Excerpt from The Naval Battle of Santiago Rear Admiral Evans' Uniquely Embellished Story of Himself and Santiago. A Sailor's Log, a handsomely printed volume of 467 pages just issued by D. Appleton Co., New York, is a breezy, sparkling, rollicking story that will be read and enjoyed by the lovers of mingled history and romance. The greatest inspiration of an author is to be absorbingly inter ested in his subject, and in this case the author demonstrates on every page his unflagging admiration of his theme. The book is written by Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, and the subject of the book is the life and achievements of Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans. The work is well illustrated, and most of the illustrations exhibit Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans in various phases of his career. We have him in the frontispiece on the bridge of the battleship Iowa; again in the first attempt to capture Fort Fisher he is given lying in the sand with numerous bandages well exhibited, persuading with his pistol a soldier armed with a rifle to help Evans to a place of safety; next he appears in a full page on crutches after his recovery from his many wounds in the Fort Fisher battle; next we have him in contrast as mid shipman and captain; next as receiving the German Emperor on the cruiser New York, and finally he is portrayed as receiving Admiral Cervera on board the Iowa after the battle of Santiago. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.