THE Eagle Book of Ships and Boats (Hulton Press, 15/-)., which is excel- lently produced and illustrated, has been published at a most reasonable price. It includes sections on the Royal Navy, the Merchant Navy, safety at sea and sailing. The section on safety at sea has been written by Mr. John Fisher, who after describing in easily comprehensible terms some of the major problems of navigation and the system of radar, goes on to deal briefly with lighthouses, lightships and life- boats. Other chapters are concerned with the problems of communication at sea and salvage, and some of the most famous examples of shipwreck and of mysteries, such as that of the Mary Celeste, are described. Within the limits of the space available to him Mr. Fisher has produced an admirably clear and readable summary..