The English author and humorist Jerome K. Jerome is the author of this collection of short stories. The title story is about the illustrious life of the sea captain John Ingerfield. A proud sea man he doesn't take too kindly to being told what to do by any one, least of all the King's Naval Captain. But Captain Ingerfield lacks one thing, a good woman at his side. And he sets to find one with the help of his friend, Will Cathcart, who is heavily indebted to him…
