CHAPTER

1. SCHOOLBOY; AND MIDSHIPMAN
2. THE WEST INDIES AND THE PENINSULA
3. A ROVING COMMISSION IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
4. THE EXPEDITION UP THE POTOMAC
5. TRAVELS AND RESIDENCE ON THE CONTINENT
6. THE " GALATEA "-VOYAGE TO THE WEST INDIES
7. MISSION TO THE AZORES-VISIT TO SCOTLAND-THE PORTSMOUTH ELECTION .
8. THE PORTUGUESE ADVENTURE
9. THE VICTORY OFF CAPE ST. VINCENT
10. NAPIER AT LISBON
11. " A LITTLE SOLDIERING ASHORE "
12. MORE " SOLDIERING "-CONCLUSION OF THE WAR- RETURN TO ENGLAND
13. " THE WAR IN PORTUGAL "-A LIVELY ELECTION CONTEST-VISIT TO LISBON
14. THE SYRIAN EXPEDITION
15. BEYROUT-D' J OUNIE-CAPTURE OF SIDON
16. BATTLE OF BOHARSEF
17. BOMBARDMENT OF ACRE-CONVENTION OF ALEXANDRIA
18. ENGLAND AGAIN-IN PARLIAMENT
19. IN COMMAND OF THE CHANNEL SQUADRON-THE" SECRECY AND DISCRETION " CONTROVERSY
20. COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE BALTIC FLEET
21. THE REFORM CLUB DINNER-DEPARTURE OF THE BALTIC FLEET
22. WINGO SOUND-PASSAGE OF THE BELT-KIOGE BAY
23. KIOGE BAY TO ELGSNABBEN-VISIT TO STOCKHOLM -LETTERS OF CAPTAIN CODRINGTON
24. FIRST RECONNAISSANCE OF SWEAB ORG- JUNCTION WITH THE FRENCH FLEET AT BARO SOUND
25. RECONNAISSANCE OF CRONSTADT-CAPTURE OF BOMARSUND SECOND RECONNAISSANCE OF SWEABORG-REPORTS OF BRIGADIER-GENERAL JONES AND GENERAL NIEL
26. COUNCILS OF WAR-WITHDRAWAL OF THE FRENCH FLEET-CHANGED POLICY OF THE ADMIRALTY
27. THE FALL OF SEBASTOPOL HOAX-DELANE' S LETTER -DISCREDITABLE CONDUCT OF THE ADMIRALTY
28. WITHDRAWAL OF THE FLEET FROM THE GULF OF FINLAND-CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE ADMIRALTY AND THE FIRST LORD-RETURN TO ENGLAND
29. CONTROVERSY WITH THE ADMIRALTY-AGAIN IN PARLIAMENT-THE BALTIC AND ACRE DEBATES-LAST YEARS AND DEATH

APPENDIX .
INDEX

PLATES

• ADMIRAL SIR CHARLES NAPIER, K.C.B. From a painting by
  W. W. Simpson, formerly in the possession of Mrs. Jodrell
• MRS. H. JODRELL (Countess Napier St. Vincent), only child of
  Admiral Sir Charles Napier, K.C.B.
• FRANCIS, 5TH BARON NAPIER, grandfather of Admiral Sir Charles
  Napier, K.C.B.
• LADY HENRIETTA HOPE, wife of Francis, 5th Baron Napier, and
  grandmother of Admiral Sir Charles Napier
• THE HON. MRS. CHARLES NAPIER, with her infant son (afterwards
  Admiral Sir Charles Napier)
• H.M. 18-GUN BRIG-SLOOP " RECRUIT " (CAPTAIN CHARLES NAPIER)
  engaging the French 74-gun ship d'Hautpoult, April 16, 1809
• CAPTAIN THE HON. CHARLES NAPIER, R.N., father of Admiral Sir
  Charles Napier, K.C.B.
• H.M.S. " EURYALUS," 36 guns, 1815 .
• ELIZA YOUNGHUSBAND, LADY NAPIER, wife of Admiral Sir Charles Napier, K.C.B.
  
• DOM PEDRO IV. OF PORTUGAL, afterwards the 1st Emperor of Brazil
• NAPIER'S VICTORY OVER THE MIGUELITE FLEET, off Cape St. Vincent, July 5, 1833 ; Napier's flagship alongside the enemy's line-of battle ship Rainka
• MERCHISTOUN HALL, HORN DEAN, HAMPSHIRE
• MEHEMET ALI
• THE CAPTURE OF SIDON, June 26, 1840
• THE BOMBARDMENT AND CAPTURE OF ST. JEAN D' ACRE, Nov. 3, 1840
• COMMODORE SIR CHARLES NAPIER, K.C.B., etc
• CAPTAIN CHARLES ELERS NAPIER, R.N.
• H.M.S. " ST. VINCENT," 120 guns, on her passage from Lisbon to Gibraltar, January 30, 1849 .
• ADMIRAL SIR CHARLES NAPIER, K.C.B.
• THE BALTIC FLEET IN A GALE
• SIR JAMES GRAHAM .
• LADY NAPIER (Countess Napier St. Vincent), wife of Admiral Sir Charles Napier, K.C.B.
• ADMIRAL SIR CHARLES NAPIER, K.C.B., towards the close of his life
• MEMORIAL TO ADMIRAL SIR CHARLES NAPIER, K.C.B., in Victoria
  Park, Portsmouth, erected by Non-Commissioned Officers, Marines and Seamen.