18 NOVEMBER 1899, Page 9

Afloat with Nelson. By Charles H. Eden. (John Macqueen. 5s.)—The

date upon the title-page of this book is 1897; and it may, therefore, be a reprint or a new edition. In any case it is a very spirited story, which recalls Nelson, Copenhagen, Aboukir, and Trafalgar. The true hero is the villain, Steve Croucher, who is a smuggler, an informer, a traitor to his country and to France as well, and whose most memorable achievement is the firing of the shot which kills the great Admiral. The boy who tells the story is half-brother to Midshipman Easy, and has a great number of adventures, more particularly in Italy, which are well told.