"Robert Surcouf, un Corsaire Malouin." Par Robert Surcouf, ancien Sous-préfet. 1889. "The British Fleet." By Commander C.N. Robinson, R.N. 1894. "The Royal Navy." By Sir W. Laird Clowes, etc. 1894. "Old Naval Ballads," etc. The Navy Records Society. 1894. "A History of the Administration of the Royal Navy," etc. By M. Oppenheim. 1896. "History of the Liverpool Privateers," etc. By G. Williams. 1897. "Naval Yarns, Letters, and Anecdotes," etc. By W.H. Long. 1899. "A History of American Privateers." By E.S. Maclay. 1900. "Sea Songs and Ballads." By C. Stone. 1906. "Les Corsaires." Par Henri Malo. 1908. CONTENTS CHAPTER I PAGE INTRODUCTORY 1 TWO EARLY INCIDENTS CHAPTER II ANDREW BARTON 19 THE "AMITY" AND THE SPANIARDS 28 PRIVATEERING IN THE SOUTH SEAS CHAPTER III WILLIAM DAMPIER 35 CHAPTER IV WOODES ROGERS 41 CHAPTER V WOODES ROGERS--_continued_ 60 CHAPTER VI GEORGE SHELVOCKE AND JOHN CLIPPERTON 75 SOME ODD YARNS CHAPTER VII CAPTAIN PHILLIPS, OF THE "ALEXANDER" 95 THE CASE OF THE "ANTIGALLICAN" 96 CHAPTER VIII CAPTAIN DEATH, OF THE "TERRIBLE" 106 MR. PETER BAKER AND THE "MENTOR" 111 CAPTAIN EDWARD MOOR, OF THE "FAME" 115 CAPTAIN JAMES BORROWDALE, OF THE "ELLEN" 117 TWO GREAT ENGLISHMEN CHAPTER IX FORTUNATUS WRIGHT 123 CHAPTER X FORTUNATUS WRIGHT--_continued_ 135 CHAPTER XI GEORGE WALKER 149 CHAPTER XII GEORGE WALKER--_continued_ 171 SOME FRENCHMEN CHAPTER XIII JEAN BART 191 CHAPTER XIV DU GUAY TROUIN 208 CHAPTER XV JACQUES CASSARD 229 CHAPTER XVI ROBERT SURCOUF 240 CONCERNING THE FRONTISPIECE 263 SOME AMERICANS CHAPTER XVII CAPTAIN SILAS TALBOT 269 CHAPTER XVIII CAPTAIN JOSHUA BARNEY 282 CHAPTER XIX CAPTAINS BARNEY AND HARADEN 299 CHAPTER XX CAPTAIN THOMAS BOYLE 307 CHAPTER XXI THE "GENERAL ARMSTRONG" 317