WHITE-JACKET
OR
THE WORLD IN A MAN-OF-WAR
By
Herman
Melville
AUTHOR OF "TYPEE," "OMOO," AND "MOBY-DICK"
NEW YORK UNITED STATES BOOK COMPANY 5 AND 7 EAST SIXTEENTH STREET
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CHICAGO: 266 & 268 WABASH AVE.
Copyright, 1892 BY ELIZABETH S. MELVILLE
"Conceive him now in a man-of-war;
with his letters of mart, well armed,
victualed, and appointed,
and see how he acquits himself."
--FULLER'S "Good Sea-Captain."
CONTENTS:
CHAPTER
III. A GLANCE AT THE PRINCIPAL DIVISIONS, INTO WHICH A MAN-OF-WAR'S CREW IS
DIVIDED.
CHAPTER
V. JACK CHASE ON A SPANISH QUARTER-DECK.
CHAPTER
VII. BREAKFAST, DINNER, AND SUPPER.
CHAPTER
VIII. SELVAGEE CONTRASTED WITH MAD-JACK.
CHAPTER
IX. OF THE POCKETS THAT WERE IN THE JACKET.
CHAPTER
X. FROM POCKETS TO PICKPOCKETS.
CHAPTER
XI. THE PURSUIT OF POETRY UNDER DIFFICULTIES.
CHAPTER
XIII. A MAN-OF-WAR HERMIT IN A MOB.
CHAPTER
XIV. A DRAUGHT IN A MAN-OF-WAR.
CHAPTER
XV. A SALT-JUNK CLUB IN A MAN-OF-WAR, WITH A NOTICE TO QUIT.
CHAPTER
XVI. GENERAL TRAINING IN A MAN-OF-WAR.
CHAPTER
XVII. AWAY! SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH CUTTERS, AWAY!
CHAPTER
XVIII. A MAN-OF-WAR FULL AS A NUT.
CHAPTER
XIX. THE JACKET ALOFT.
CHAPTER
XX. HOW THEY SLEEP IN A MAN-OF-WAR.
CHAPTER
XXI. ONE REASON WHY MEN-OF-WAR'S MEN ARE, GENERALLY, SHORT-LIVED.
CHAPTER
XXII. WASH-DAY AND HOUSE-CLEANING IN A MAN-OF-WAR.
CHAPTER
XXIII. THEATRICALS IN A MAN-OF-WAR.
CHAPTER
XXIV. INTRODUCTORY TO CAPE HORN.
CHAPTER
XXV THE DOG-DAYS OFF CAPE HORN.
CHAPTER
XXVI. THE PITCH OF THE CAPE.
CHAPTER
XXVII. SOME THOUGHTS GROWING OUT OF MAD JACK'S COUNTERMANDING HIS SUPERIOR'S
ORDER.
CHAPTER
XXIX. THE NIGHT-WATCHES.
CHAPTER
XXX. A PEEP THROUGH A PORT-HOLE AT THE SUBTERRANEAN PARTS OF A MAN-OF-WAR.
CHAPTER
XXXI. THE GUNNER UNDER HATCHES.
CHAPTER
XXXII. A DISH OF DUNDERFUNK.
CHAPTER
XXXIV. SOME OF THE EVIL EFFECTS OF FLOGGING.
CHAPTER
XXXV. FLOGGING NOT LAWFUL.
CHAPTER
XXXVI. FLOGGING NOT NECESSARY.
CHAPTER
XXXVII. SOME SUPERIOR OLD "LONDON DOCK" FROM THE WINE-COOLERS OF
NEPTUNE.
CHAPTER
XXXVIII. THE CHAPLAIN AND CHAPEL IN A MAN-OF-WAR.
CHAPTER
XXXIX. THE FRIGATE IN HARBOUR.--THE BOATS.--GRAND STATE RECEPTION OF THE
COMMODORE.
CHAPTER
XL. SOME OF THE CEREMONIES IN A MAN-OF-WAR UNNECESSARY AND INJURIOUS.