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ART. I.-NELSON.

The Life of Nelson: The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain. By Captain A. T. MAHAN, D.C.L., LL.D., United States Navy. Author of "The Influence of Sea Power upon History, 1660-1783," &c. In two Volumes. London: Sampson, Low, Marston & Co., Limited. 1897.

'APTAIN MAHAN had already, by his previous works—

The fluence of Sea Power upon History, and The Influence of Sea Power upon the French Revolution and the Empire-placed himself in the front rank of naval historians, winning distinction by his perfect mastery of strategy, his philosophic insight and perspicacity, his power of exposition and analysis, and his well-reasoned and clearly-balanced judgments. It was to be expected that the Life of Nelson would be characterised by the same qualities,--that for exhaustive professional knowledge, for adequate treatment of [NO. CLXXVII.]-NEW SERIES, VOL. XXIX. No. 1I.

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