Since his retirement, his career, which his old associates have watched with pride and interest, has been amid surroundings of a different nature, and is well known; but his heart, like mine, is with the associations of the noble Service of our younger days; and I am happy to say that we are still able occasionally to renew them in a chat over old times.

Photographed in the Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, 1901

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AT SCHOOL AND AT SEA

Life and Character at Harrow, in the Royal Navy, and in the Trenches before Sebastopol

By "MARTELLO TOWER," R.N.

Published by JOHN MURRAY, London. 1899. 420 pp.

A handsome Volume.

Illustrated. Specially interesting to all

Naval Men. A splendid Prize or Gift for a Boy. A Book for Readers of all ages.

EXTRACTS FROM PRESS NOTICES

"The genial writer's experiences are narrated with a breezy lightheartedness which puts him on excellent terms with his readers." -Times.

"Of naval reminiscences, nothing in recent years has issued from the press like this admirable book. If the gallant author had not succeeded as a seaman, he might undoubtedly have gained high repute as a writer. This wholly charming book has a force in the manner which would not discredit Thackeray. 'Martello Tower's' fun is irresistible, and the volume gives an admirable insight into the interior economy of ships of war of the time. This deeply interesting and wholly attractive book is an autobiography of the best."-Navy and Army Illustrated.

"The pages are full of most excellent description, and of very racy and characteristic humour. It is a perfect gallery of characters which would do no discredit to Marryat. Delightful reading, extremely interesting."-Army and Navy Gazette.

"A thoroughly interesting, enjoyable, and instructive book."Glasgow Herald.

"Has all the breezy eloquence of a sailor's yarn, and is brimful of good stories. The picture of the tragedies and humours of the siege of Sebastopol are as brilliant as any that have been written."Scotsman.

"A book-delightful in its transparent genuineness. Of life in the trenches there is an excellent account, and the whole story, which is of engrossing interest, is told with the frank simplicity which has the great charm of endearing an unknown author to his reader."-Morning Post.

"Nothing in this racy, well-written narrative that can offend any one-the pages enlighten us in the pleasantest and most diverting fashion as to the manners and customs and phenomena of the sea ... author gives a fresh interest to the ever-stirring story (of the Crimean War). . . . We heartily commend the volume to the attention of our readers."-Daily Chronicle.

"The Harrow part of the work is valuable ... the most important part the Crimean experiences. The author seems to have been very observant, and tells his story in a clear and concise fashion, which enables him to indulge in a faculty for description, so that when dealing with the events of 1853-55 the volume possesses a historical value. Glimpses of notable personages form a pleasant prelude to this eminently readable book. Before Sebastopol with the Naval Brigade the author describes his experiences so dramatically that the scenes rise up fresh before the eyes of those old campaigners in the Crimea in whose hands the reminiscences have been placed. It is impossible to give an adequate idea of the varied and instructive information contained in this composite work within the scope of a review.”—Pall Mall Gazette.

"This volume may truthfully be said to be suitable to readers of all ages. To boys it will prove of much greater interest, and fuller of incidents and amusing anecdotes than the majority of boys' books; besides which it has the advantage of being a true record of a youngster's life' At School and at Sea.""-Graphic.

"A really amusing book."-Academy.

"Delightful sketches of life in the Navy."-World.

"A charming book, which we advise every one to read."Engineering.

"The book will be found thoroughly enjoyable by real British boys of all ages from fourteen to eighty-four, or thereabouts."—Liverpool Post.

"A lively volume. One of the most diverting chapters relates to 'fagging' at Harrow."-Standard.

"Full of pleasant reading. The stories help us to realise what a fine fellow ashore Jack is, and what splendid service he renders."— Guardian.

"A sequel will be welcome."-Literature.

"The author of this extremely attractive book of 420 pages—and we would not wish it a page less-hints at a later volume, and we hope that it will be as fresh and engaging, and as racily anecdotal as 'At School and at Sea.""-Literary World.

"We have seldom read a more vivid description of the dark ages in the Crimea."-Standard.

"A charming book of naval recollections." Western Morning News.

"The naturalness, good feeling, and simplicity of this naval autobiography are qualities beyond praise, because they are so rare in books nowadays. With them goes a distinctive humour, and the narrative is minute in a degree that sometimes resembles 'Robinson Crusoe.' The story is of the kind that makes boys take to the sea. We shall await a further instalment of these memoirs with great interest." Yorkshire Post.

"The writer pictures life aboard the fleet with a vividness that would have delighted Marryat."-Leeds Mercury.

"The book gives a first-rate account of life at sea in the middle of the century. It is full of capital stories excellently told."-Manchester Courier.

"Not a dull page in the book, which is one that can be heartily commended to both old and young."-Newcastle Daily Journal.

"In many ways this is a remarkable biography . . . brimful of anecdotes, so busy with constantly shifting scenes and a continual stream of dramatis personæ, that it is capable of withstanding criticism