PUBLISHED BY LEA & BLANCHARD; 
COOPER'S NAVAL HISTORY; 
A NEW EDITION. 
A N A V A L HISTORY 
OP 
THE UNITED STATES, 
BY J. FENIMOKE COOPER, ESQ. 
In Two handsome Volumes, hound in embossed cloth. 
A new Edition, revised and corrected, with an Index to the volumes. 
“ If there was one man before all others, whom we could have selected for this 
task, that man was Mr. Cooper. In all things relative to the Navy he writes with 
enthusiasm. The ocean is his element. Witli the glorious career of the service in 
which his youth was passed, he takes a laudable pride, and he betrays in every page 
the earnest desire of his heart to make its merits known to the world. In dwelling 
upon the achievements of our young Navy, the pure American fire of his genius once 
more blazes out as brightly as ever. In the interest which he has thrown around 
the cruises and combats of our ships of war, we trace the master hand which drew 
the Pilot; nor will many chapters in this work yield in point of romantic interest 
to any of his sea-novels. Many of the naval actions of the Revolution, and especially 
the cruisings of Paul Jones, and the desperate fight between the Bon-Homme 
Richard and the Serapis, have all the richness of romance, with the method and 
accuracy of strict history .” — American Traveller. 
“The History of the Navy of the United States from the earliest period of its 
existence, in the dawn of the Revolution, through all its discouragements, reverses, 
trials, and glory, was a task worthy of the author, who had established a reputation, 
as a describer of nautical events, superior to that of any other living writer. Tiie 
task lias been so performed as to leave nothing to desire. No work of higher interest 
has been published in the United States for many years. The glories of American 
victories are fully portrayed, whilst, at the same time, care is taken, in every case, 
to exhibit a fair and impartial estimate of the strength and appointments of anta- 
gonists' vessels or fleets. In this way the work acquires the credit due to a grave 
and impartial history .” — Baltimore Chronicle. 
“We have perused this history with no little curiosity and with great interest. 
Considering the brief existence of the American marine, its annals are more event- 
ful, more romantic, and more various, than any in existence. Nothing can surpass 
the energy which enabled the United States to form an effective navy, at a time 
when they could hardly be said to have had a political existence, and when they 
were beset by greater difficulties than any which an infant nation had ever yet to 
encounter. This consideration has animated the present historian, whose enthusiasm 
seems to be kindled by his office of chronicler, even more than when he formerly 
sought inspiration from the same source in constructing his famous stories of the 
sea. Altogether this history is a valuable one, and cannot fail to pass into universal 
circulation. The incidents which took place in the naval war with Tripoli, are 
grander and more heroic than any thing in the circle of romance, and are detailed 
with all the vigour and animation of Mr. Cooper’s genius.” — British Naval and 
Military Magazine. 
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