Since this story was written, I find that the Rev. Thomas Moore, Rector of All-hallows-the-Great, late Surrogate in the Diocese of Canterbury, in a useful little work on the British and foreign laws of marriage, entitled, "How to be Married,"[1] writes of marriages on board merchant vessels, that "There is no statutory provision for these. But the requirements of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, Section 282, providing for their proper registration in the Diocesan Registry of London, assume that they may take place." In a letter addressed to the author, Mr. Moore says: "I may say, that to constitute the validity of such marriages, which I take for granted would be marriages of emergency, the presence of a clergyman or minister would not be required, and is not contemplated. It would be sufficient that the captain of the ship officiated and made a record of the marriage. He ought, however, to report it to the proper authority as soon as possible at the end of the voyage. Such marriages, though legal, are rare."
[1] Published by Griffith and Farran.
1 The Mighty Atom Marie Corelli2 Jane Marie Corelli3 Boy Marie Corelli4 Spanish Gold G. A. Birmingham6 Teresa of Watling street Arnold Bennett9 The Unofficial Honeymoon Dolf Wyllarde18 Round the Red Lamp Sir A. Conan Doyle20 Light Freights W. W. Jacobs22 The Long Road John Oxenham71 The Gates of Wrath Arnold Bennett81 The Card Arnold Bennett87 Lalage's Lovers G. A. Birmingham92 White Fang Jack London108 The Adventures of Dr. Whitty G. A. Birmingham113 Lavender and Old Lace Myrtle Reed125 The Regent Arnold Bennett129 The Lodger Mrs. Belloc Lowndes135 A Spinner in the Sun Myrtle Reed137 The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu Sax Rohmer140 The Love Pirate C. N. and A. M. Williamson143 Sandy Married Dorothea Conyers150 The Gentleman Adventurer H. C. Bailey190 The Happy Hunting Ground Mrs. Alice Perrin211 Max Carrados Ernest Bramah212 Under Western Eyes Joseph Conrad215 Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo E. Phillips Oppenheim217 A Weaver of Dreams Myrtle Reed220 A Heritage of Peril A. W. Marchmont224 Broken Shackles John Oxenham225 A Knight of Spain Marjorie Bowen227 Byeways Robert Hichens230 The Salving of a Derelict Maurice Drake231 Cameos Marie Corelli232 The Happy Valley B. M. Croker260 At the Sign of the Jack o' Lantern Myrtle Reed259 Anthony Cuthbert Richard Bagot252 The Golden Barrier Agnes and Egerton Castle262 Devoted Sparkes W. Pett Ridge256 Two Women Max Pemberton261 Tarzan of the Apes Edgar Rice Burroughs264 Vengeance is Mine Andrew Balfour268 His Island Princess W. Clark Russell269 The Two Marys Mrs. Oliphant270 Demeter's Daughter Eden Phillpotts271 The Supreme Crime Dorothea Gerard274 The Glad Heart E. Maria Albanesi275 Secret History C. N. and A. M. Williamson276 Mary All-alone John Oxenham277 Darneley Place Richard Bagot278 The Desert Trail Dane Coolidge279 The War Wedding C. N. and A. M. Williamson280 Royal Georgie S. Baring-Gould281 Because of these Things Marjorie Bowen282 Mrs. Peter Howard Mary E. Mann283 The Yellow Diamond Adeline Sergeant288 A Great Man Arnold Bennett289 The Rest Cure W. B. MaxwellA short Selection only.