WORKS UPON NAPOLEON
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Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)
The Literary World.—"The book is altogether entertaining; it is brisk, lively, and effective. Mr. Watt has already, in his two series of 'The Law's Lumber Room,' established his place as an essayist in legal lore, and the present book will increase his reputation."
CHAMPIONS OF THE FLEET. Captains and Men-of-War in the Days that Helped to make the Empire. By Edward Fraser. With 16 Full-page Illustrations. Crown 8vo.
⁂ Mr. Fraser takes in the whole range of our Navy's story. First there is the story of the "Dreadnought," told for the first time: how the name was originally selected by Elizabeth, why she chose it, the launch, how under Drake she fought against the Armada, how her captain was knighted on the quarter-deck in the presence of the enemy. From this point the name is traced down to the present leviathan which bears it. This is but one of the "champions" dealt with in Mr. Fraser's volume, which is illustrated by some very interesting reproductions.
The LONDONS of the British Fleet: The Story of Ships bearing the name of Old Renown in Naval Annals. By Edward Fraser. With 8 Illustrations in colours, and 20 in black and white.
JOHN LANE, THE BODLEY HEAD, VIGO STREET, LONDON, W.