3 AUGUST 1901, Page 22

SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK.

[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week cup have not beet reserved for review in other forms.] The Mary Anne Rogers Memorial. (J. .Adams, Solt ,hanapton- Od.)—In March, 1899, the steamship 'Stella' went down on the

voyage between Southampton and Guernsey, just eight minutes after stalking on a rock. The stewardess, Mary Anne Rogers, showed the most admirable coolness and devotion. She calmed the fears of the women passengers, saw to their life-belts, gave up her own to one who was without, refused to be taken off in the crowded boat, and was seen to go down in the ship. On Saturday last (July 27th) a memorial fountain on the New Western Esplanade was opened ; .£570 13s. 8d. had been collected, and this sum was divided between Mrs. Rogers's aged father and children and this memorial.