28 MAY 1898, Page 25

A Middy's Recollections, 1853-1860. By Rear-Admiral the Hon. Victor A.

Montagu. (I. and C. Black.)—This is a well-got-up volume, and the illustrations, giving views of the picturesque warships of a day long past, are decidedly interesting. Not loss attractive is the portrait of the author as a Midshipman in 1856. That he was a thoroughly "good sort" of a boy, and served his country well, we do not doubt, but, to speak frankly, the book is somewhat of a disappointment.