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=Or, Four Years of Fighting.= By CHARLES CARLETON COFFIN. Fully illustrated. 8vo. Cloth. Gilt.
=And Other Naval Heroes.= By Prof. J. RUSSELL SOLEY. Illustrated from original drawings. 8vo. Cloth. Gilt.
[Illustration: "THE CUTLASS BREAKS AT THE HILT."]
BY JAMES RUSSELL SOLEY AUTHOR OF "THE BLOCKADE AND THE CRUISERS"
_University Press:_ JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE.
IX. THE WAR OF 1812.--THE "CONSTITUTION" AND THE "GUERRIÈRE." 157
"THE CUTLASS BREAKS AT THE HILT." _Frontispiece_
"BOLD AND HARDY MEN WHO HAD FOLLOWED THE SEA SINCE THEY WERE BOYS." 16
"HE SENT COLONEL GLOVER AND MR. PALFREY IN HOT HASTE TO RAISE THE MINUTE-MEN." 21
HE TOUCHED AT A SMALL TOWN IN IRELAND FOR SUPPLIES. 40
THE "DRAKE" SURRENDERS TO THE "RANGER." 47
"THE SLOOP WAS SWALLOWED UP IN THE SEETHING WATERS." 73
HEAVING THE LEAD ON BOARD THE FRIGATE. 81
"EVERYWHERE THE SHIP-YARDS WERE BUSY." 91
"IT WAS TWILIGHT BEFORE HE CAME UP WITH HER." 99
THOMAS TRUXTUN,--FROM MEDAL VOTED BY CONGRESS. 102
"CROWDING ON THE RAIL WITH THEIR SCIMITARS." 109
"HE CUT AWAY THE ANCHORS, ... BUT STILL THE SHIP HUNG FAST." 117
"THE LIGHTS COULD BE SEEN GLITTERING IN THE HOUSES." 127
"THE 'PHILADELPHIA' LIGHTS THEM ON THEIR WAY." 131
"AMONG THESE WAS ONE SIXTY-FOUR, THE 'AFRICA.'" 161
"A SQUALL OF WIND AND RAIN PASSED OVER US." 167
"SHE LAY A HELPLESS WRECK IN THE TROUGH OF THE SEA." 173
"JACK LANG, A BRAVE AMERICAN BLUE-JACKET, LEAPED FIRST." 179
"THE SHIPS WERE STEERING TO THE EASTWARD ON PARALLEL COURSES." 189
"ALONG THE SHORE, UPON EVERY HILL-TOP AND HEADLAND, PEOPLE HAD GATHERED." 203
"WHEN THE 'ESSEX' ARRIVED OFF THE ISLAND SHE LAY TO." 213
"'WE SURRENDER,' AND DOWN CAME THE FLAG." 225
"A SQUALL STRUCK HER AND CARRIED AWAY HER MAIN-TOPMAST." 241
"A SINGLE GUN BOOMED FROM BARCLAY'S SHIP." 255
"CALLING AWAY HIS BOAT, HE ROWED UNDER THE ENEMY'S FIRE." 259
"THE 'PELICAN' WAS GUIDED TO HER BY THE SMOKE OF THE BURNING MERCHANTMEN." 265
"ONE ROUND SHOT ENTERED HER AFTERMOST PORT." 277
"ON THE STOCKS, AND NEARLY FINISHED, THE FINE FRIGATE 'CONFIANCE.'" 283
"ACCOMPANIED BY ABDALLAH THE DRAGOMAN, I LEFT THE CANAL." 313