THE AMERICAN SHIP AND THE AMERICAN SAILOR - NEW ENGLAND'S LEAD ON THE OCEAN - THE EARLIEST AMERICAN SHIP-BUILDING - HOW THE SHIPYARDS MULTIPLIED - LAWLESS TIMES ON THE HIGH SEAS - SHIP-BUILDING IN THE FORESTS AND ON THE FARM - SOME EARLY TYPES - THE COURSE OF MARITIME TRADE - THE FIRST SCHOONER AND THE FIRST FULL-RIGGED SHIP - JEALOUSY AND ANTAGONISM OF ENGLAND - THE PEST OF PRIVATEERING - ENCOURAGEMENT FROM CONGRESS - THE GOLDEN DAYS OF OUR MERCHANT MARINE - FIGHTING CAPTAINS AND TRADING CAPTAINS - GROUND BETWEEN FRANCE AND ENGLAND - CHECKED BY THE WARS - SEALING AND WHALING - INTO THE PACIFIC - HOW YANKEE BOYS MOUNTED THE QUARTER-DECK - SOME STORIES OF EARLY SEAMEN - THE PACKETS AND THEIR EXPLOITS.