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GENERAL CONTENTS.--HISTORICAL: From Early Times to 1486--Progress under
Henry VIII.--To Death of Mary--During Elizabeth's Reign--Up to the Reign
of William III.--The 18th and 19th Centuries--Institution of
Examinations--Rise and Progress of Steam Propulsion--Development of Free
Trade--Shipping Legislation, 1862 to 1875--"Locksley Hall"
Case--Shipmasters' Societies--Loading of Ships--Shipping
Legislation, 1884 to 1894--Statistics of Shipping. THE PERSONNEL:
Shipowners--Officers--Mariners--Duties and Present Position. EDUCATION:
A Seaman's Education: what it should be--Present Means of
Education--Hints. DISCIPLINE AND DUTY--Postscript--The Serious Decrease
in the Number of British Seamen, a Matter demanding the Attention of the
Nation.
"INTERESTING AND INSTRUCTIVE ... may be read WITH PROFIT AND
ENJOYMENT."--_Glasgow Herald._
"EVERY BRANCH of the subject is dealt with in a way which shows that the
writer 'knows the ropes' familiarly."--_Scotsman._
"This ADMIRABLE book ... TEEMS with useful information--Should be in the
hands of every Sailor."--_Western Morning News._
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THIRD EDITION, _Thoroughly Revised, Enlarged, and Re-set. With
Additional Illustrations. Price 6s._
~A MANUAL OF ELEMENTARY SEAMANSHIP.~
BY
D. WILSON-BARKER, MASTER MARINER; F.
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