3 SEPTEMBER 1904, Page 25

No. 15 of "The Log Series" (Westminster Press, 4s. net)

is The Commission of H.M.S. 'Talbot,' 1901-1904, by W. A. May, R.M.L.I., with an Introductory Article by Lionel Yexley. Mr. Yexley's Introduction gives the circumstances which led to the battle of Navarino, describes the battle and the part played in it by an earlier Talbot,' and briefly mentions the destruction of the Russian cruiser Varyag ' in Chemulpho Bay. This event is naturally the most important incident in the log-book. The Varyag' sank and the Koreetz ' blew up after an engagement which the officers and crew of the British ship had a rare oppor- tunity of witnessing. "Few witnesses of this engagement," writes Mr. May, "could truthfully say that they would like to participate in a modern naval fight."