Contents
| PAGE | ||
| Foreword | [7] | |
| CHAP. | ||
| I. | Boyhood and First Years at Sea | [19] |
| II. | A Hero in the Making | [29] |
| III. | Pleasure in France and Work in the West Indies | [42] |
| IV. | The Beginning of the Great War | [52] |
| V. | “I Wish to be an Admiral” | [66] |
| VI. | Nelson’s First Great Fight: The Battle of Cape St Vincent | [74] |
| VII. | From Triumph to Failure: The Attempt on Santa Cruz | [87] |
| VIII. | In Chase of the French Fleet | [96] |
| IX. | The Battle of the Nile | [102] |
| X. | The Neapolitan Court and Lady Hamilton | [112] |
| XI. | The Neapolitan Rebels and their French Allies | [125] |
| XII. | Nelson in Temporary Command | [139] |
| XIII. | Disobedience to Orders | [148] |
| XIV. | The Campaign of the Baltic | [162] |
| XV. | The Battle of Copenhagen | [171] |
| XVI. | The Threatened Invasion of England | [182] |
| XVII. | The Vigil off Toulon | [195] |
| XVIII. | Twelve weary Months in the Mediterranean | [207] |
| XIX. | The Crisis | [215] |
| XX. | Nelson’s Last Command | [225] |
| XXI. | The Rout in Trafalgar Bay | [232] |
Illustrations
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| The “Belleisle” at Trafalgar | (Frank Craig) | [Frontispiece] | |
| Nelson and the Bear | (Stephen Reid) | [26] | |
| “He had the ill-luck to fall upon hard stones” | (Stephen Reid) | [44] | |
| Comparison of the “Victory” with the “Hercules” | [64] | ||
| “I’ll not lose Hardy!” | (H. C. Seppings Wright) | [76] | |
| Nelson Wounded at Santa Cruz | (R. Caton Woodville) | [90] | |
| “The Flame that lit the Battle’s Wreck” | (Chas. Dixon, R.I.) | [106] | |
| The Execution of Caracciolo | (Stephen Reid) | [136] | |
| Lady Hamilton | (Romney) | [156] | |
| Nelson Landing at Yarmouth | (Stephen Reid) | [160] | |
| “I really do not see the Signal” | (Stephen Reid) | [172] | |
| Lord Nelson | [192] | ||
| Hoisting the Famous Signal | (C. M. Padday) | [234] | |
| Nelson and Collingwood Cutting the Enemy’s Lines | (H. C. Seppings Wright) | [238] | |
| The Battle of Trafalgar | (W. L. Wyllie, A.R.A.) | [242] | |
| How the News of Trafalgar was Carried to London | (Frank Dadd, R.I.) | [246] | |