ESSAYS, LECTURES, ETC.-continued. UNTAIN, MEADOW, AND MERE; a Series of Outdoor Sketches of Sport, Scenery, Adventures, and Natural History. By G. Christopher Davies. With 16 Illustrations by W. HARCOURT. Crown 8vo, price 6s. "If the book has none of the dramatic grandeur of the epic, where the hunter's life is staked on the steadiness of his nerves, on the other hand it is pervaded throughout by the graceful melody of a natural idyl, and the details of sport are subordinated to a dominating sense of the beautiful and picturesque. The great charm of a book of this kind lies in its reviving so many of the brighter associations of one's early existence."-Saturday Review. "Mr. Davies writes pleasantly, graphically, and with the pen of a lover of nature, a naturalist, and a sportsman."-Field. "Will be read both for its charming little passages descriptive of English scenery, and as the production of an enthusiastic worshipper of home sport."Examiner. "The narrative portions are simply and graphically told, and the descriptions of scenery are so faithfully and vividly painted that they give the reader actual glimpses of many charming bits of landscape, and prove that the author has a keen eye for the picturesque, as well as some poetic taste."-Sporting Gazette. W TO AMUSE AND EMPLOY OUR INVALIDS. By Harriet Power. Fcap. 8vo. Price 2s. 6d. RT LECTURES ON THE LAND LAWS. Delivered before the Working Men's College. By T. Lean Wilkinson. limp cloth. 25. "A very handy and intelligible epitome of the general principles of existing land laws."-Standard. "A very clear and lucid statement as to the condition of the present land laws Crown 8vo, which govern our country. These Lectures possess the advantage of not being loaded with superfluous matter."-Civil Service Gazette. ESSAY ON THE CULTURE OF THE OBSERVING POWERS OF CHILDREN, especially in connection with the Study of Botany. By Eliza A. Youmans. 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"Thoroughly readable and worth reading."-Scotsman. By Walter Bagehot. A New Edition, revised and corrected, with an Introductory Dissertation on recent changes and events. Crown 8vo. "A pleasing and clever study on the department of higher politics."-Guardian. "No writer before him had set out so 7s. 6d. clearly what the efficient part of the Eng- "Clear and practical."-Globe. REPUBLICAN SUPERSTITIONS. Illustrated by the Political History of the United States. Including a Correspondence with M. Louis Blanc. By Moncure D. Conway. Crown 8vo. "A very able exposure of the most plausible fallacies of Republicanism, by a writer of remarkable vigour and purity of style."-Standard. 5s. "Mr. Conway writes with ardent sincerity. He gives us some good anecdotes, and he is occasionally almost eloquent."Guardian, July 2, 1873. STREAMS FROM HIDDEN SOURCES. 6s. "In point of style it is well executed, and the prefatory notices are very good."Spectator. "The effect of reading the seven tales he presents to us is to make us wish for some seven more of the same kind."-Pall Mall Gazette. By B. Montgomerie "We doubt not that Mr. Ranking's enthu siasm will communicate itself to many of his readers, and induce them in like manner to follow back these streamlets to their parent river."—Graphic. 65, Cornhill; & 12, Paternoster Row, London. MILITARY WORKS. THE OPERATIONS OF THE FIRST ARMY, under STEINMETZ. By Von Schell. Translated by Captain E. O. Hollist. Demy 8vo. Uniform with the other volumes in the Series. Price 10s. 6d. THE OPERATIONS OF THE FIRST ARMY UNDER GEN. VON GOEBEN. By Major Von Schell. Translated by Col. C. H. Von Wright. Four Maps. Demy 8vo. 9s. THE OPERATIONS OF THE FIRST ARMY IN NORTHERN FRANCE AGAINST FAIDHERBE. By Colonel Count Hermann Von Wartensleben, Chief of the Staff of the First Army. Translated by Colonel C. H. Von Wright. In demy 8vo. Uniform with the above. Price 9s. "Very clear, simple, yet eminently instructive, is this history. It is not overladen with useless details, is written in good taste, and possesses the inestimable value of being in great measure the record of operations actually witnessed by the author, supplemented by official documents."-Athenæum. "The work is based on the official war documents-it is especially valuable-the narrative is remarkably vivid and interesting. Two well-executed maps enable the reader to trace out the scenes of General Manteuffel's operations." - Naval and Military Gazette. THE GERMAN ARTILLERY IN THE BATTLES NEAR METZ. This history gives a detailed account of the movements of the German artillery in the three days' fighting to the east and west of Metz, which resulted in paralyzing the army under Marshal Bazaine, and its subsequent surrender. The action of the batteries with reference to the other arms is clearly explained, and the valuable maps show the positions taken up by the individual batteries at each stage of the con tests. Tables are also supplied in the Appendix, furnishing full details as to the number of killed and wounded, expenditure of ammunition, &c. The campaign of 1870-71 having demonstrated the importance of artillery to an extent which has not previously been conceded to it, this work forms a valuable part of the literature of the campaign, and will be read with interest not only by members of the regular but also by those of the auxiliary forces. THE OPERATIONS OF THE BAVARIAN ARMY CORPS. By Captain Hugo Helvig. Translated by Captain G. S. Schwabe. With 5 large Maps. Demy 8vo. In 2 vols. Price 24s. Uniform with the other Books in the Series. AUSTRIAN CAVALRY EXERCISE. From an Abridged Edition compiled by CAPTAIN ILLIA WOINOVITS, of the General Staff, on the Tactical Regulations of the Austrian Army, and prefaced by a General Sketch of the Organisation, &c., of the Country. Translated by Captain W. S. Cooke. Crown 8vo, cloth. Price 7s. MILITARY WORKS-continued. History of the Organisation, Equipment, and War Services of THE REGIMENT OF BENGAL ARTILLERY. Compiled from Published Official and other Records, and various private sources, by Major Francis W. Stubbs, Royal (late Bengal) Artillery. Vol. I. will contain WAR SERVICES. The Second Volume will be published separately, and will contain the HISTORY OF THE ORGANISATION AND EQUIPMENT OF THE REGIMENT. In 2 vols. 8vo. With Maps and Plans. [Preparing. VICTORIES AND DEFEATS. An Attempt to explain the Causes which have led to them. An Officer's Manual. By Col. R. P. Anderson. Demy 8vo. 145. "The present book proves that he is a diligent student of military history, his illustrations ranging over a wide field, and including ancient and modern Indian and European warfare."-Standard. "A delightful military classic, and what The young is more, a most useful one. THE FRONTAL ATTACK OF INFANTRY. By Capt. Laymann, Instructor of Tactics at the Military College, Neisse. Translated by Colonel Edward Newdigate. Crown 8vo, limp cloth. Price 2s. 6d. "An exceedingly useful kind of book. The design is not merely good, but well worked out in a style which makes the work a valuable acquisition to the military student's library. It recounts, in the first place, the opinions and tactical formations which regulated the German army during the early battles of the late war; explains how these were modified in the course of the campaign by the terrible and unanticipated effect of the fire; and how, accordingly, troops should be trained to attack in future wars." -- Naval and Military Gazette. "This work has met with special attention in our army."-Militarin Wochenblatt. ELEMENTARY MILITARY GEOGRAPHY, RECONNOITRING, AND SKETCHING. Compiled for Non-Commissioned Officers and Soldiers of all Arms. By Lieut. C. E. H. Vincent, Royal Welsh Fusileers. Small crown 8vo. 2s. 6d. An admirable little manual, full of facts by giving, in terse and sensible language, definitions of varieties of ground and the advantages they present in warfare, together with a number of useful hints in military sketching."-Naval and Military Gazette. THREE WORKS BY LIEUT.-COL. THE HON. A. ANSON, V.C., M.P. ARMY RESERVES AND MILITIA THE ABOLITION OF PURCHASE AND Crown 8vo. Price Sixpence 65, Cornhill; & 12, Paternoster Row, London. MILITARY WORKS-continued. DIES IN THE NEW INFANTRY TACTICS. "Major Von Schereff's 'Studies in Tactics' is worthy of the perusal indeed, of the thoughtful study of every military man. The subject of the respective advantages of attack and defence, and of the methods in which each form of battle should be carried out under the fire of Parts I. & II. Translated from the German by Col. modern arms, is exhaustively and admirably treated; indeed, we cannot but consider it to be decidedly superior to any work which has hitherto appeared in English upon this all-important subject."Standard. TICAL DEDUCTIONS FROM THE WAR OF 1870-1. By "Major Boguslawski's tactical deductions from the war are, that infantry still preserve their superiority over cavalry, that open order must henceforth be the main principles of all drill, and that the chassepot is the best of all small arms for precision. We must, without delay, impress brain and forethought into the British Service; and we cannot commence the good work too soon, or better, than by placing the two books (The Operations of the German Armies' and 'Tactical Deductions') we have here criticised, in every military library, and introducing them as class-books in every tactical school."— United Service Gazette. C ARMY OF THE NORTH-GERMAN CONFEDERATION. A Brief Description of its Organisation, of the different Branches of the Service and their Rôle' in War, of its Mode of Fighting, &c. By a Prussian General. Translated from the German by Col. Edward Newdigate. Demy 8vo. 5s. "A good translation of an instructive and suggestive book."-Athenæum. The work is quite essential to the full use of the other volumes of the German Military Series,' which Messrs. King are now producing in handsome uniform style. It has also the great recommendation of being of very moderate length, and, whilst stating everything with professional exactness, is singularly free from technicalities that might embarrass the general reader." -United Service Magazine. "Every page of the book deserves attentive study. . . . The information given C OPERATIONS OF THE GERMAN ARMIES IN FRANCE, FROM SEDAN TO THE END OF THE WAR OF 1870-1. With Large Official Map. From the Journals of the Head-quarters Staff, by Major Wm. Blume. Translated by E. M. Jones, Major 20th Foot, late Professor of Military History, Sandhurst. Demy 8vo. Price 9s. "The book is of absolute necessity to the military student. The work is one of high merit."-United Service Gazette. "The work of translation has been well done. In notes, prefaces, and introductions, much additional information has been given."-Athenæum. "The work of Major von Blume in its English dress forms the most valuable addition to our stock of works upon the war that our press has put forth. Major Blume writes with a clear conciseness much wanting in many of his country's historians. Our space forbids our doing more than commending it earnestly as the most authentic and instructive narrative of the second section of the war that has yet appeared."-Saturday Review. |