hutchins -- The disbursement sheet -- Rule of three -- Pickled herring -- Two of a trade -- An intervention -- The grey parrot -- Money-changers -- The lost ship.Humorous stories, English; Sailors -- Fiction; Seafaring life -- Fiction2007-06-25
More Cargoes 1897Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark), 1863-1943enSmoked skipper -- A safety match -- A rash experiment -- The cabin passenger -- "Choice spirits" -- A disciplinarian -- Brother Hutchins -- The disbursement sheet -- Rule of three -- Pickled herring -- Two of a trade -- An intervention -- The grey parrot -- Money changers -- The lost ship.Humorous stories, English; England -- Social life and customs -- Fiction; River life -- Fiction2008-06-12
Many CargoesJacobs, W. W. (William Wymark), 1863-1943enA change of treatment -- A love passage -- The captain's exploit -- Contraband of war -- A black affair -- The skipper of the "Osprey" -- In borrowed plumes -- The boatswain's watch -- Low water -- In mid-Atlantic -- After the inquest -- In Limehouse Reach -- An elaborate elopement -- The cook of the "Gannet" -- A benefit performance -- A case of desertion -- Outsailed -- Mated -- The rival beauties -- Mrs. Bunker's chaperon -- A harbour of refuge.England -- Social life and customs -- Fiction; Humorous stories, English; River life -- Fiction2004-05-01
Personal Reminiscences in Book Making and Some Short StoriesBallantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael), 1825-1894enIntroductory -- Life in the Bell Rock lighthouse -- Nights with the fire bridgade -- A war of mercy -- Descent into the Cornish mines -- The land of the vikings -- The burglars and the parson -- Jim Greeley, the North Sea skipper -- A northern waif -- How to make the best of life: from a young man's standpoint -- Forgive and forget: a lifeboat story -- "Rescue the perishing" -- A knotty question -- Two remarkable dreams.Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael), 1825-1894 -- Anecdotes; Authorship; Short stories2007-06-07
Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor Volume IVariousenIRVING -- Wouter Van Twiller -- Wilhelmus Kieft -- Peter Stuyvesant -- Antony Van Corlear -- General Van Poffenburgh -- FRANKLIN Maxims -- Model of a Letter of Recommendation of a Person You Are Unacquainted with -- Epitaph for Himself -- BUTLER Nothing to Wear -- BEECHER Deacon Marble -- The Deacon's Trout -- The Dog Noble and the Empty Hole -- GREENE Old Grimes -- HOLMES My Aunt -- The Deacon's Masterpiece; or, the Wonderful -- "One-hoss Shay" -- Foreign Correspondence -- Music-Pounding -- The Ballad of the Oysterman -- WILLIS Miss Albina McLush -- Love in a Cottage -- PALMER A Smack in School -- SHILLABER ("Mrs. Partington") -- Fancy Diseases -- Bailed Out -- Seeking a Comet -- Going to California -- Mrs. Partington in Court -- SILL Five Lives -- FIELDS The Owl-Critic -- The Alarmed Skipper -- HAY Little Breeches -- SHAW ("Josh Billings") Natral and Unnatral Aristokrats -- LOWELL The Yankee Recruit -- What Mr. Robinson Thinks -- WARNER My Summer in a Garden -- COZZENS Living in the Country -- LELAND Hans Breitmann's Party -- WHICHER Tim Crane and the Widow -- SAXE The Stammering Wife -- KELLEY ("Parmenas Mix") He Came to Pay -- HOLLEY A Pleasure Exertion -- STEDMAN The Diamond Wedding -- MISCELLANEOUS Why He Left -- A Boy's Essay on Girls -- Identified -- One Better -- A Rendition -- A Cause for Thanks -- Crowded -- The Wedding Journey -- A Case of Conscience -- He Rose to the Occasion -- Polite -- Lost, Strayed or Stolen -- A Gentle Complaint -- Music by the Choir -- TWAIN The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calveras County.Masson, Thomas L., 1866-1934 [Editor]2007-04-21




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