, the history of the
rise and fall of nations, and the sources of national greatness
possess the slightest attractions.--_The Fortnightly Review._

No other writer has told the influence of British naval power upon the
career of Napoleon with the skill and lucidity characterizing Captain
Mahan's account.--_Springfield Republican (Editorial)._

Of great permanent value and exceptional interest, and in a high
degree creditable to our naval service and to the country.--_The New
York Nation._

Masterly and comprehensive.... The drama of the great war unfolds
itself in these pages in a manner at once novel and engrossing.--_The
Spectator._

A highly interesting and an important work, having lessons and
suggestions which are calculated to be of high value to the people of
the United States. His pages abound with spirited and careful accounts
of the great naval battles and manoeuvres which occurred during the
period treated. We have before had occasion to praise Captain Mahan's
literary style, which is flexible, nervous, and sufficiently dignified
to satisfy every reasonable demand. It is, moreover, full of energy,
and marked by a felicitous choice of language, and its tone and
qualities are sustained steadily throughout.--_New York Tribune._

Of the way in which this great theme is treated we need say little; no
living writer is so well qualified to do it justice as Captain Mahan,
and certainly the true significance of the tremendous events of these
momentous years has never been more luminously or more instructively
displayed.--_London Times._

He penetrates to the real meaning of the mass of books, diplomatic,
political, naval and historical, which have been written to describe
the state of things in Europe during the last decade of the eighteenth
century--_The Critic._

We do not hesitate to assert that, in treating this theme, he has
easily surpassed all previous writers.--_Judge William O'Connor Morris
in "The Academy."_

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