16 JUNE 1900, Page 24

Famous Fighting Regiments. By George Hood. (Hood, Doug- las, and

Howard. 1s. net.)—It is somewhat invidious to select " fighting " regiments, though, doubtless, some honourable nick- names are better known than others. And it is not easy to choose the services which are to be specially commemorated. We may suggest, for instance, that the achievements of the Welsh Fusiliers at the Alma might have been preferred to their record in the War of Independence. But Mr. Hood has written a book which doubtless will not want for readers.