A Book for the Hammock (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from A Book for the HammockThe reader will please regard these papers as the mere whiskings of a petrel's pinions skimming the' blue surge of deep waters. The utmost hope of the author goes no further'than that here and there something may be found to pleasantly lighten the tedium of a sleepless half-hour in the bunk or hammock, or relieve the dulness of a spell of quarter-deck lounging. The articles are reprinted from The Daily Telegraph, The Gentleman's Magazine, The Contemporary Review, and Longman's Magazine. It would have been troublesome to disturb the original text, and some new matter, therefore, has.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.