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THE NAVAL HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN. From the Declaration of War by France in 1793, to the Accession of George IV. By William James. With a Continuation of the History to the Battle of Navarino, by Captain Chamier. With portraits on Steel of William James, Lord Nelson, Sir Thomas Troubridge, Earl St. Vincent, Lord Duncan, Sir Hyde Parker, Sir Nesbit Willoughby, Sir William Hoste, Lord Hood, Earl Howe, Sir Sidney Smith, and Lord Dundonald. 6 vols. Crown 8vo. 42s.
FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW.—“James, one of the most pertinacious of investigators, set a new example. He honestly did his utmost to satisfy himself of the absolute truth of every statement which he submitted to his readers. He wrote hundreds of letters to the surviving actors in the events which he purposed to describe. He read and digested all the despatches, logs, gazettes, previous histories, foreign reports, and private narratives on which he could lay his hands. He carefully balanced conflicting accounts, and arrived in the majority of instances at conclusions the correctness of which has never yet been successfully attacked. He went to immense pains to give the exact Christian names of all officers whom he had occasion to mention, and to analyse the true force of every ship the exploits of which he recounted. Never was there a man more painstaking, more indefatigable, more scrupulously conscientious.”
EDINBURGH REVIEW.—“This book is one of which it is not too high praise to assert that it approaches as nearly to perfection in its own line as any historical work perhaps ever did.”
Edited by THE TWELFTH EARL OF DUNDONALD.
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SEAMAN: Thomas, Tenth Earl of Dundonald. Popular Edition, with a Sequel relating Lord Dundonald’s services in South America, and in the War of the Greek Independence, and with an account of his later life and scientific inventions. With Portraits, Charts, and Nine Illustrations on Wood. Crown 8vo. 6s.
TIMES.—“Full of brilliant adventure, described with a dash that well befits the deeds.”
DAILY NEWS.—“Ought to be a classic in every library afloat or ashore.”
BRITAIN’S NAVAL POWER: A Short History of the Growth of the British Navy. Part I.—From the Earliest Times to Trafalgar. Part II.—From Trafalgar to the Present Time. By Hamilton Williams, M.A., Instructor in English Literature to Naval Cadets on H.M.S. Britannia. Crown 8vo. 4s. 6d. net.
[Britannia Series.
TIMES.—“The facts are full of interest, many of them are very imperfectly known, even to those whose acquaintance with other and more stirring periods of naval history is considerable, and they are presented by Mr. Williams in a form both attractive and instructive.”
SPECTATOR.—“It is an excellent little work, and seems to include every naval event of importance during the period named. Considering the space at the author’s command, we think it wonderful how much he has managed to get in.”
MR. KIPLING AND THE NAVY.
Thirty-fifth Thousand.
A FLEET IN BEING. Notes of Two Trips with the Channel Squadron. By Rudyard Kipling. Crown 8vo, sewed, 1s. net; Cloth, 1s. 6d. net.
ARMY AND NAVY GAZETTE.—“A very admirable picture of the life of officers and men who go down to the sea in the ships of Her Majesty’s fleet.”
ARMY AND NAVY ILLUSTRATED.—“A little book to be read far and wide.”
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