ON THE HIGH SEAS by E. Keble Chatterton A collection of yarns concerning men, ships and the sea. No fascination compares with marine adventure—not all the glorious achievements in the sky can ever take away the unique aroma clinging to everything maritime. In these startlingly true stores of the high sea and its rovers is all the thrill and suspense, the drama and daring of imaginative fiction. From the very dawn of history down to the amazing but little known sea episodes of the Great War we are dealing with naval history in its widest and most entertaining aspect. But the book is more than this—-it is a window opened on life at sea in the days of the old wooden ships, in the days of the great ocean liners and the U-boats and Q-boats. It enables the reader to see through the eyes of his imagination the environment of the sailor, to share with intimacy his hopes and fears, his perils and bravery, to understand his seamanship, his technique, his vocabulary. Commander Chatterton is one of the foremost authorities on ships and sailors. And rightly so, for he has had great experiences on the sea. Shortly after his graduation from Oxford the War broke out and he was commissioned in the Royal Navy. First in the North Sea and afterward off the Southwest coast of Ireland he operated a patrol craft against U-boats and swept the sea for mines. When the U. S. entered the war he commanded the vessel that went out to welcome the first American destroyers to arrive off Queenstown. The British Admiralty regarded this as such an historic event that they sent a special motion-picture operator from London to photograph the meeting. After several trying years on patrol Mr. Chatterton was appointed to the Admiralty to assist in writing the official naval history of the War. The U. S. Government purchased his book, “Q-boats and Their Story,” by the hundreds and a copy was carried on every U. S. warship. “Many books about the sea and its rovers has Mr. Chatterton written, and always they are lively, entertaming, touched with romance, says the New York Times. HOME PAGE