Complex sentence: Herman Melville in his book "Mardi" (1849) refers to it by naming a ship in the book "Arcturion" and observing that it was "exceedingly dull", and that its crew had a low literary level.
Split into simpler sentences: Herman Melville in his book "Mardi" (1849) refers to it by naming a ship in the book "Arcturion". Observing that it was "exceedingly dull", and that its crew had a low literary level.