Read This Letter Over 250 Admiral Written by ADELBERT M. DEWEY, ESQ., of From MONTPELIER to MANILA Mr. Adelbert M. Dewey, Washington, D.C. Montpelier, Vt., May 28, 1899. My Dear Kinsman:- I have read with much interest the advance sheets of your story of the Life of my brother, Admiral George Dewey, and cordially endorse your effort. You are very welcome, I assure you, to such assistance as we were able to render in the preparation of your story, and I am sure you have the best wishes of the Dewey family in Montpelier for the complete success of your undertaking. Other writers have been here in search of data, but no one has been furnished the information supplied to you. The book reflects the man as in a mirror. Very sincerely yours, CHARLES DEWEY. Montpelier, Vt., June 5, 1899. Mr. Adelbert M. Dewey, Washington, D.C. The Author Even the preparation of the work itself, by reason of the private and personal nature of the undertaking, has been performed by a member of the Dewey family. The publishers were exceptionally fortunate in securing the services of Adelbert M. Dewey, Esq., of the United States Department of Labor, himself a brilliant and accurate writer, and also the possessor of a large amount of exclusive material regarding the Dewey family in general and the Admiral in particular. The Illustrations In this work there are over two hundred and fifty illustrations, the most of which are reproductions from exclusive photographs and from original drawings by such artists as Trowbridge, Davis, Relyea, Sheppard, Drake, and others. The chapters are embellished with initial letters and special head- and tail-pieces from our original drawings, each design representing some phase in Admiral Dewey's life. Agents Wanted Read This Letter from Admiral Dewey's Nephew Wm. T. Dewey is written in a fascinating The Text The book A man's life is re The Admiral's Letters fected in his letters, and we have here the very life of our great naval hero, for we see him when, freed from the duties of his rank, he pens interesting and loving epistles to his brothers and to his dear sister at Montpelier. The work presents not one or a few, but many, and some of these precious letters are reproduced in fac-simile, so that they may be seen just as they left the hand of their distinguished writer. No other work contains, or will contain, these fac-simile letters. SOLD BY SUBSCRIPTION ONLY Liberal Terms FILL OUT THIS COUPON AND MAIL TO-DAY THE WOOLFALL COMPANY S 112 Fifth Avenue, New York. Enclosed find $....., for one copy of The Life and Letters of Admiral Dewey" in.. binding according to your special introductory offer. 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