HERO TALES
OF
OUR NAVY
WRITTEN & ILLUSTRATED
BY GEORGE GIBBS
[Illustration]
PHILADELPHIA & LONDON
J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
1900
Copyright, 1898 and 1899, by
THE CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
Copyright, 1899, by
J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
ELECTROTYPED AND PRINTED BY
J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY, PHILADELPHIA, U. S. A.
TO THE CADETS
OF THE
UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY
PAST, PRESENT, AND
FUTURE