With an introduction by Admiral Sir Cyprian Bridge, G.C.B. A splendid anthology containing 100 songs and ballads about the sea spanning 500 years, nearly all written before the date of Trafalgar. The selection draws heavily from the volumes of the Ballad Society.

Christopher Reynolds Stone (1882–1965) later became a noted British radio broadcaster, becoming the first disc jockey in the United Kingdom in 1927.