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Hartford (CT) Courant
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“Melville's stories are decidedly interesting and graphic, and, as he writes, he improves in the minor details of incident, management, and style... well worth reading as a book of amusement, and well worth a place on the book shelf.
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— November 15, 1851
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- ✅ Victorian vocabulary — obsolete words and nautical terms defined inline
- ✅ Biblical & literary references — every allusion traced to its source