Archaic and variable spelling is preserved. Author's punctuation style is preserved, including some hyphenated words that are integral to a poem. Passages in italics indicated by _underscores_. Passages in bold indicated by =equal signs=. Transcriber Changes The following changes were made to the original text: Page 22: Was 'bellettrist' ('Heed not =belletrist= jargon.') Page 45: Was 'lachrimal' (Year that has painfully tickled the =lachrymal= nerves of the Muses) Page 84: Added semi-colon after 'Pyrrhics' (Broke out in unexpected =Pyrrhics;=) Page 88: Was 'applys' and 'precison' (Mr. Seaman cracks the whip with consummate skill, and =applies= it with such naughty =precision=, that even his victims must find it difficult to withhold their admiration.) Page 89: Changed to single quotes (in modern times there has been nothing so good of its sort as ='Tillers of the Sand.'=) Advertisements: Changed to single quotes (the dancing light of humour, make up the motley which is the true jester's ='only wear'=; and under his flashes of merriment is a sober, sound philosophy.) Advertisements: Was 'Arthuh' (His technical quality seems to strengthen with every new volume."--Mr. =ARTHUR= WAUGH in _The St. James' Gazette_.) End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Battle of the Bays, by Owen Seaman