A HISTORY OF 



American Privateers. 



By EDGAR STANTON MACLAY, A. M., 



Author of "A History of the UNiTtD States Navy." b'nilorin wilh "A History of 

 the United States Navy." 



One Volvmc. Illuslraled. 8vo. Cloth, $3.50. 





THE AFFAIR OF THE GASPE, 

 FROM A PAINTING IN THE POSSE3S.ION OF THc RHODE ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 



" Every chapter is crowded with incident and adventure that it would be difficult for the novelist 

 to surpass in variety and invention." — Fhiiadelpltta Public Ledger. 



" From beginning to end is as interesting as a novel." — Chicago Evening Post. 



"It is hard to see what American his book could fail to interest, from the admiral to the school- 

 boy." — 7 he Churc/iman, A'ew York. 



" Both in matter and in style the work is of high rank." — Chicago Tribune. 



"Coveiis the ground comprehensively, and relates the history of American privateering in vivid 

 style and with constantly grapnic narrative." — JSiew York Outlook. 



"These stories of the privateers as related by Mr. Maclay are as full of romance as anything 

 imagined by the professional writers of romances." — Philadelphia 1 imes. 



" A work that will stand probably forever as the standard, as it is thus far practically the only 

 book on its subject." — ISIew York Mail and Express. 



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