11 JUNE 1904, Page 24

The Commission. of H.M.S. 'Glory.' By A. E. Butterworth. (Westminster

Press. 4s. net.) —The 'Glory' is the modern suc- cessor of a man-of-war which took a distinguished part in Lord Howe's victory, 1794 ("The Glorious First of June"), and in the action of Ferrol under Sir R. Calder, July 22nd, 1805. She was commissioned on November 1st, 1900, and went out as flagship to the China Station, relieving the Centurion,' and was paid off on February 18th, 1904. Here is the account of the experiences of the ship and her crew during this time. Naturally, it is some- what fragmentary and "scrappy," but it is distinctly picturesque, and fulfils the object for which it is put together,—to give a complete account of what life in the Navy means. It is not a book to be judged by any literary standard.