Many Cargoes

This early work by William Wymark Jacobs was originally published in 1896 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. ''Many Cargoes'' is a collection of short stories that contains tales such as ''Smoked Skipper'', ''A Rash Experiment'' and ''The Lost Ship''. Jacobs worked as a clerk in the civil service before turning to writing in his late twenties, publishing his fi...