Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 1, July 1847

Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 1, July 1847

Many modern authors, of eminent ability, have employed their time and talents in writing tales of the vast deep; and of those who go down to the great sea in ships; but they nearly always take for the hero of their story some horrible and bloody pirate, or daring and desperate smuggler, of the sixteenth or seventeenth century; characters that the increased number, strength and vigilance of armed cruisers, and the energy of the excise officers, have long since driven from the face of the ocean, in these capacities: and who now can only be found in that lawless traffic, the Slave Trade. It is true, that by taking a distant era for the date of their themes, they have a more widely extended field for the play of their imaginations, and are less liable to severe criticisms on the score of consistency; but, at the same time, they lose that hold on the feelings of their readers, that a tale of the present will ever possess; for instead of thinking of the characters, the incidents, and the scenes, as things that were, or might have been, a century ago, our imaginations are vividly impressed with the fact that they even now exist. And whilst we are quietly perusing some thrilling tale, events equally startling, deeds as dark and desperate, scenes as horrible, may be transpiring at that instant, on the bosom, or the borders, of the same ocean, that laves with its salt waters the shores of our own happy land. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 58854
Author: Various
Release Date: Feb 9, 2019
Format: eBook
Language: English

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Editor: Graham, George R., 1813-1894