Produced by Bryan Ness, Chris Logan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net FROM SAIL TO STEAM RECOLLECTIONS OF NAVAL LIFE BY CAPT. A. T. MAHAN U.S.N. (RETIRED) AUTHOR OF "THE INFLUENCE OF SEA-POWER UPON HISTORY" ETC. HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON MCMVII Copyright, 1906, 1907, by HARPER & BROTHERS. _All rights reserved._ Published October, 1907. CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE PREFACE v INTRODUCING MYSELF ix I. NAVAL CONDITIONS BEFORE THE WAR OF SECESSION--THE OFFICERS AND SEAMEN 3 II. NAVAL CONDITIONS BEFORE THE WAR OF SECESSION--THE VESSELS 25 III. THE NAVAL ACADEMY IN ITS RELATION TO THE NAVY AT LARGE 45 IV. THE NAVAL ACADEMY IN ITS INTERIOR WORKINGS--PRACTICE CRUISES 70 V. MY FIRST CRUISE AFTER GRADUATION--NAUTICAL CHARACTERS 103 VI. MY FIRST CRUISE AFTER GRADUATION--NAUTICAL SCENES AND SCENERY--THE APPROACH OF DISUNION 127 VII. INCIDENTS OF WAR AND BLOCKADE SERVICE 156 VIII. INCIDENTS OF WAR AND BLOCKADE SERVICE--CONTINUED 179 IX. A ROUNDABOUT ROAD TO CHINA 196 X. CHINA AND JAPAN 229 XI. THE TURNING OF A LONG LANE--HISTORICAL, NAVAL, AND PERSONAL 266 XII. EXPERIENCES OF AUTHORSHIP 302 PREFACE