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Ships and 'Shipping. 2 vols. (T. Nelson and Sons. 2s.

net)—Thin useful addition to the publishers' "Encyclopaedia Library" contains a wonderful amount of multifarious infor- mation about all types of vessels. There are still some omissions; we have looked in vain for any list of the funnels and house-flags of the different lines of passenger ships, which is one of the first things that the tourist wishes to know, in order that he may identify the other ships which he meets. But, on the whole, the non-technical landsman will find most things that he is likely to want on the subject of shipping in these cheap and handy volumes.