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date), is a general account. Mr. Bowen has also written many volumes 

 on special ships. 



The Story of the Ship by Charles E. Gibson, New York, Schuman, 

 1948, is a very comprehensive and constructive general account. 



The History of the American Sailing Ships by Howard I. Chapelle, 

 New York, W. W, Norton, 1935, is a little too episodic to quite justify 

 its title, but that is not of great importance. The book is composed of 

 interesting, valuable, and technically excellent studies of important 

 types of American vessels, with full plans and drawings. 



Maritime History of Massachusetts by Samuel Eliot Morison, Hough- 

 ton, Mifflin, Boston, 1921, is a book that could easily be overlooked, 

 but should not be. It has a more general interest and a greater impor- 

 tance than the title suggests. 



Of volumes on special subjects, Square-riggers on Schedule by Rob- 

 ert Greenhalph Albion, Princeton University Press, 1938, is of unusual 

 value. It is our only thorough and reliable account of American packet- 

 ship operations, and I am indebted to it for much of the material in- 

 cluded in my chapter on this subject. 



On the subject of the clippers of America there are a number of 

 volumes, some of them good. The Clipper Ship Era by Capt. Arthur H. 

 Clark, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1910, is good. Scholars have 

 asserted that some of his facts, figures and memories are not exactly 

 accurate, but that does not destroy the value of the general account, 

 nor dull its vividness and enthusiasm. 



Greyhounds of the Sea by Dr. Carl C. Cutler, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 

 New York, 1930, has produced a most valuable and accurate record 

 of year-by-year clipper-ship operation. 



In the matter of illustrated works, few painters or draughtsmen can 

 rival, and none can excel, the work of Gordon Grant. He grew up in 

 the old square-riggers, he is a careful historian and natural artist, and 

 his works therefore have a rare combination of knowledge, accuracy 

 and beauty. Books illustrated by him, BooJ{ of Old Ships, Greasy Lucl^ 

 (a pictorial record of a whaling cruise). Unrolling the Map, etc., will 

 always have an extra value because of his work. 



There are many works on the activities of the United States Navy 

 and the American Merchant Marine at various stages in our history. 

 A fine general account is The Sea and The States by Samuel W. Bryant. 

 I found this entertaining as well as informative. It is in the Growth of 

 America Series, published by Thomas Y. Crowell, New York, copy- 

 right 1947. 



