Abstract
“FICTIONS, facts and folk-lore”of the sea make up the pages of this book, but the first and last of these are much more prominent than the facts. Interesting stories, compiled mostly from the writings of others, have been roughly grouped by the author, and the tissue of words here and there makes a slight connection between them. Phenomena of the sea and skies are given some attention, but from the purely descriptive point of view; and the same remark applies to the accounts of sea-monsters, coral, and volcanic islands. Boys with a love of the sea and adventure will be charmed with Mr. Whymper's collected narratives, and they will probably rejoice at the small attempt made to retail scientific facts at the same time.
The Romance of the Sea.
By Fred Whymper. Pp. xii + 468. (London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1896.)
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The Romance of the Sea. Nature 55, 149 (1896). https://doi.org/10.1038/055149d0
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