Julian Winterson, Coward ¢ Hero, by Charles Gleig. London. T. Werner Lou Tu his latest book Mr. Gleig depicts the trials of a young, highly-strung man, whose family lias for many years had & proud record for courage. Julian's father, a retired admiral, sends his son into the navy a8 a matter of course, without troubling to ascertain the boy's inclination, and though Julian strives to live up to the family traditions be ends by disgracing himself and his parents. From a very tender age he is ninable to master his nervousness, and he loses the respect of his shipmates on the Britannia by a miserable exhibition of cowardice during a fight with a rival. But it is when he is w fully fledged naval officer that he ix guilty of the craven act that blights his career and nearly breaks the heart of his proud father, The description of life in the navy is the best part of the book, for the narrative weakens when the author describes Julian's subsequent journalistic career, while the tragical ending of the by no means convincing. Julian's character, which skilfully drawn, reminds of The Four Feathers, the latter, he does not retrieve his shame until it is too late, There are several good pen-pictures of naval officers of different types. and the heroine is charming, if rather inconsistent.
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