“Sworn to no Party—Of no Sect am I!
I can’t be silent and I will not lie!”
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“Time and the Ocean and some Guiding Star
In High Cabal have made us what we are!”
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER I | |
| PAGE | |
| 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] |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| Lord Fisher, 1917—Admiral of the Fleet | [Frontispiece] |
| Facing page | |
| King Edward VII. and Lord Fisher | [16] |
| Sir John Fisher in “Renown,” 1897 | [33] |
| Sir John Fisher and Lord Roberts, 1906 | [48] |
| The Kingfisher | [65] |
| The First Sea Lord. By William Nicholson | [80] |
| Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, G.C.B., O.M., etc. 1917 | [97] |
| Age 14.—Midshipman | [112] |
| Age 19.—Lieutenant | [129] |
| 1885.—Age 41.—Post-Captain | [144] |
| 1904.—Age 63.—Admiral | [161] |
| The Funeral of King Edward VII. | [192] |
| The Anniversary of Trafalgar | [209] |
| America and the Blockade | [224] |
| Sir John Fisher at the Hague Peace Conference, May, 1899 | [256] |
| Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet, 1899–1902 | [273] |