Our Fleet To-Day. By Captain S. Eardley-Wilrnot, R.N. With Illustrations.
(Seeley and Co. 5s.)—In this volume Captain Eardley-Wilmot has, by striking out all account of foreign navies and extending the history ok our own, changed "The Development of Navies during the Last Half-Century" into a description of the British Navy alone. Chapters on such naval actions as have _taken place are added. These must seem of
doubtful value to the average reader, to whom the effects of quickfiring guns and bursting shells appeal less than the fact that in every single case lack of courage, incompetency, or great disparity vitiated the results obtained. A radical Alteration of the rule governing the duration of combats in this year's Naval Manceuvres reveals how utterly at sea our naval experts are. Captain Eardley-Wilmot writes very lucidly, and, beyond the expression of one or two decided preferences, avoids controversial subjects.
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