This is a book of remarkable nautical ghost and horror stories written by William Clark Russell in 1893. The stories are for the most part set on ships and bring the reader on board for ghostly nights, wonderful sights, and strange occurrences.
By : William Clark Russell (1844 - 1911)
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OPINIONS OF THE PRESS ON THE PHANTOM DEATH.
“No other writer so effectually carries his readers down to the sea in ships, and even in steamers he never fails to give us the true salt atmosphere.... ‘The Lazarette of the Huntress’ is undoubtedly one of the most exciting tales ever written by a past-master in the art of thrilling his readers, while the other ten yarns are all thoroughly interesting.”—Manchester Courier.
“There is not one which is not entertaining, and many are positively thrilling.”—Sun.
“We can cordially recommend it as being, in its way, equal to anything that Mr. Clark Russell has yet written. Higher praise than this could hardly be given to a collection of stories.”—Speaker.
“There is plenty of variety, and all are as good reading as those which have previously come from the same author’s pen.”—Scotsman.
“All full of adventure, and form capital reading.”—Lloyd’s Weekly News.
“A collection of thrilling tales of the sea from the ever-felicitous pen of Mr. Clark Russell, the most inventive and picturesque of modern writers on maritime subjects.... In point of merit no distinction can be made between these stories, for they are one and all absolutely first-class.”—Daily Telegraph.
“Marked by Mr. Clark Russell’s genius, in which the horrible, the grotesque, and the humorous are well contrasted. No other writer so realises for us the moods of the sea, or tells tales of the sea with such faithful and vivid presentation.”—Leeds Mercury.
“All alike intensely interesting, and instinct with the life and motion of the ‘ever-changing, never-changing sea.’”—Weekly Dispatch.
“One thing is certain about Mr. Clark Russell—whatever the story he has to tell, he cannot write a page without imparting to it the briny savour of the sea. His storms are impressive, his bright breezes are exhilarating, but his rendering of a dead ocean calm is as unique as the thing itself. It is a master’s work.”—Academy.
“Mr. Russell keeps up a remarkable freshness of tone in his sea-stories.... These stories vary a good deal in purport and incident, but they are all attractive and ingenious.... Eleven half-hours of thoroughly diverting fiction.”—Athenæum.
“There is something picturesque, or weird, or sensational, in all of them.... All are entertaining, all are especially suitable for readers in a hurry, or readers who want something that will let thought be quiet.”—Bookman.
“The wonderful fertility of invention which we have once or twice referred to as specially characteristic of Mr. Russell’s maritime novels is well in evidence in this collection of stories. The best of them are really excellent, and even those which are less good than the best stand on an exceptionally high level.”—Spectator.
“‘The Phantom Death’ has all the best characteristics of Mr. Russell’s style—stirring plot, mastery of exact detail, and power of bringing each picture vividly before the mind’s eye of the reader.”—St. Paul’s.
“All racy of the real sea, vigorously told, and exciting some admiration at the fertility of the imagination which has contrived to create so many diverse sensational incidents out of such similar materials without a single instance of repetition.”—Guardian.
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