5 DECEMBER 1903, Page 9

Chris Cunningham. By Gordon Stables, R.N. (J. F. Shaw and

Co. 6s.)—Chris Cunningham serves under Nelson, and for most boys that is a very good introduction. But Chris, who goes in through the hawse-hole, takes some part in stirring scenes—St. Vincent and Aboukir—and touches treasure too. There is a fresh, hearty atmosphere about the story, and Dr. Gordon Stables brings back the times of the Napoleonic Wars and press-gangs with considerable success. He knows how to describe the ward- room company of the day, and he knows, best of all, how to describe a genuine English boy, and how to pat him through his paces. There is no incident that might not have happened to a boy in young Cunningham's position, and the author has made the most of his opportunity, and given us a really good naval story.