AUTHOR OF “A YOUNG VOLUNTEER IN CUBA” “FIGHTING IN CUBAN WATERS” “RICHARD DARE’S VENTURE” “OLIVER BRIGHT’S SEARCH” “TO ALASKA FOR GOLD” ETC. “Under Dewey at Manila,” the first of the “Old Glory Series,” was written with a twofold object. The first was, to present to young readers a simple and straightforward statement concerning the several causes leading up to the war with Spain; to give a brief view of the conditions prevailing in the ill-fated islands of Cuba and the Philippines; and to trace, incident by incident, just as they actually occurred, the progress of that wonderful battle of Manila Bay, which has no parallel in either ancient or modern history, from the fact that complete def…
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