CONTENTS
| PAGE | ||
| PREFACE | [ix] | |
| I. | EARLY HISTORY | [ 1] |
| II. | THE OPENING OF JAPAN | [13] |
| III. | EARLY WARSHIPS AND THE CIVIL WAR | [21] |
| IV. | THE IMPERIAL NAVY | [36] |
| V. | THE WAR WITH CHINA | [101] |
| VI. | THE BATTLE OF YALU | [115] |
| VII. | WEI-HAI-WEI | [156] |
| VIII. | AFTER THE WAR WITH CHINA | [168] |
| IX. | THE NEW PROGRAMME | [218] |
| X. | THE JAPANESE DOCKYARDS | [234] |
| 1. Yokosuka | [234] | |
| 2. Tokio | [236] | |
| 3. Kuré | [237] | |
| 4. Sassebo | [238] | |
| 5. Maitzuru | [241] | |
| XI. | NAVAL HARBOURS | [242] |
| 1. Nagasaki | [242] | |
| 2. Takeshiki | [244] | |
| 3. Ominato | [245] | |
| 4. Kobé | [246] | |
| 5. Kuré | [246] | |
| XII. | THE MERCANTILE MARINE | [249] |
| XIII. | THE JAPANESE ADMIRALTY | [252] |
| XIV. | ENTRY AND TRAINING OF OFFICERS | [257] |
| XV. | ENTRY AND TRAINING OF MEN | [265] |
| XVI. | PAY, ETC. | [267] |
| XVII. | FLAGS | [275] |
| XVIII. | UNIFORMS, ETC. | [276] |
| XIX. | PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF OFFICERS | [278] |
| XX. | PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MEN | [303] |
| XXI. | MESSING | [309] |
| XXII. | THE ARMAMENT AND EQUIPMENT | [313] |
| OF THE FLEET | ||
| 1. Guns | [313] | |
| 2. Gunnery Accessories | [322] | |
| 3. Torpedoes | [325] | |
| 4. Armour | [329] | |
| 5. Engines and Boilers | [330] | |
| XXIII. | OTHER NAVIES AS SEEN BY THE JAPANESE | [337] |
| XXIV. | THE WAR WITH RUSSIA | [340] |
| APPENDICES— | ||
| OFFICIAL REPORTS, CHINO-JAPANESE WAR | [359] | |
| LIST OF JAPANESE WARSHIPS | [394] | |
| JAPANESE SHIP-NAMES (MEANINGS) | [398] | |
| HISTORICAL SHIP-NAMES | [402] | |
| A JAPANESE “AT HOME” | [403] | |
| INDEX TO SUBJECT-MATTER | [407] | |