"The trick played by the tide."  From St. Nicholas magazine, 1888.

"Do not color the boy who has a picture of a boat."  From Practice for Up and Away by McKee, Harrison, McCowen & Lehr, 1957.  Related: The Minimalist Coloring Book.

INSTRUCTIONS: Click to shift to an alternate depiction from within the book.
From The Wreck of the Red Bird by George Cary Eggleston, 1882.

From Sunk at Sea by R. M. Ballantyne, 1869.

From How the Old World Found the New by Barnard and Tall, 1929.

From The Heroes, or Greek Fairy Tales For My Children by Charles Kingsley and illustrated by Helen Monro, 1855.

From Travel By Air, Land, and Sea by Hanson Hart Webster, 1933.

"I saw a ship a-sailing, a-sailing o'er the sea.  And it was full of pretty things for dolly and for me."  From Illinois Wesleyan University's 1909 yearbook.

From A Book of Famous Myths and Legends, Vol. Vi, 1901.

From Purple Parrot, 1946.

From Santa Monica City College's 1934 yearbook.

From the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's 1935 yearbook.

From Le Trésor des Jeunes Conteurs by J .E. Poirier, 1900.

From The Wizard, 1931.

From Drawing Made Easy by Edwin George Lutz, 1921.

From The Young Nimrods in North America by Thomas Wallace Knox, 1881.

From Wee Wisdom, 1924.

From Purdue University's 1917 yearbook.

From the United States Naval Academy's 1926 yearbook.

From The Stars in Song and Legend by Jermain Gildersleeve Porter, 1901.