Chapter I: Preface

If this little book does not show for itself why it was written, how it was written, and for whom it was written, not only a preface but the entire text would be useless. The author believes that in every life that is greatly useful to mankind there is a plan and a purpose from the beginning, whether the immediate owner of that life is aware of it or not; and that the art of the biographer--whether he is dealing with facts exclusively or is mingling fact and fiction--should make it discernible by the reader.

The authorities that have been consulted include the Life of David Glasgow Farragut, by his son; Admiral Ammen's Atlantic Coast; Greene's The Mississippi; Battles and Leaders of the Civil War; The Rebellion Record; Marshall's History of the Naval Academy, and especially Adelbert M. Dewey's Life and Letters of Admiral Dewey.

R. J.

AMAGANSETT, _September 8, 1899_.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER

I.--THE PHILOSOPHY OF FIGHTING

II.--ON THE RIVER BANK

III.--BATTLE ROYAL

IV.--EDUCATION AT NORWICH

V.--LIFE AT ANNAPOLIS

VI.--THE BEGINNING OF WAR

VII.--THE FIGHT FOR NEW ORLEANS

VIII.--THE BATTLE AT PORT HUDSON

IX.--THE CAPTURE OF FORT FISHER

X.--IN TIME OF PEACE

XI.--THE BATTLE OF MANILA

XII.--AFTER THE BATTLE

XIII.--THE PROBLEM ON LAND

XIV.--HONORS

XV.--LETTERS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

Midshipman Dewey
By B. West Clinedinst

An early battle
By B. West Clinedinst

A schoolroom episode
By B. West Clinedinst

Scene of naval operations in Western rivers

Farragut and Dewey
By B. West Clinedinst

Whitewashing the decks
By B. West Clinedinst

Order of attack on Forts Jackson and St. Philip

Farragut's fleet passing the forts

Order of attack on Port Hudson

Passage of the batteries of Port Hudson

Removing the wounded
By B. West Clinedinst

Diagram of Manila Bay

U.S. Cruiser Olympia, Admiral Dewey's Flagship

The battle of Manila

Admiral Dewey on the bridge of the Olympia

Medal presented by Congress

Sword presented by Congress

Shield presented to the Olympia

Dewey Triumphal Arch, New York
Charles R. Lamb, Architect

THE HERO OF MANILA.