Excerpt from The Opal Sea: Continued Studies in Impressions and Appearances Not here alone by this Dalmatian coast is the wondrous play of light and color on the outstretched sea. By the home waters of the Atlantic, by West Indian strand and Peruvian headland and South Sea beach there is the same glint of flame and fire. The distant seas where once rode golden galleons, the still waters of tropic reefs where polyps rear castles of coral, the encircling waves of lone islands where seals lurk and sea birds clamor, are merely parts of the great whole. All the oceans are one. North or south of the line, at the equator or at the poles, around Iceland or around Formosa there is but the one water. And up and down the vast expanse, every where over its shining surface, with summer suns and rosy atmospheres, there spreads the violet light, the pearly color, of the Oriental stone. Therefore I ask again: Why not the Opal Sea? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.