THE FOLLOWING ARE A FEW PRESS OPINIONS. “Deserves something more than a mere passing notice.”--_The Times._ “Full of exciting situations.... Has manifold attractions for all sorts of readers.”--_Army and Navy Gazette._ “The most notable book of the season.”--_The Standard._ “A clever book. Mr. Clowes is pre-eminent for literary touch and practical knowledge of naval affairs.”--_Daily Chronicle._ “Mr. W. Laird Clowes’ exciting story.”--_Daily Telegraph._ “We read ‘The Captain of the Mary Rose’ at a sitting.”--_The Pall Mall Gazette._ “Written with no little spirit and imagination.... A stirring romance of the future.”--_Manchester Guardian._ “Is of a realistic and exciting character.... Designed to show what the naval warfare of the future may be.”--_Glasgow Herald._ “One of the most interesting volumes of the year.”--_Liverpool Journal of Commerce._ “It is well told and magnificently illustrated.”--_United Service Magazine._ “Full of absorbing interest.”--_Engineers’ Gazette._ “Is intensely realistic, so much so that after commencing the story every one will be anxious to read to the end.”--_Dundee Advertiser._ “The book is splendidly illustrated.”--_Northern Whig._ TOWER PUBLISHING COMPANY LIMITED, 95 MINORIES, LONDON, E. * * * * * Transcriber’s note: Footnotes have been moved to the end of each chapter and relabeled consecutively through the document. Illustrations have been moved to paragraph breaks near where they are mentioned. Punctuation has been made consistent. Variations in spelling and hyphenation were retained as they appear in the original publication, except that obvious typographical errors have been corrected. The following changes were made: p. 40: himself changed to herself (correct herself, she) p. 46: of changed to so (and so the)