Transcriber's Notes:
Blank pages have been eliminated.
Variations in spelling and hyphenation have been left as in theoriginal.
A few typographical errors have been corrected.
The cover page was created by the transcriber and can be considered public domain.
My mother broke down and cried. Page 19.
CAPTAIN JOHN CRANE
1800-1815
BY
THOMAS W. KNOX
AUTHOR OF "A CLOSE SHAVE," "THE TALKING HANDKERCHIEF," "THE LOSTARMY," "DECISIVE BATTLES SINCE WATERLOO," "THE BOY TRAVELLERS"(15 VOLUMES), "THE YOUNG NIMRODS" (3 VOLUMES), ETC., ETC.
ILLUSTRATED
NEW YORK
THE MERRIAM COMPANY
67 FIFTH AVENUE
Copyright, 1895,
By The Merriam Company.
Typography by C. J. Peters & Son,
Boston, U.S.A.