Bill Stanley; or, A Sailor's Story, (John Mackay Wilson)
The Surgeon's Tales, (Alexander Leighton)
The Conscience Stricken
Rattling, Roaring Willie, (Alexander Campbell)
Bill Whyte, (Hugh Miller)
The Professor's Tales, (Professor Thomas Gillespie)
The Last of the Pedlars
Duncan Schulebred's Vision of Judgment, (Alex. Leighton)
Archy Armstrong, (John Mackay Wilson)
The Double-Bedded Room, (Walter Logan)
The Highland Boy, (Alexander Campbell)
Major Weir's Coach, (John Howell)
The Divinity Student, (David M. Moir, "Delta")
Reader, if thou hast never visited the Fern Isles, but intendest tovisit them, thou hast a pleasure in reserve—a positive, downright,profitable pleasure—profitable as regards the health of the body, for atrip upon the sea makes the blood feel ten years younger, and dance inthe veins as merrily as the waves around us; and profitable also to themind, by filling it with fresh objects for wonder and contemplation; andit is a fact very generally overlooked, that the poor jaded mind standsas much in need of new objects to work upon, as its plebeian neighbour,the body, stands in need of rest or change of diet. It is a matter ofsmall consequence, whether you go in a yacht or in a steamer; in theformer you will have as much pleasure, in the latter more punctuality.But it is a matter of much consequence what sort of company you have onboard—in a word, what materials your fellow-voyagers are made of. Ifthey be all your exceedingly good-natured sort of people—people boweddown with politeness and a desire to please—you won't be half an hourat sea till you find them dead as uncorked small beer that has stood anhour in the sun, or insipid as milk and water. I had as lief dine upondried veal as be mewed up a day with such society. If you wish torelish the company, and to see character developed, be careful to haveit sprinkled with the salt, the pepper, and the mustard of humandispositions; as