Typhoon by Joseph Conrad is a classic sea tale about a Captain Macwhirr who sails the Siamese steamer Nan-Shan into a typhoon.

The Country of the Blind And Other Stories, H. G. Wells

Lost Leaders by Andrew Lang. Non-fiction

The Crimson Fairy Book - 36 Classic Tales from Caryn's eBooks -- Includes Lucky, Luck, The Hairy Man, Tiidu the Piper and many more. *** Many tales in this book are translated, or adapted, from those told by mothers and nurses in Hungary; others are familiar to Russian nurseries; the Servians are responsible for some; a rather peculiarly fanciful set of stories are adapted from the Roumanians; others are from the Baltic shores; others from sunny Sicily; a few are from Finland, and Iceland, and Japan, and Tunis, and Portugal. No doubt many children will like to look out these places on the map, and study their mountains, rivers, soil, products, and fiscal policies, in the geography books. The peoples who tell the stories differ in colour; language, religion, and almost everything else; but they all love a nursery tale. The stories have mainly been adapted or translated by Mrs. Lang, a few by Miss Lang and Miss Blackley.

South Sea Tales is London's collection of eight sea tales that encompass acts of slavery, savagery, death and humour.