A Treatise on Future Naval Battles. By Admiral Sir George
Elliot, K.C.B. (Sampson Low and Co.)—Torpedoes, rams, armour, guns, et hoc genus °rune, constitute the subject on which Admiral
Elliot writes. He illustrates his theories and views with a number of effective drawings, showing ships ramming and being rammed, heeling over after having had their armour penetrated by a shot, and so forth. On the whole, we conclude that the sailor of the future will have to be a creature of more heroic mould than ever, facing such dangers as his predecessors never dreamed of. One sub- ject, indeed, is a matter of demonstration rather than theory or prophecy, and that is the condition and strength of our Navy.
Admiral Elliot is not one of those who cry "Peace, peace ! when there is no peace "; and what he tells us about the absolute and rela- tive strength of our Navy, offensive and defensive, is not pleasant reading.
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