H M Tomlinson: 6 books

"Suppose you were a quiet, respectable, sedentary business or professional man, and the captain of a tramp steamer bound to South America and up the Amazon suddenly dropped into your peaceful office, invited you to go along with him, got your acceptance by a clever trick, and had you at sea before...

H. M. Tomlinson was a war correspondent for the British army in France during World War I, an experience that made him fervently anti-war. Waiting for Daylight, published shortly after World War I, is a memorable and penetrating collection of essays about his experiences during the war and his reactions to modern warfare.

London River is an entertaining and edifying collection of eleven essays about life on London’s Thames River and the importance of the river to the people of London. The first book Tomlinson wrote after World War I, it is a guided tour of the Thames—a volume exquisite with meditation and invaluable reading.

A spellbinding travel book, The Sea and the Jungle is an account of the author’s journey on the tramp steamer Capella—which was bringing supplies to a railroad construction site—on the Amazon and Madeira rivers. Tomlinson’s experiences on the trip and his stories about the events at the construction site are the stuff of true adventure; it was hailed as an instant classic.

Contents I THE FORESHORE II A MIDNIGHT VOYAGE III A SHIPPING PARISH IV THE "HEART'S DESIRE" V THE MASTER VI THE SHIP-RUNNERS VII NOT IN THE ALMANAC VIII THE ILLUSION IX IN A COFFEE-SHOP X OFF-SHORE XI AN OLD LLOYD'S REGISTER

Though it is easier, and perhaps far better, not to begin at all, yet if a beginning is made it is there that most care is needed. Everything is inherent in the genesis. So I have to record the simple genesis of this affair as a winter morning after rain. There was more rain to come. The sky was waterlogged...