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THESE are two good books, each in its way. The former is a narrative of the nations which have from the earliest ages had dominion over the sea, comprising a brief history of navigation down to the present time. It is evidently intended for boys and is likely to interest the more thoughtful of them and send them to works which will give a more detailed account of the peoples whose exploits by sea are told, and lead them to take an interest in geographical discovery. The reading is rather miscellaneous and unconnected, and the information sometimes undigested, but as a whole the book is useful and interesting.
Ocean and Her Rulers.
By Alfred Elwes. (London: Griffith and Farran, 1878.)
Under the Red Ensign.
By Thomas Gray. (London: Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., 1878).
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Ocean and Her Rulers Under the Red Ensign . Nature 18, 380 (1878). https://doi.org/10.1038/018380c0
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