Herbert, Henry William, 1807-1858 [1847], Tales of the Spanish seas (Burgess, Stringer & Co., New York) [word count] [eaf148].
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TO THE PUBLIC.
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The history of the Buccaneers abounds with perilous enterprises and
romantic adventures, which afford a field for the highest powers of the
novelist; but hitherto American authors have avoided this fertile ground.
In “Ringwood the Rover” the writer has sought to give a picture of the
nobler class, as well as to describe some of the daring undertakings of these
free rovers of the seas.
Herbert, Henry William, 1807-1858 [1847], Tales of the Spanish seas (Burgess, Stringer & Co., New York) [word count] [eaf148].
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