Excerpt from Out of the Sunset Sea Everything was at once astir. Food was served, prayers were read by the Admiral, who was as glib and ready at the business as if he had been trained for the Church rather than the quarter-deck, as, indeed, some said he was, and became apostate through unholy dealings with the Evil One. The watches were conned; the sails were loosed; the Windlass cleared to raise the anchor, when out of the fog, just opposite my post, there came a hail, which, before Ithought, I had answered with a challenge as if I were a sentinel on post rather than a sailor on duty under his Officer's eye. In much confusion I turned to report the hail to the Master, Juan de la Cosa, who had charge Of the watch and who stood near, over looking the work Of getting under way. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Land by the Sunset Sea, and Other Poems While, through bearded lips there uttered half-formed prayers upon the wind.' But they found that infant country overgrown with forests bold; Found that wealth meant honest labor, for the eager young and Old. Found no sceptred monarch ruling all the country miles around; Found that but to kneel before him, they must dig beneath the ground. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

Excerpt from Out of the Fog: A Story of the Sea The lure of the sea prevailed, and at nineteen I Shipped for a four-months' fishing trip on the Newfoundland Banks. These banks are not the kind that sloupe toward some gentle stream where the weary fisherman can rest between bites, protected from the sun by the shade of an overhanging tree; they are thirty to forty fathoms beneath the surface of the Atlan tic Ocean, a thousand miles out from. The Massachusetts coast. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Sunset Story Book SO the next morning they got up very early - almost with the sun, b not quite, since he had taken to particularly early rising these summ days - and dressing very quickly, they Slipped down stairs, and out the front door, into the garden. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Toward the Sunrise on the Sunset: The Record of a Journey in the Land of Sunshine Barbara. After that it seemed to be the homecoming, and we had steeled our hearts to the fate of becoming simply the regular hardworking, money-spending California tourist. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.