23 APRIL 1932, Page 28

ADVENTURES OF AN OBSCURE VICTORLkN. By W. G. Riddell. (Macmillan.

7s. 6d.)—As good a book of reminiscences as I have read for a very long time. From the day when Mr. Riddell joined the Trojan ' as third engineer, clad in a straw hat and a white waistcoat, the story is full of interest and humour. Mr. Gregg, with his tale of the German submarine, and tritest the Admiral said at Gibraltar, must not be missed : nor should Mr. Gibson, of the ' Indus.' Mr. Riddell should please every class of reader.