Transcriber's Note:
Reading edition
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Retained some inconsistent spacing and hyphenation from the original (e.g. "postoffice" vs. "post office" and "flagship" vs. "flag-ship").
Retained some hyphens from the original that might better be dashes (e.g. "er-er," "Herc-by").
Page 30, changed "exam-ing" to "examining" ("examining the prospects").
Page 59, italics around "I mean business" are inconsistent with italics around "mean business" in accompanying plate; this inconsistency is retained from the original.
Page 79, changed "gasolene" to "gasoline" for consistency ("darted light gasoline boats").
Page 109, changed "steam-stearing gear" to "steam-steering gear."
"Aboard a Destroyer" ad, added apostrophe to "citizens' interests" and changed "predecssor" to "predecessor."