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SAM NOBLE, A.B. An Autobiography. (Sampson Low. 7s. 6d.)

SAM` NOBLE, A.B:, has given us a perfectly simple, straight. forward story of his life as an able seaman during the early 'eighties in the Royal Navy. This record of a four-year com- mission in a happy ship is a book for every sea-lover's library.