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148 volumes

Adventure & the Sea

Wide horizons and long odds.

The ship that does not come back, the map with a cross on it, the man who walks out of a comfortable life and into weather. Adventure was the nineteenth century’s most popular literature and remains its most underrated — these books move because their authors knew exactly how much to withhold.

What belongs on this shelf, and what does not

The volumes 1–60 of 148
The catalog
  1. I Under the Red Dragon James Grant
  2. II Forest Days G. P. R. James
  3. III For the Cause Stanley John Weyman
  4. IV A Prince of Dreamers Flora Annie Steel
  5. V A Blot on the Scutcheon Mabel Winifred Knowles
  6. VI The Whelps of the Wolf George Marsh
  7. VII The Men of the Moss-Hags S. R. Crockett
  8. VIII Monte-Cristo's Daughter Edmund Flagg
  9. IX Edmond Dantès Edmund Flagg
  10. X Doom Castle Neil Munro
  11. XI Fort Amity Arthur Quiller-Couch
  12. XII The Poor Plutocrats Mór Jókai
  13. XIII Destiny Charles Neville Buck
  14. XIV The Refugees Arthur Conan Doyle
  15. XV Redburn: His First Voyage Herman Melville
  16. XVI Snow-Blind Katharine Newlin Burt
  17. XVII The Companions of Jehu Alexandre Dumas
  18. XVIII The Rangers Daniel P. Thompson
  19. XIX Tomaso's Fortune and Other Stories Henry Seton Merriman
  20. XX The Winds of the World Talbot Mundy
  21. XXI Carnac's Folly Gilbert Parker
  22. XXII Princess Maritza Percy James Brebner
  23. XXIII No Defense Gilbert Parker
  24. XXIV The Trail of the Sword Gilbert Parker
  25. XXV West Wind Drift George Barr McCutcheon
  26. XXVI Jess H. Rider Haggard
  27. XXVII The Honor of the Big Snows James Oliver Curwood
  28. XXVIII Guns of the Gods Talbot Mundy
  29. XXIX In the Blue Pike Georg Ebers
  30. XXX The Elixir Georg Ebers
  31. XXXI The Burgomaster's Wife Georg Ebers
  32. XXXII A Word, Only a Word Georg Ebers
  33. XXXIII Barbara Blomberg Georg Ebers
  34. XXXIV In the Fire of the Forge Georg Ebers
  35. XXXV Arachne Georg Ebers
  36. XXXVI Joshua Georg Ebers
  37. XXXVII The Sisters Georg Ebers
  38. XXXVIII An Egyptian Princess Georg Ebers
  39. XXXIX If I Were King Justin H. McCarthy
  40. XL The Chaplet of Pearls Charlotte M. Yonge
  41. XLI Ayesha, the Return of She H. Rider Haggard
  42. XLII Rung Ho! Talbot Mundy
  43. XLIII Graustark George Barr McCutcheon
  44. XLIV Flower of the North James Oliver Curwood
  45. XLV The Flaming Forest James Oliver Curwood
  46. XLVI The Sea-Witch Maturin M. Ballou
  47. XLVII Unknown to History Charlotte M. Yonge
  48. XLVIII The Thrall of Leif the Lucky Ottilie A. Liljencrantz
  49. XLIX The Heart's Highway Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
  50. L Hira Singh Talbot Mundy
  51. LI Marie Alexander Pushkin
  52. LII The Lances of Lynwood Charlotte M. Yonge
  53. LIII Don Rodriguez Lord Dunsany
  54. LIV Frederick the Great and His Court Luise Mühlbach
  55. LV Berlin and Sans-Souci Luise Mühlbach
  56. LVI Swallow H. Rider Haggard
  57. LVII Omoo Herman Melville
  58. LVIII Prince Eugene and His Times Luise Mühlbach
  59. LIX Cinq-Mars Alfred de Vigny
  60. LX Joseph II and His Court Luise Mühlbach