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The Review of Reviews. 



THE "REVENGE" REVIVED. 



Mr. Seymour Lucas describes in Nash's for June 

 how he has restored the great Elizabethan ship for the 

 Shakespeare's England Exhibition at Earl's Court, 

 London. He says : — 



The work of reconstructing tlie Rtvetigc has not been easy. 

 The actual building has been done in spile of great odds. The 

 existent models in lingland of sixteenth century war galleons 

 are not authentic, and throughout the preparations for 

 " Shakespeare's England " a high premium has been placed on 



accuracy. In putting together this historic ship we have relied 

 on conlempor.iry evidence only. 



There is every reason to believe that the Kn'ffi!^i' \\as built 

 about 1579, in Chatham, by Sir John Hawkins. .She was 

 notoriously unlucky. There exists a long record of her mishaps 

 — her running aground and her sustaining leaks. Nevertheless, 

 the RcTcngc seemed to land on her feet, to abuse a metaphor. 

 But her exploits are almost as numerous as her catastrophes. 

 She was of 500 tons tonnage, which known fact helped us 

 mightily in reproducing her dimensions. She carried a crew of 

 two hundred and fifty men, and there were forty odd guns on 

 the main and gun tiecks. These giant guns are now at the 

 world-famous Woolwich Arsenal, but we were called upon to 

 realise the gun bases, which we have done from contemporary 

 pictures. These guns are serviceable relics, being from eight 

 to twelve feet long with bores of from five and a half to six and 

 a half inches. 



The Revenge belonged to Queen Elizabeth, and was 

 selected by Sir Francis Drake wherein to attack the 

 Armada. But her chief achievement was her glorious 

 d)'ing battle with the Spanish fleet off the Azores : — 



Perhaps, in reanimating the Ri'viige, we have been guided 

 most efficiently by a painting in the Ryx Museum at Amsterdam 

 from the hand of a contemporary Dutch artist. Curiously 

 enough, this is a British warship showing the " E.R." distinctly 

 and duly crested with the British lion and the Tudor rose. 



The Rcv€}ige has three masts — a main, a mizzen, and a fore. 

 Unfortunately, the sails must be furled throughout the exhibi- 

 tion, owing to the danger of a sudden gust of wind which might 

 upset the captive craft. The sailcloth has been woven in 

 accordance with the stuffs that prevailed when Elizabeth was 

 (Jueen. 



FREE OCEAN FERRIES. 



In the British Columbia Magazine Mr. William 

 Greener warmly endorses the proposal of Mr. W. 

 Angus that there should be free ocean ferries, .-^s the 

 old toll-gates have been abolished on our highways, 

 and free river subways and free river ferries have been 

 established, why not free ocean ferries ? The cost 

 would be borne by the British Empire, and the vessels 

 belong to the Empire. They would be large cargo- 

 carrying boats, one vessel in five a modern cruiser and 

 fullv-equipped as a vessel of war to convoy cargo ships 

 of their class in time of war. They would be manned 

 Ijy British crews exclusively. Furthermore, the fleet 

 "would not endanger or in any way damsge the' 

 important interests of British shipping companies," as 

 it would be directed to create commerce where it does 

 not now exist, by opening up the vast tracts of idle 

 lands in Africa, .\ustralia, and other countries. Britons 

 would have a preference in everv British market, to 

 the extent of free ocean transport. 



The reader naturally reflects that if these free ocean 

 ferries are not to interfere with the interests of British 

 shipping companies, but are to be kept for the develop- 

 ment of new sources of trade, free ocean travel becomes 

 a rather limited ideal. 



Photogrnph hy\ \S'i-wsf-tif'er lltust rations. 



The " Revenge" at Shakespeare's England Exhibition 

 in London. 



Thk Golden Rule is the subject of an interesting 

 discussion by .'\. T. Cadoux in the Internalional Journal 

 oj Ethics for May. He states the criticisms that have 

 been levelled against it by some of the greatest thinkers, 

 and yet maintains its .supremacy. 



