20 JULY 1929, Page 35

The facsimile of a letter from Nelson to Lady Hamilton

is the most interesting feature in The Sea Microcosm. This little book has been published by the Microcosm Office, City Chambers, Leeds (10s.), and the proceeds from its sale are to be given to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. Miss Dorothy Una Ratcliffe, the editor, has contributed a charming sketch, " Catalina of the Golden Isles," besides a neat little comedy, " The Spanish Lady." Wilfred Gibson, Gordon Bottomley, and Lascelles Abercrombie have all contributed poems. There is a refreshing variety about the illustrations, and we feel our readers will wish to buy this book both for itself and for the cause on behalf of which it has been published.

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