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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 121–148 of 148
The catalog
  1. I The King's Jackal Richard Harding Davis
  2. II The Merry Men, and Other Tales and Fables Robert Louis Stevenson
  3. III St. Ives Robert Louis Stevenson
  4. IV The Well at the World's End William Morris
  5. V The Scarlet Pimpernel Baroness Orczy
  6. VI The Yeoman Adventurer George W. Gough
  7. VII The Auction Block Rex Beach
  8. VIII Baree, Son of Kazan James Oliver Curwood
  9. IX Nomads of the North James Oliver Curwood
  10. X Long Live the King! Mary Roberts Rinehart
  11. XI The Drums of Jeopardy Harold MacGrath
  12. XII El Dorado Baroness Orczy
  13. XIII Marie H. Rider Haggard
  14. XIV The Golden Fleece Julian Hawthorne
  15. XV A Rogue's Life Wilkie Collins
  16. XVI Mistress Wilding Rafael Sabatini
  17. XVII The Three Musketeers Alexandre Dumas
  18. XVIII The Lure of the Dim Trails B. M. Bower
  19. XIX Maid Marian Thomas Love Peacock
  20. XX The Black Tulip Alexandre Dumas
  21. XXI The White Company Arthur Conan Doyle
  22. XXII Lorna Doone R. D. Blackmore
  23. XXIII The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe
  24. XXIV The Outlaw of Torn Edgar Rice Burroughs
  25. XXV The Mad King Edgar Rice Burroughs
  26. XXVI The Saga of Grettir the Strong Unknown
  27. XXVII The Mucker Edgar Rice Burroughs
  28. XXVIII Child Christopher and Goldilind the Fair William Morris