Transcriber's Notes:
Blank pages have been eliminated.
Variations in spelling and hyphenation have been left as in the original.
A few typographical errors have been corrected.
The cover page was created by the transcriber and can be considered public domain.


My mother broke down and cried. Page 19.


CAPTAIN JOHN CRANE
1800-1815

BY

THOMAS W. KNOX

AUTHOR OF "A CLOSE SHAVE," "THE TALKING HANDKERCHIEF," "THE LOST ARMY," "DECISIVE BATTLES SINCE WATERLOO," "THE BOY TRAVELLERS" (15 VOLUMES), "THE YOUNG NIMRODS" (3 VOLUMES), ETC., ETC.

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK
THE MERRIAM COMPANY
67 FIFTH AVENUE


Copyright, 1895,

By The Merriam Company.

Typography by C. J. Peters & Son,
Boston, U.S.A.