SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK.
[Notice to this column does not necessarily preclude subsequent review.; An Admiral's Yarns : Stray Memories of 50 Years. By Admiral Sir Charles Dundas of Dundas. (H. Jenkins. 16s. net.)—Sir Charles Dundas entered the ` Britannia' in 1872, at the same time as Lord Jellicoe. His discursive reminiscences of his service afloat, especially on the China Station, are interesting. He was in command of the ` Ocean' in the Channel Fleet in 1907, when the late Lord Beresford, commanding the Fleet, and Sir Percy Scott, commanding the First Cruiser Squadron, had their most unedifying dispute— by signal—about an order for painting ship in readiness to receive the German Emperor. Lord Fisher, the First Sea Lord, took the part of Sir Percy Scott. The author sympathized with Lord Beresford, but held that he was wrong in reprimanding a flag-officer by signal to the whole Fleet. Sir Charles Dundas went to Japan as Naval Attaché in 1008,, mainly to escape from " the Fisher controversy."
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