A collection of very early nautical-themed short stories written in the period when London was still struggling for recognition. The second story in the collection "Typhoon Off the Coast of Japan" is named by Charmian in her preface to the collection as "the first story ever written by Jack London for publication." The descriptive narrative was published in the "San Francisco Call" newspaper in Nov., 1893 when Jack was 17. Only 4,348 copies printed. BAL 11985; Sisson & Martens, p. 105.