CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
Introduction[3]
THE STORY OF PAUL JONES
I. The Little Scotch Lad.[17]
II. The Young Sailor.[20]
III. The Beginning of the American Revolution.[23]
IV. Lieutenant Paul Jones.[26]
V. The Cruise of the Alfred.[29]
VI. Captain Paul Jones.[32]
VII. The Cruise of the Ranger.[35]
VIII. The Ranger and the Drake.[41]
IX. The Bon Homme Richard.[45]
X. The Great Fight with the Serapis.[49]
XI. Honor to the Hero.[57]
XII. The Return to America.[61]
XIII. Ambitious Hopes.[63]
XIV. Sad Disappointments.[66]
THE STORY OF OLIVER H. PERRY
I. How the Perry Family Came to Rhode Island. [71]
II. School Days.[75]
III. Plans for the Future.[81]
IV. The Cruise in the West Indies.[83]
V. The War with the Barbary States.[87]
VI. More Trouble with England.[94]
VII. War on the Canadian Border.[100]
VIII. Oliver Perry Builds a Fleet.[105]
IX. "We Have Met the Enemy and They are Ours."[110]
X. What Perry's Victory Accomplished.[117]
XI. On the Mediterranean again.[122]
XII. Captain Perry's Last Cruise.[126]
THE STORY OF ADMIRAL FARRAGUT
I. Childhood.[133]
II. The Little Midshipman.[138]
III. The Loss of the Essex.[144]
IV. The Trip on the Mediterranean.[147]
V. War with the Pirates.[150]
VI. From Lieutenant to Captain.[155]
VII. The Question of Allegiance.[162]
VIII. The Capture of New Orleans.[168]
IX. The Battle of Mobile Bay.[177]
X. Well-Earned Laurels.[186]
THE STORY OF ADMIRAL DEWEY
Foreword—Causes of the War with Spain.[195]
I. The Battle of Manila.[201]
II. The Boyhood of George Dewey.[207]
III. Dewey as a Naval Cadet.[210]
IV. From Lieutenant to Commodore.[212]
V. The American Navy in Cuban Waters.[217]
VI. The Cruise of the Oregon.[221]
VII. Lieutenant Hobson and the Merrimac.[225]
VIII. The Destruction of Cervera's Fleet.[230]
IX. The End of the War.[236]
X. Life on an American Man-of-War.[242]
XI. Some Facts about the Navy of 1898.[247]

THE STORY OF
PAUL JONES

Paul Jones.