| — | Outlook. 81: 833. D. 2, ‘05. 70w. |
Allen, Gardner W. Our navy and the Barbary corsairs. [**]$1.50. Houghton.
An account of this interesting period of American history written from original sources. The events which are scattered over a period of forty years (1778-1818) are brought together and tell the story of how the United States, in the first years of her national existence, rebelled at paying the tribute which all Europe paid to the Mohammedan states of north Africa. The story of the success of our little navy, the wars with Tripoli and Algiers, the deeds of Preble and Decatur, and the adventures of our seamen with the famous pirates is all the more romantic because it is true.
“A good example of a book that is scientific and at the same time popular. It is popular by reason of the dramatic quality of the information that it contains. Its interest lies in the intrinsic interest of its facts. The narrative is plain, simple and straightforward.” Charles Oscar Paullin.
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“Dr. Allen has made his work thorough and authoritative, but betrays a needless distrust of his own descriptive powers, leaving the more dramatic events to be described almost entirely in the words of eye-witnesses.”
| + + | Dial. 38: 359. My. 16, ‘05. 290w. |
“Dr. Allen’s story is really as engrossing as a romance. It is safe to say that, for the history of the movement as a whole, Dr. Allen is not likely to have a successor.”
| + + — | Nation. 80: 420. My. 25, ‘05. 1870w. | |
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 197. Ap. 1, ‘05. 970w. |
“It is also a historical treatise of no small value, colligating clearly and compactly the results of much original as well as secondary research, and embodying a survey of astonishingly wide range. The work is well written and well balanced throughout.”