| CHAP. | | PAGE | | Preface | v | | Introducing Myself | ix | | I. | Naval Conditions Before the War of Secession—the Officers and Seamen | 3 | | II. | Naval Conditions Before the War of Secession—the Vessels | 25 | | III. | The Naval Academy in its Relation to the Navy at Large | 45 | | IV. | The Naval Academy in its Interior Workings—Practice Cruises | 70 | | V. | My First Cruise after Graduation—Nautical Characters | 103 | | VI. | My First Cruise After Graduation—Nautical Scenes and Scenery—the Approach of Disunion | 127 | | VII. | Incidents of War and Blockade Service | 156 | | VIII. | Incidents of War and Blockade Service—Continued | 179 | | IX. | A Roundabout Road to China | 196 | | X. | China and Japan | 229 | | XI. | The Turning of a Long Lane—Historical, Naval, and Personal | 266 | | XII. | Experiences of Authorship | 302 |
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