The writer expresses thanks for their courtesy to the editors of
“Lippincott’s Magazine” and the editors of the “Saturday Evening Post,”
of Philadelphia, in which periodicals several of these Hero Tales have
been printed. He also acknowledges his indebtedness for many valuable
historical facts to “Cooper’s Naval History;” “History of the Navy,” by
Edgar S. Maclay; “History of Our Navy,” by John R. Spears; “Twelve Naval
Captains,” by Molly Elliot Seawell; “American Naval Heroes,” by John
Howard Brown; “Naval Actions of the War of 1812,” by James Barnes; and
to many valuable works and papers in the archives of the Library of the
Navy Department at Washington. Thanks are due the Art Department of the
“Saturday Evening Post” and the Art Department of “Collier’s Weekly” for
their permission to reprint many of the drawings herein.