28 SEPTEMBER 1918, Page 16

Daring Deeds of Merchant Seamen in the Great War. By

II. F. B. Wheeler. (Harrap. 5s. net.)—Mr. Wheeler's selection from the in- numerable true stories of the heroism displayed by merchant seamen and fishermen during the war makes a readable and spirited book. He touches on the work of the auxiliary cruisus and the patrols,

and records with well-earned praise the bravery of the wireless operators, who have often risked their lives by remaining at their posts under heavy fire in sinking ships.