The Sea and the Sailor; Notes on France and Italy, and Other Literary Remains. With a Memoir by Rev. Henry T. Cheever
by: Colton, Walter

Hardcover. NY, A. S. Barnes & Co., reprint, 1854, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, embossed brown cloth with gilt decoration to cover, 437 pages, frontis. engraving of author. The first part contains two manuscripts that were sermons or addresses that the Rev. Walter Colton use when preaching in behalf of seamen. The author writes about: The Ocean in its Grandeur and Sublimity; The Sailor's Chivalric Devotion to Woman; Humanity of the Sailor; Navy Chaplains; Genoa and the Genoese; City of Pisa; We are Robbed of our Cigars; etc. The second part contains his writings about travel to France and Italy. Also includes his poetry, editorials, aphorisms, etc. Includes a memoir of the Rev. Walter Colton by Rev. Cheever. Light chip, wear to spine. Circulating library sticker on inside front cover otherwise clean. Covers with minor edgewear. Title page states 1854, copyright page is 1851.