2 Mr. Edward Arnold's Autumn Announcements. 



FROM SAIL TO STEAM. 



NAVAL RECOLLECTIONS, 1878-1905. 

 By ADMIRAL C. C. PENROSE FITZGERALD, 



AUTHOR OF " MEMORIES OF THE SEA." 



With numerous full-page Illustrations. Demy 8vo. 125. 6d. net. 



Admiral Fitzgerald's life has been an exceptionally full and 

 varied one, and whether he was afloat or ashore, engaged in his 

 professional duties, or enjoying a strenuous sporting holiday, he 

 is always interesting, because whatever he turned his hand 

 to work or play he did it with all his might. Of the active 

 work at sea which is comprised in the present volume, perhaps 

 the most remarkable portion is the cruise with the squadron 

 which accompanied the Bacchante when King George and his 

 brother made their memorable voyage not round the world. 

 If any tour was likely to be carried out according to prearranged 

 plans, one would have said it was this one, and the story of the 

 vicissitudes in its progress and programme is curious and highly 

 instructive, 



On shore, Admiral Fitzgerald was at one time in charge of the 

 Royal Naval College, and for two years Superintendent of the 

 Pembroke Dockyard, entertaining in the latter capacity a number 

 of distinguished visitors, among them the ill-fated Admiral 

 Rosjesvenski. He was more than once stationed in the 

 Mediterranean in circumstances which enabled him to take ample 

 advantage of the wonderful sporting opportunities then available. 

 Among his most attractive chapters are those which describe the 

 shooting woodcock, duck, wild-boar, etc. in Albania, Syria, 

 and Turkey ; and he has a rare knack of conveying much of his 

 own whole-hearted enjoyment to the reader. 



He is almost apologetic with regard to his passion for sport, 

 and, indeed, admits that in the eighties the navy suffered somewhat 

 from a tendency to rest on its laurels and take things easily. 

 Much more did this tendency affect those in charge of affairs at 

 home, the politicians a class whom the Admiral, quite irrespective 

 of party, holds in very low esteem. The remaining principal 

 section of the book describes the stages in the struggle against 

 this tendency, initiated by Admiral Fitzgerald and a few other 

 far-seeing men, fortunately not too late. 



