CONTENTS

CHAPTER I
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King Edward VII[1]
CHAPTER II
“The Moon Sways Oceans and Provokes the Hound”[22]
CHAPTER III
Admiral Von Pohl and Admiral von Tirpitz[29]
CHAPTER IV
Economy is Victory[41]
CHAPTER V
The Dardanelles[49]
CHAPTER VI
Abdul Hamid and the Pope[91]
CHAPTER VII
A Jeu d’Esprit[98]
CHAPTER VIII
Naval War Staff and Admiralty Clerks[102]
CHAPTER IX
Recapitulation of Deeds and Ideas[113]
CHAPTER X
Apologia pro Vita sua[134]
CHAPTER XI
Nelson[158]
CHAPTER XII
Letters to Lord Esher[165]
CHAPTER XIII
Americans[221]
CHAPTER XIV
Some Special Missions[229]
CHAPTER XV
Some Personalities[242]
CHAPTER XVI
Things That Please Me[272]
Epilogue[281]
Index[287]