“No other writer so effectually carries his readers down to the sea in ships, andeven in steamers he never fails to give us the true salt atmosphere.... ‘TheLazarette of the Huntress’ is undoubtedly one of the most exciting tales ever writtenby a past-master in the art of thrilling his readers, while the other ten yarns are allthoroughly interesting.”—Manchester Courier.

“There is not one which is not entertaining, and many are positively thrilling.”—Sun.

“We can cordially recommend it as being, in its way, equal to anything thatMr. Clark Russell has yet written. Higher praise than this could hardly be givento a collection of stories.”—Speaker.

“There is plenty of variety, and all are as good reading as those which havepreviously come from the same author’s pen.”—Scotsman.

“All full of adventure, and form capital reading.”—Lloyd’s Weekly News.

“A collection of thrilling tales of the sea from the ever-felicitous pen of Mr. ClarkRussell, the most inventive and picturesque of modern writers on maritime subjects....In point of merit no distinction can be made between these stories, for they areone and all absolutely first-class.”—Daily Telegraph.

“Marked by Mr. Clark Russell’s genius, in which the horrible, the grotesque, andthe humorous are well contrasted. No other writer so realises for us the moods ofthe sea, or tells tales of the sea with such faithful and vivid presentation.”—LeedsMercury.

“All alike intensely interesting, and instinct with the life and motion of the ‘ever-changing,never-changing sea.’”—Weekly Dispatch.

“One thing is certain about Mr. Clark Russell—whatever the story he has to tell,he cannot write a page without imparting to it the briny savour of the sea. Hisstorms are impressive, his bright breezes are exhilarating, but his rendering of a deadocean calm is as unique as the thing itself. It is a master’s work.”—Academy.

“Mr. Russell keeps up a remarkable freshness of tone in his sea-stories.... Thesestories vary a good deal in purport and incident, but they are all attractive andingenious.... Eleven half-hours of thoroughly diverting fiction.”—Athenæum.

“There is something picturesque, or weird, or sensational, in all of them.... Allare entertaining, all are especially suitable for readers in a hurry, or readers who wantsomething that will let thought be quiet.”—Bookman.

“The wonderful fertility of invention which we have once or twice referred to asspecially characteristic of Mr. Russell’s maritime novels is well in evidence in thiscollection of stories. The best of them are really excellent, and even those which areless good than the best stand on an exceptionally high level.”—Spectator.

“‘The Phantom Death’ has all the best characteristics of Mr. Russell’s style—stirringplot, mastery of exact detail, and power of bringing each picture vividly beforethe mind’s eye of the reader.”—St. Paul’s.

“All racy of the real sea, vigorously told, and exciting some admiration at thefertility of the imagination which has contrived to create so many diverse sensationalincidents out of such similar materials without a single instance of repetition.”—Guardian.