Excerpt from The Story of the United States Navy: For Boys
This little work was prepared at the suggestion of Captain S. B. Luce, U.S.N., the commander of the training-ship Minnesota. Desirous of having it correct in every particular, I submitted the manuscript to the Navy Department. It was returned to me with a letter from Commodore Earl English, U.S.N., chief of the Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting, to whom it was referred, in which he wrote:
"I am much pleased with your beautiful and instructive 'Story of the Navy,' and I congratulate you on having performed a labor which will contribute so much to the pleasure and instruction of the youth of our country. Such a bright- spirited work will refresh the memory of the noble deeds of our departed naval heroes in the minds of the people."
Lieutenant-commander B. P. Lamberton, U.S.N., kindly consented to read the proof-sheets and correct any errors in the use of nautical terms to which a layman might be liable; and so has been secured for the book that which is most desirable, truthfulness in narrative and correctness in expression.
The same care has been used in the choice of illustrations. They are correct pictures of men and things.
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