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The Library of the World’s Best Literature. An Anthology in Thirty Volumes. 1917.

James Russell Soley (1850–1911)

Soley, James Russell. An American lawyer and author; born in Boston, Oct. 1, 1850; died in 1911. He was professor of history and law at the United States Naval Academy 1876–90, and assistant secretary of the navy 1890–93. Among his works are: ‘Foreign Systems of Naval Education,’ ‘The Blockade and the Cruisers,’ ‘Boys of 1812’ ‘Sailor Boys of 1861,’ ‘Rescue of Greeley’ (with Winfield S. Schley); ‘Admiral Porter.’