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Caught by the Turks Francis Yeats Brown 31970K 2022-07-22

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SINGLE-HANDED CRUISING.

By FRANCIS B. COOKE, Author of ”The Corinthian Yachtsman's Handbook,” ”Cruising Hints,” Etc.

_Ill.u.s.trated._ =10s. 6d. net.=

The contents of this volume being based upon the author's many years'

practical experience of single-handed sailing, are sure to be acceptable to those who, either from choice or necessity, make a practice of cruising alone. Of the four thousand or more yachts whose names appear in Lloyd's Register, quite a considerable proportion are small craft used for the most part for week-end cruising, and single-handed sailing is a proposition that the owner of a week-ender cannot afford altogether to ignore. To be dependent upon the a.s.sistance of friends, who may leave one in the lurch at the eleventh hour, is a miserable business that can only be avoided by having a yacht which one is capable of handling alone. The ideal arrangement is to have a vessel of sufficient size to accommodate one or two guests and yet not too large to be sailed single-handed at a pinch. In this book Mr. Cooke gives some valuable hints on the equipment and handling of such a craft, which, it may be remarked, can, in the absence of paid hands, be maintained at comparatively small cost.

MODERN ROADS.

By H. PERCY BOULNOIS, M. Inst. C.E., F.R. San. Inst., etc.

_Demy 8vo._ =16s. net.=

The author is well known as one of the leading authorities on road-making, and he deals at length with Traffic, Water-bound Macadam Roads, Surface Tarring, Bituminous Roads, Waves and Corrugations, Slippery Roads, Paved Streets (Stone and Wood, etc.), Concrete Road Construction, etc.

A THIN GHOST AND OTHERS.

By Dr. M. R. JAMES, Provost of Eton College.

_Crown 8vo. Cloth._ =4s. 6d. net.=

The Provost of Eton needs no introduction as a past master of the art of making our flesh creep, and those who have enjoyed his earlier books may rest a.s.sured that his hand has lost none of its blood-curdling cunning.

Neither is it necessary to remind them that Dr. James's inexhaustible stories of archaeological erudition furnish him with a unique power of giving his gruesome tales a picturesque setting, and heightening by their literary and antiquarian charm the exquisite pleasure derived from thrills of imaginary terror. This latter quality has never been more happily displayed than in the stories contained in the present volume, which we submit with great confidence to the judgment of all who appreciate--and who does not?--a good old-fas.h.i.+oned hair-raising ghost story.

New Editions.

GHOST STORIES OF AN ANTIQUARY.

By Dr. M. R. JAMES, Provost of Eton College.

_New Edition. Crown 8vo._ =5s. net.=