12 APRIL 1919, Page 21

Stories of the Ships. By Lewis It. Freeman. (J. Murray.

is. net.)—In the first part of this interesting book Mr.Freeman has collected personal narratives of the battle of the Falklands as viewed from H.M.S. Cornwall,' and of the fight between H.M.S. Sydney' and the Emden.' In the second part, describing life in the Grand Fleet, the account of a morning's coaling is especially amusing. In the third part Mr. Freeman gives his impressions of the American Navy, and testifies to the genuine liking which our officers and men had for their American com- rades in the Grand Fleet.