Ships, Sailors, and the Sea. By R. Cornewall-Sones. (Cassell and
Co.)—Mr.Cornewall.Jones combines in this volume a great variety of practical information with stories of battle and adventure. The first chapter describes the various kinds of vessels, and distinguishes between the names by which they are known. We wonder how many of our non-nautical readers could define a "bark," a" barquentine," and C " ship " ? Let them know that the last is square-rigged on all her masts, a barque square-rigged on her foremast and mainmast, and a barquentine on her foremast only. The second chapter treats of various parts of a vessel, certain nautical terms, the rigging, use of Izo. In the third, we get to a shipwreck (that of the 'La Plata ') ; in the fourth, to Lord Howe'e victory on "the Glorious First of Jane ;" and in the fifth, to a fire at sea, with an amount of the loos of the Queen Charlotte.' Lighthouses, lightships, flags, Arctic adventure, Nelson's victories, modern ships-of-war, storms in their various varieties,—such and such-like are among the subjects on which the author enlightens his readers. A readable and useful volume, this, wall furnished, too, with illustrations.
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