FOREWORD--CAUSES OF THE WAR WITH SPAIN. 195
I. THE BATTLE OF MANILA. 201
II. THE BOYHOOD OF GEORGE DEWEY. 207
III. DEWEY AS A NAVAL CADET. 210
IV. FROM LIEUTENANT TO COMMODORE. 212
V. THE AMERICAN NAVY IN CUBAN WATERS. 217
VI. THE CRUISE OF THE OREGON. 221
VII. LIEUTENANT HOBSON AND THE MERRIMAC. 225
VIII. THE DESTRUCTION OF CERVERA'S FLEET. 230
IX. THE END OF THE WAR. 236
X. LIFE ON AN AMERICAN MAN-OF-WAR. 242
XI. SOME FACTS ABOUT THE NAVY OF 1898. 247