"Jack Tars and Commodores" is a lively and authoritative account of the United States Navy from Independence throught the War of 1812.

An eye-catching child's striped sweater with matching hat and mittens worked in double knitting. Contrast colours are used to add detail to the hat and sweater. The bands and collar of the sweater are knitted in contrast colour yarn. The sweater has raglan sleeves and the mittens are fingerless. The hat uses the same design detail by contrast colours as the sweater and fastens under the chin with knitted ties. The whole is knitted in stocking stitch.

An examination of Gilbert and Sullivan's comic operas, and how parody was used in the culture wars of late-nineteenth-century England.