CONTENTS PART I. PAGE CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY 1 CHAPTER II. THE PLACE OF THE SUBMARINE IN WARFARE 6 CHAPTER III. THE MORALITY OF SUBMARINE WARFARE 27 CHAPTER IV. THE MECHANISM OF THE SUBMARINE AND SUBMARINES OF THE FUTURE 64 CHAPTER V. THE ROMANCE OF UNDER-WATER WARFARE 102 CHAPTER VI. THE MORAL INFLUENCE OF UNDER-WATER WARFARE 111 CHAPTER VII. THE SUBMARINE IN ACTION 120 CHAPTER VIII. THE ANTIDOTE TO SUBMARINES 136 PART II. CHAPTER IX. THE EARLY HISTORY OF SUBMARINE WARFARE 149 CHAPTER X. EARLY EFFORTS IN SUBMARINE NAVIGATION 157 CHAPTER XI. DAVID BUSHNELL 179 CHAPTER XII. FULTON’S SUBMARINE BOATS 190 CHAPTER XIII. UNDER-WATER CRAFT IN THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 201 CHAPTER XIV. THE WHITEHEAD TORPEDO 214 CHAPTER XV. THE NORDENFELT SUBMARINES 233 PART III. APPENDICES. APPENDIX I. THE BRITISH SUBMARINES 249 APPENDIX II. THE AMERICAN SUBMARINES 261 APPENDIX III. THE FRENCH SUBMARINES 273 APPENDIX IV. SUBMARINES OLD AND NEW 311 APPENDIX V. THE LAKE SUBMARINES 319 A SHORT BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SUBMARINE WARFARE 331 ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE “DAVID AND GOLIATH” _Frontispiece_ MODEL OF FIRST BRITISH SUBMARINE _Title-page_ THE FIRST BRITISH SUBMARINE 7 “SHARK” ON THE STOCKS 11 LAUNCH OF THE “SHARK” 17 THE “FULTON” 23