Table of Contents

Volume I

Acknowledgements

Chronology

List of Themes

List of Illustrations

Editorial Procedure

General Introduction

Appendices

Introduction to Andrew L.V. Campbell

Campbell. Bound 'Prentice to a Waterman
Campbell. Britannia, or, the Female Sacrifice

Introduction to Thomas Dibdin

Dibdin. The Pirate

Introduction to Edward Fitzball

Fitzball. The Floating Beacon
Fitzball. The Flying Dutchman, or, The Phantom Ship
Fitzball. Nelson, or, Britannia Rules the Waves
Fitzball. The Pilot
Fitzball. Tom Cringle, or, Mat of the Iron Hand

Volume II

Introduction to John Thomas Haines

Haines. Breakers Ahead
Haines. My Poll and My Partner Joe
Haines. The Ocean of Life, or Every Inch a Sailor
Haines. Rattlin the Reefer, or, the Tiger of the Sea
Haines. The Wizard of the Wave, or, the Ship of the Avenger

Introduction to Douglas William Jerrold

Jerrold. Descart, the French Buccaneer
Jerrold. The Mutiny at the Nore
Jerrold. Black Eye'd Susan

Volume III

Introduction to William Thomas Moncrieff

Moncrieff. Shipwreck of the Medusa; or, the Fatal Raft

Introduction to W.H. Oxbury & J. Gann

Oxbury & Gann. Midshipman Easy

Introduction to Isaac Pocock

Pocock. Robinson Crusoe and the Bold Buccaneers

Introduction to Charles Somerset

Somerset. The Fall of Algiers, By Sea and Land
Somerset. The Sea

Introduction to Edward Stirling

Stirling. The Cabin Boy

Introduction to Thomas James Thackeray

Thackeray. Penmark Abbey

Introduction to T.E. Wilks

Wilks. Ben the Boatswain

About the Author

Arnold Schmidt is Professor of English at California State University, Stanislaus, USA