"A work full of interest and variety. The scenes are traced with a
powerful hand."--_Sunday Times._
"These volumes will make a stir in what an old writer calls the
'wooden world.' They touch too severely upon blemishes in the
discipline, manners, opinions, and principles of our maritime
government, not to be eagerly examined and perhaps sharply discussed
by naval men."--_Athenæum._
In One Volume, 8vo.