CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. FROM SAIL TO STEAM . .11 

 II. THE FIRST STEAMERS . . 23 



III. STEAMBOAT DEVELOPMENT IN 



AMERICA . . -32 



IV. FROM RIVER TO SEA . . 39 

 V. THE BEGINNING OF THE ATLAN- 

 TIC FERRY . . -51 



VI. EARLY AMERICAN LINERS . 70 



VII. THE LAST OF THE PADDLE 



LINERS . . -77 



VIII. STEAM IN THE NAVY . .91 



IX. THE WARSHIP UNDER STEAM . 104 



X. THE MODERN WARSHIP . 119 



XI. FAMOUS ATLANTIC FLIERS . 133 



XII. FIGHTS FOR THE BLUE RIBAND 149 



XIII. FURTHER BLUE RIBAND CON- 



TESTS . . .160 



XIV. THE MODERN LINER . . 175 

 XV. THE LESSER STEAMERS . .184 



