A book entitled " Ships of the British Merchant Navy " has been written by Paymaster-Lieutenant E. C. Talbot- Booth, R.N.R., and will be published shortly by Messrs. Andrew Melrose Ltd.

It is a record of the ships of our liner companies, and has 64 illustrations in colour and 234 in black and white.

The book has been published with the approval of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, K.G., as Master of the Merchant Navy, and by special permission it ias been dedicated to him.

The book will be published at 35s.

and, by arrangement with the publishers, the author generously proposes to give 5s. on every copy sold to the Life-boat Service..