The Lucky Bag, 1894 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover
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One day during last summer's cruise, While becalmed in the very middle of the Atlantic Ocean, a group of first-class middies were whiling away the tedious hours by reciting impromptu poetry on the forecastle of the good ship Con stellation some unusually brilliant effort elicited the remark that talent like that should not be doomed to bloom unseen. A resolution to publish a little volume into which such bursts of genius might be gathered, was the result of the conversation which followed, and a committee was chosen to bring the vol ume into being. The gifted poets promised reams of rhyme which would bring fame and fortune to our glorious class but, strange to sav, these poets have not been heard from since, though the poor stranded committee have sent prayers and entreaties throughout the land, and have offered large rewards for anyone caught Spooning on the Muse - In desperation they at last decided to convert the book into an Academy Annual, similar to the annuals published at all other large colleges, and the Lucky Bag is the result. That we have not done our work well we do not need to be told - not even after considering the many obstacles which have had to be surmounted. But, if the senior classes which succeed us will take up the work where we have left it, profitingby our errors and improving each subsequent volume until the Lucky Bag becomes an annual of which the Naval Academy may feel proud, then - and not until then - we shall feel repaid for 'the efforts which it has cost us to set the ball rolling.
We beg to explain to the uninitiated that among seafaring folk a lucky bag is the receptacle into which Jimmy Legs gathers the odds and ends left adrift about the decks. The miscellaneous character of the contents of this volume suggested the name.
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One day during last summer's cruise, While becalmed in the very middle of the Atlantic Ocean, a group of first-class middies were whiling away the tedious hours by reciting impromptu poetry on the forecastle of the good ship Con stellation some unusually brilliant effort elicited the remark that talent like that should not be doomed to bloom unseen. A resolution to publish a little volume into which such bursts of genius might be gathered, was the result of the conversation which followed, and a committee was chosen to bring the vol ume into being. The gifted poets promised reams of rhyme which would bring fame and fortune to our glorious class but, strange to sav, these poets have not been heard from since, though the poor stranded committee have sent prayers and entreaties throughout the land, and have offered large rewards for anyone caught Spooning on the Muse - In desperation they at last decided to convert the book into an Academy Annual, similar to the annuals published at all other large colleges, and the Lucky Bag is the result. That we have not done our work well we do not need to be told - not even after considering the many obstacles which have had to be surmounted. But, if the senior classes which succeed us will take up the work where we have left it, profitingby our errors and improving each subsequent volume until the Lucky Bag becomes an annual of which the Naval Academy may feel proud, then - and not until then - we shall feel repaid for 'the efforts which it has cost us to set the ball rolling.
We beg to explain to the uninitiated that among seafaring folk a lucky bag is the receptacle into which Jimmy Legs gathers the odds and ends left adrift about the decks. The miscellaneous character of the contents of this volume suggested the name.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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- Publication date2017
- ISBN 10 0259823716
- ISBN 13 9780259823711
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages204
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