Title: Good ghost story
Review: Wikipedia says this was first published in 1909. That should tell you something right there. This is an old-fashioned ghost story that builds slowly, and nicely, upon the dread one might feel stuck in the middle of the ocean when strange things start to happen. And the author sets the scene very well. One can almost hear the rigging creaking. It's interesting to imagine how an early 20th century audience, that hadn't been spoiled by seeing too many movies of ships at sea and pirates, might have taken this story. I suspect they were deeply creeped out. The only drawback for me was that I don't have the nautical lingo down. I don't know all the terms for the different parts of the ship, sails, and masts and such, so I had trouble imagining what was going on at times, but that didn't prevent me from enjoying this very well crafted tale.
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