WITH MAPS, PLANS, AND OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS STANFORD LIBRARY HENRY FROWDE OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS LONDON, NEW YORK, TORONTO AND MELBOURNE 942.073 Bursting through the gloom With radiant glory from thy trophied tomb, The sacred splendour of thy deathless name 663059 TO JOHN WILSON CROKER, ESQ., LL.D., F.R.S., SECRETARY OF THE ADMIRALTY: WHO, BY THE OFFICIAL SITUATION WHICH HE SO ABLY FILLS, IS QUALIFIED TO APPRECIATE ITS HISTORICAL ACCURACY; AND WHO, AS A MEMBER OF THE REPUBLIC OF LETTERS, IS EQUALLY QUALIFIED TO DECIDE UPON ITS LITERARY MERITS, THIS VOLUME IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED BY HIS FRIEND, THE AUTHOR. |