- How did the Vikings land in what are today impassable harbors?When and why did the British Parliament become so corrupt?What is the difference between prose and rhetoric?Can you trust learned scholars?Are sea monsters real?Will Alice in Wonderland remain a popular book?Why are oceans so different from one another?Is "equality" a Catholic doctrine?
Mulling over half a century of memories and experiences, the seaman-philosopher shares a hundred and one reflections, flights of fancy, and tongue-in-cheek observations on England and Europe, Catholicism, atheism, sailing techniques, and common-sense. From his memories of the outbreak of the first World War to denunciations of rationalism, this cruise can transport the reader from his armchair to the lashing spray and biting wit of this monumental figure of English literature.
This new edition from Os Justi Press is entirely re-typeset, and includes a new Foreword by Joseph Pearce.