It should also be noted that the _Merrimac_ did not fight under that name, but as a Confederate ship had been rechristened _Virginia_.

The patriotic action of Mr.Bushnell is recalled by the fact that, only recently, Mr.
Godfrey L.Cabot, of Boston, has agreed to furnish funds to build the torpedoplane designed by Admiral Fiske as a weapon wherewith to attack the German fleet within its defenses at Kiel.
And yet the modernness on which Norfolk so evidently prides herself is not something to be lightly valued.

Fine schools, fine churches and miles of pleasant, recently built homes are things for any American city to rejoice in.

Therefore Norfolk rejoices in Ghent, her chief modern residence district, which is penetrated by arms of the Elizabeth River, so that many of the houses in this part of the city look out upon pretty lagoons, dotted over with all manner of pleasure craft.

Less than twenty years ago, the whole of what is now Ghent was a farm, and there are other suburban settlements, such as Edgewater, Larchmont, Winona and Lochhaven, out in the direction of Hampton Roads, which have grown up in the last six or eight years.