List of Contents
- Geography and Some Explorers
- The "Torrens": A Personal Tribute
- Christmas Day at Sea
- Ocean Travel
- Outside Literature
- Legends
- The Unlighted Coast
- The Dover Patrol
- Memorandum on the Scheme for Fitting-Out a Sailing Ship
- The Loss of the "Dalgonar"
- Travel
- Stephen Crane
- His War Book: A Preface to Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage
- John Galsworthy
- A Glance at Two Books (The Island Pharisees by John Galsworthy and Green Mansions by W. H. Hudson
- Preface to "The Shorter Tales of Joseph Conrad"
- Cookery: Preface to Jesse Conrad's A Handbook of Cookery for a Small House
- The Future of Constantinople
- The Congo Diary
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