A riveting collection of stories of ships, sailors, adventures on the high seas and maritime mysteries.

• "The Tale" by Joseph Conrad
• "The Saloon Passenger" by E. W. Hornung
• "The Terrible Story of the 'Mary Russell'" by J. G. Lockhart
• "Marooned" by J. G. Lockhart
• "A Rash Experiment "by W. W. Jacobs
• "The Mystery of the Mary Celeste" by J. G. Lockhart
• "Smoked Skipper" by W. W. Jacobs
• "The Flying Dutchman" by J. G. Lockhart
• "The Cabin Passenger" by W. W. Jacobs
• "The Ship that saw a Ghost" by Frank Norris
• "The Murderer" by Perceval Gibbon
• "The First Shot" by J. J. Bell
• "The Secret Sharer" by Joseph Conrad
• "Jenny" by Victor Hugo
• "My Uncle Jules" by Guy de Maupassant
• "The Shadow of the Shark" by G. K. Chesterton
• "Typhoon" off the Coast of Japan by Jack London
• "Submarine" by Stella Benson
• "The Lost Ship" by W. W. Jacobs