A Reel in a Bottle, for Jack in the Doldrums; being The Adventures of Two of the King's Seaman in A Voyage to the Celestial Country. Edited from the Manuscripts of an Old Salt

TitleA Reel in a Bottle, for Jack in the Doldrums; being The Adventures of Two of the King's Seaman in A Voyage to the Celestial Country. Edited from the Manuscripts of an Old Salt
Year for Search1852
Authors[Cheever], [George Barrell](1807-90)
Secondary AuthorsCheever, Rev. Henry T.
Date Published1852
PublisherCharles Scribner
Place PublishedNew York
KeywordsMale author, US author
Annotation

Standard Christian allegory using various imaginary countries en route to the eutopia of Heaven.

Additional Publishers

3rd ed. under the author’s name as A Voyage to the Celestial Country, Being the Reel in a Bottle, from the Manuscripts of an Old Salt; An Allegory. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1853. Later ed. under the author’s name as The Log-Book of a Voyage to the Celestial Country. A Christian Allegory of the Sea. New York: A.C. Armstrong and Son, 1885. U.K. ed. as Incidents and Memories of the Christian Life; Under the Similitude of a Voyage to the Celestial Land. Glasgow, Scot.: William Collins, [1852].

Title Note

A Voyage to the Celestial Country, Being the Reel in a Bottle, from the Manuscripts of an Old Salt; An Allegory

The Log-Book of a Voyage to the Celestial Country. A Christian Allegory of the Sea

Incidents and Memories of the Christian Life; Under the Similitude of a Voyage to the Celestial Land

Author Note

(1807-90)

Full Text

1852 [Cheever, George Barrell] (1807-90). A Reel in a Bottle, for Jack in the Doldrums; being The Adventures of Two of the King’s Seaman in A Voyage to the Celestial Country. Edited from the Manuscripts of an Old Salt. By Rev. Henry T. Cheever [brother of the author]. New York: Charles Scribner. 3rd ed. under the author’s name as A Voyage to the Celestial Country, Being the Reel in a Bottle, from the Manuscripts of an Old Salt; An Allegory. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1853. Later ed. under the author’s name as The Log-Book of a Voyage to the Celestial Country. A Christian Allegory of the Sea. New York: A.C. Armstrong and Son, 1885. U.K. ed. as Incidents and Memories of the Christian Life; Under the Similitude of a Voyage to the Celestial Land. Glasgow, Scot.: William Collins, [1852].

Standard Christian allegory using various imaginary countries en route to the eutopia of Heaven.