The Book of the Sea. By T. C. BRIDGES. (George Gf. Harrap & Co. 7s. 6rf. net.) IN this book of 280 odd pages of large print, admirably illustrated, Mr. Bridges has succeeded in compressing an extraordinary number of facts, almost bewildering in their variety, but very interesting not only to the amateur but even to the professional sailor. The sea, Mr. Bridges tells us, is the Mother of Life, aud then he goes on to give an account of its movements. Those who feel that they have already learnt all that they want to know on that subject on cross-Channel steamers will possibly pass on with relief to the next chapter on Sea versus Land, with its account of the endless changing of our coast-lines through the action of the sea. Those who are familiar with the Institution's work on the coast know the great difficulties which these changes sometimes cause it in the construction of boathouses and slipways. After this chapter Mr. Bridges takes us on a rapid tour among Pirates and Privateers, Floating Cities, Ships of Pleasure, Sea Fish and Sea Food, Sea Serpents, and Lighthouses, and ends a most readable and entertaining book with a short but excellent account—with eight illustrations —of our Life-boat Service..