40 CHARLES GRIFFIN <t CO.'S PUBLICATIONS. 



GRIFFIN'S NAUTICAL SERIES . 



Price 3s. 6d. Post-free. 

 THE 



British Mercantile Marine. 



By EDWARD BLACKMORE, 



MASTER MARINER; ASSOCIATE OF THE INSTITUTION OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS; 



MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS AND SHIPBUILDERS 



IN SCOTLAND; EDITOR OF GRIFFIN'S "NAUTICAL SERIES." 



Geneeal Contents.— Historical : Trom Early Times to 1486— Frt ^ re na 

 under Henry VIII.— To Death of Mary— During Elizabeth's Eeign— Up to 

 the Reign of William III. — The ISth and 19th Centuries — Institution ot 

 Examinations — Rise and Progress of Stef-m Propulsion — Development ol 

 Free Trade— Shipping Legislation, 1862 to 1875— " l.ocksley Hall" Case— 

 Shipmasters' Societies— Loading of Ships — Shipping Legislation, 1884 to l&r<4 — 

 Statifltics of Shipping. The Personnel: Shipowners— Officers— Marin ers>— 

 Duties and Present Position. Education: A Seaman's Education: what it 

 •hould be— Present Means of Education— Hints. Discipline and Duty — 

 Poitscript — The Serious Decrease in the Number of British Seaonen, » Mattw 

 demandijig the Attention of the Nation. 



" iNTWiBSTiNG and Imstbuctivb . . . may be read with pbofit and BNJOTKiaT."— 

 0UUCOK Eeraid. 



''EvEET BRANCH of the Bubject is dealt with in a way which shows that the writer 

 'kaowB the ropes' familiarly." — Scotsman 



" This ADMiBABLE book . . . TBEHS with Dseful information — Should be in the 

 hftods of every Sailor." — Western Morning Newt. 



Third Edition, Thoroughly Revised, Enlarged, and Re-seL 

 With Additional Illustrations. 6s. 



ELEMENTARY SEAMANSHIP. 



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D. WILSON-BARKER, Master Mariner; F.R.S.E., F.R.G.S.,&o., &o.; 



YOUNGER BROTHER OF THE TRINITY HOUSE. 



With Frontispiece, Numerous Plates (Two in Colours), and Illustration* 



in the Text, 

 General Contents.- The Building of a Ship; Parts of Hull. Mast*, 

 kc. — Ropes, Knots, Splicing, &c. — Gear, Lead and Log, &c. — Rigging, 

 Anchors — Saiknaking — The SaUs, &c. — Handling of Boats under Sail — 

 Signals and Signalling- Rule of the Road— Keeping and Relieving Watch — 

 Points of Etiquette— Glossary of Sea Terms and Phrases — Index. 



%* The volume contains the new rdles of tdb road. 



" This ABMTEABLE MANUAL, by Oapt. Wilson-Bakkbe of the ' Worcester,' seems to aa 

 rKBFKCTLT DEBiGNKD and holds its place excellently in ' Grifku's Nautical Series." . . . 

 Although intended for those who are to become OfiBcers of the Merchant Navy, it will b* 

 found useful by all yachtsmen." — Athenseum. 



" Five Bhillings will be well spent on this little book. Capt. Wilsom-Barkeb know* 

 Crotn experience what a young man wants at the oatiet of his career." — The Engineer. 



*,'* For complete Li»t of Grifftw's Nautical Sbeibs, see p. 39. 



LONDON : CHARIES GRIFFIN & CO., LIMITED, EXETER STREET, STRAND. 



