+ Ath p1274 N 28 ’19 440w
Reviewed by C. C. Gill
+ Bookm 51:274 My ’20 1450w
“Altho more sober and restrained in style, Sir Percy Scott’s book is quite as critical in substance as Lord Fisher’s.”
+ Ind 103:185 Ag 14 ’20 80w
“A work of value to anyone interested in the technique of naval gunnery.”
+ N Y P L New Tech Bks p17 Ja ’20 80w + Outlook 126:768 D 29 ’20 200w
“Apart from opinion on professional matters, the narrative of these recollections is rather unequal. We get too much of ‘the mayor in proposing the toast of “our guests” referred,’ etc., and ‘in reply I said,’ etc.”
+ − Sat R 128:536 D 6 ’19 1000w
“We associate the name of Sir Percy Scott with naval gunnery. It is no surprise, then, to find that his memoirs are mainly devoted to this question. The book deserves careful reading, for the subject is of prime importance.”