^ A HISTODY OF*. 



American Privateers. 



By EDGAP STANTON MACLAY, A. M., 



Author of " A History of the United States Navy." Uniform with " A History of the 



United Slates Navy." 



One volume. Illustrated. 8vo. Cloth, $3.50. 



AFTER several years of research the distinguished historian of American 

 ' sea power presents the first comprehensive account of one of the 

 most picturesque and absorbing phases of our maritime warfare. 

 The importance of the theme is indicated by the fact that the value of 

 prizes and cargoes taken by privateers in the Revolution was three times 

 that of the prizes and cargoes taken by naval vessels, while in the War of 

 1812 we had >i7 privateers and only 23 vessels in our navy. The intimate 

 connection between privateers and the navy, the former serving often as 

 a training school for the latter, is brought out in the author's narrative. 

 From forgotten monographs, the records of societies, from unpublished 



