THE SEA IN SHIPS By Alan J. Villiers
This book, The Sea in Ships (Routledge, 7s. 6d.), contains a short account of the work of the twenty or so sailing ships still plying regularly in the grain trade between South America and Europe, and 112 photographs, most of them taken by .the author during two voyages. The account is concise, matter of fact, simple and sufficient. The photographs are extra- ordinarily good, giving exactly the impression of good sea- manship in smooth or rough weather. Neither the ship nor the sea look, as they so often do in photographs, as if they had been specially cleaned up for the occasion ; nor, on the other hand, are the views chosen for their singularity or rough- ness. The whole, writing, illustrations and seamanship,
leaves a very pleasant impression; -
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