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1921. The best single work which covers the development of whaling both 

 in Europe and in America. 

 Starbuck, Alexander, "The Nantucket Whale Fishery." Pages 329-341 in 

 Godfrey, E. K., "Island of Nantucket," 1882. 



, Old Dartmouth Historical Sketches. Forty-six numbers. Published 



quarterly from June 30, 1903, to March 29, 1917, as the Proceedings of 

 the Old Dartmouth Historical Society, New Bedford. Numbers 2, 14, 43, 

 44, and 45 contain especially significant material on whaling. 



Tower, W. S., "A History of the American Whale Fishery." Publications of 

 the University of Pennsylvania, Series in Political Economy and Public Law, 

 No. 20. Philadelphia, 1907. A short and uninspired summary of the more 

 obvious facts concerning the development of American whaling. 



Ellis, L. B., "History of New Bedford and Its Vicinity, 1602-1892." Syracuse, 

 New York, 1892. Only one chapter on whaling proper; but the remainder 

 of the volume contains much material bearing on the background of whal- 

 ing development. 



MoRisON, S. E., "The Maritime History of Massachusetts, 1783-1860." Boston 

 and New York, 1921. Combines a fascinating style and sound scholarship; 

 and presents an invaluable picture of the maritime career of that state 

 which was almost synonymous with American whaling. Chapter XX is de- 

 voted entirely to the whalers. 



Ashley, C. W., "The Yankee Whaler." Boston, 1926. Because of the ex- 

 tinction of the whaling fleet, probably the best pictorial record of American 

 whaling which can be published. Emphasizes the artistic and picturesque 

 phases of the industry. 



Jenks, S. H., "Compendium of the American Whale Fishery." In Hunt's Mer- 

 chants' Magazine, 1840, Vol. 3, pp. 172-182. 



DouGLAs-LiTHGOw, R. A., "Nantucket: A History." New York and London, 

 1914. 



Banks, C. E., "The History of Martha's Vineyard." Two Volumes. Boston, 

 1911. Chap. 28, Vol. I deals especially with whaling. 



Lanman, J. H., "The American Whale Fishery." In Hunt's Merchants' Mag- 

 azine, 1840. Vol. 3, pp. 361-394. 



Williams, W. F., "Destruction of the Whaling Fleet in the Arctic Ocean in 

 1871." New Bedford, 1902. 



Williams, E. C, "History of the Whale Fisheries, Habits of the Whale, Perils 

 of the Chase, and Method of Capture." New York, 1862. 



Williams, J. R., "The Whale Fishery." Article in the North American Re- 

 view for January, 1834. Vol. 38, p. 105. 



, "The Whale and Dangers of Whaling." New Haven, 1839. 



, "The Whale and Perils of the Whale Fishery." New Haven, 1840. 



, "New Bedford in 1845, and Aspects of the Whale Fishery." Article In 



the National Magazine for September, 1845. 



BiRGE, W. S., "The Whale and the Whaleman." In New England Magazine, 

 1903. Vol. 40, pp. 265-272. 



Spears, J. R., "The Story of the New England Whalers." New York, 1908. 



Verrill, a. H., "The Real Story of the Whaler." New York, 1916. A pop- 

 ular account. Interestingly written, but hardly trustworthy in all partic- 

 ulars. 



Clark, A. H., "The American Whale Fishery, 1877-1886." In Science, 1887. 

 Vol. 9, pp. 321-324. 



Todd, C. B., "Whale Boat Privateersmen of the Revolution." In Magazine of 

 American History, 1882. Vol. 8, pp. i68-i8r. 



Weaver, R. M., "Herman Melville, Mariner and Mystic." New York, 1921. 

 In tracing the connections between whaling and Melville's biography, the 

 author devotes Chapters VII and VIII to a brief resume of the outstanding 

 facts of the industry. 



