“When a man weighs anchor in a little ship or a large one he does a jolly thing! He cuts himself off and he starts for freedom and for the chance of things. He pulls the jib a-weather, he leans to her slowly pulling round, he sees the wind getting into the mainsail, and he feels that she feels the helm. He has her on a slant of the wind, and he makes out between the harbour piers.” (quotation from Hilaire Belloc)
Chapters
1 Chapter 01 On Weighing Anchor 6 min 2 Chapter 02 On Reveillon 8 min 3 Chapter 03 On Cheeses 11 min 4 Chapter 04 The Captain of Industry 12 min 5 Chapter 05 The Inventor 13 min 6 Chapter 06 The Views of England 11 min 7 Chapter 07 The Lunatic 11 min 8 Chapter 08 The Inheritance of Humour 8 min 9 Chapter 09 The Old Gentelman's Opinions 12 min 10 Chapter 10 On Historical Evidence 19 min 11 Chapter 11 The Absence of the Past 12 min 12 Chapter 12 St. Patrick 9 min 13 Chapter 13 The Lost Things 8 min 14 Chapter 14 On Historical Evidence 13 min 15 Chapter 15 The Victory 9 min 16 Chapter 16 Reality 14 min 17 Chapter 17 On the Decline of the Book 23 min 18 Chapter 18 Jose Maria de Heredia 9 min 19 Chapter 19 Normandy and the Normans 10 min 20 Chapter 20 The Old Things 11 min 21 Chapter 21 The Battle of Hastings 11 min 22 Chapter 22 The Roman Roads in Picardy 10 min 23 Chapter 23 The Reward of Letters 12 min 24 Chapter 24 The Eye-Openers 9 min 25 Chapter 25 The Public 11 min 26 Chapter 26 On Entries 12 min 27 Chapter 27 Companions of Travel 9 min 28 Chapter 28 On the Sources of Rivers 9 min 29 Chapter 29 On Error 11 min 30 Chapter 30 The Great Sight 14 min 31 Chapter 31 The Decline of a State 9 min 32 Chapter 32 On Past Greatness 7 min 33 Chapter 33 Mr. The Duke: The Man of Malplaquet 10 min 34 Chapter 34 The Game of Cards 13 min 35 Chapter 35 "King Lear" 9 min 36 Chapter 36 The Excursion 12 min 37 Chapter 37 The Tide 10 min 38 Chapter 38 On a Great Wind 9 min 39 Chapter 39 The Letter 9 min 40 Chapter 40 The Regret 10 min 41 Chapter 41 The End of the World 12 min
