by William Hope Hodgson.
(From the fly-leaf). "Being an account of their Adventures in the Strange places of the Earth, after the foundering of the good ship Glen Carrig through striking upon a hidden rock in the unknown seas to the Southward. As told by John Winterstraw, Gent., to his Son James Winterstraw, in the year 1757, and by him committed very properly and legibly to manuscript." (Contents): The Land of Lonesomeness, The Ship in the Creek, The Thing that Made Search, The Two Faces, The Great Storm, The Weed-Choked Sea, The Island in the Weed, the Noises in the Valley, What Happened in the Dusk, The Light in the Weed, The Signals from the Ship, The Making of the Great Bow, The Weed Men, In Communication, Aboard the Hulk, Freed, How We Came to our Own Country. William Hope Hodgson was one of the very earliest fantasy writers and one of the best and most literate. He was an artillery office during the Great War and was killed serving in this conflict. This volume can be enjoyed on three levels; lovers of the nautical will find the descriptions and events impeccably correct; lovers of horror and suspense will enjoy the monstrous creatures he invents, and lovers of fine writing will revel in the absolutely "Wedgewoodian" perfection of the language. You wil find another Hodgson nautical volume here in The Ghost Pirates ; an equally good read!
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