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INTRODUCTION.

THE STORY OF PAUL JONES

THE STORY OF PAUL JONES.

I.— The Little Scotch Lad.

II.— The Young Sailor.

III.— The Beginning of the American Revolution.

IV.— Lieutenant Paul Jones.

V.— The Cruise of the Alfred.

VI.— Captain Paul Jones.

VII.— The Cruise of the Ranger.

VIII.— The Ranger and the Drake.

IX.— The Bon Homme Richard.

X.— The Great Fight with the Serapis.

XI.— Honor to the Hero.

XII.— The Return to America.

XIII.— Ambitious Hopes.

XIV.— Sad Disappointments.

THE STORY OF OLIVER HAZARD PERRY

THE STORY OF OLIVER HAZARD PERRY.

I.— How the Perry Family Came to Rhode Island.

II.— School Days.

III.— Plans for the Future.

IV.— The Cruise in the West Indies.

V.— The War with the Barbary States.

VI.— More Trouble with England.

VII.— War on the Canadian Border.

VIII.— Oliver Perry Builds a Fleet.

IX.—" We Have Met the Enemy and They are Ours. "

X.— What Perry's Victory Accomplished.

XI.— On the Mediterranean Again.

XII.— Captain Perry's Last Cruise.

THE STORY OF ADMIRAL FARRAGUT

THE STORY OF ADMIRAL FARRAGUT.

I.— Childhood.

II.— The Little Midshipman.

III.— The Loss of the Essex.

IV.— The Trip on the Mediterranean.

V.— War with the Pirates.

VI.— From Lieutenant to Captain.

VII.— The Question of Allegiance.

VIII.— The Capture of New Orleans.

IX.— The Battle of Mobile Bay.

X.— Well-earned Laurels.

THE STORY OF ADMIRAL DEWEY AND THE NAVY OF 1898

FOREWORD.

THE STORY OF ADMIRAL DEWEY AND THE NAVY OF 1898.

I.— The Battle of Manila.

II.— The Boyhood of George Dewey.

III.— Dewey as a Naval Cadet.

IV.— From Lieutenant to Commodore.

V.— The American Navy in Cuban Waters.

VI.— The Cruise of the Oregon.

VII.— Lieutenant Hobson and the Merrimac.

VIII.— The Destruction of Cervera's Fleet.

IX.— The End of the War.

X.— Life on an American Man-of-War.

XI.— Some Facts about the Navy of 1898.