_ILLUSTRATED BY WILLIAM RAINEY, R.I._
BLACKIE AND SON LIMITED
LONDON GLASGOW DUBLIN BOMBAY
1910
*Preface*
This story is written more or less on the same lines as my previous
story of naval adventures—_Mr. Midshipman Glover, R.M._—and describes
events subsequent to those narrated in that book.
The proof sheets have been carefully read by messmates of different
branches of the Service, and I am much indebted to them for correcting
many technical errors.
Practically all the characters are drawn from life, and the cruisers and
gunboats, British, American, and Chinese, taking part in the various
operations are actual ships under altered names.
I therefore hope that the story gives an accurate representation of life
in the Service under the war conditions described.
T. T. JEANS
Staff Surgeon, Royal Navy
H.M.S. ALBION