A sailor's life under four sovereigns, Volume 3 (of 3)Keppel, Henry, Sir
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A sailor's life under four sovereigns, Volume 3 (of 3)
Keppel, Henry, Sir
Admirals -- Great Britain -- Biography; Great Britain. Royal Navy
_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.”
MACMILLAN AND CO., LTD., LONDON.
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