A MIDDY’S RECOLLECTIONS 1853-1860

In Square Crown 8vo. Printed on Light Paper, with Deckled Edges, and bound in Buckram. Price 6s.

Containing 2 Photogravures and 6 other full-page Illustrations.

“Full of interest as illustrating the life of a midshipman afloat in the last days of the wooden Navy, and as recording a much larger and more varied share of war experience than has fallen to the lot of most young officers in these latter days.”—The Times.

“Few officers could have had so much active service crowded into the first few years of their career as the author of these reminiscences.”—Morning Post.

“The life on board ship, the boisterous humour of the gun-room, and the stern discipline of those rough-and-tumble days are described with a sailor’s breezy frankness.”—Pall Mall Gazette.

“It will interest all who are fond of exciting incident, quite apart from its personal interest.”—Outlook.

“His descriptions are written with as much freshness and verve as if the events recorded were of quite recent occurrence, and with a sailorly downrightness and infectious good-humour that help to render this extremely interesting volume a welcome exception to the great majority of works of its order with which the book market has lately been flooded.”—The World.

“Breezy, full of cheerfulness, Admiral Montagu lived his boyhood in stirring times, and was a part of them. His record is a piece of pleasant and straightforward work.”—Country Life.

“The book is full of good things from beginning to end.”—Army and Navy Gazette.

“His accounts of active warfare, of pirate-hunting, and shipwreck are exhilarating, and there are many enlightening pages in the book dealing with punishments in the Navy, the leisure hours of a middy’s life on board ship, his duties and companionships.”—Daily Mail.

“The book is delightfully frank and breezy, and is one which will be eagerly read.”—Whitehall Review.

“It says a good deal for Admiral Montagu’s memory that he has been able to reproduce his impressions of nearly forty years ago so clearly and pleasantly.”—Daily Chronicle.

“A most delightful volume. Many delightful records of experience in the Naval Service have recently appeared, and for genuine interest and frank and easy style I am disposed to reckon Admiral Montagu’s volume among the best.”—Navy and Army Illustrated.

A. & C. BLACK, SOHO SQUARE, LONDON.

By Sir CLEMENTS R. MARKHAM