JUST OUT.

ARTILLERY AND EXPLOSIVES.

ESSAYS AND LECTURES WRITTEN AND DELIVERED AT VARIOUS TIMES.

By Sir Andrew Noble, K.C.B., D.C.L., F.R.S.

With Numerous Diagrams and Illustrations. Medium 8vo. 21s. net.

“The experience of Sir Andrew Noble covers such a wide field, and so many important changes have taken place in connection with rifled guns, their ammunition and projectiles, during the long period dealt with, that the views of so eminent an expert are of an incalculable value. He is therefore to be congratulated on his decision to bring into one volume the mass of important information and invaluable details respecting the progress in naval and artillery science.”—Broad Arrow.

THE FRONTIERSMAN’S POCKET BOOK.

Compiled and Edited by Roger Pocock, on behalf of the Council of
the Legion of Frontiersmen.

With Illustrations. Leather, 5s. net.

“A very handy and well-packed little volume.... It brings together a large amount of well-digested practical information about camping, means of travel, signals, shooting, first-aid, and, in short, everything that a pioneering, handy man ought to know.... May be heartily recommended to all classes of scouts and frontiersmen.”—Scotsman.

FORTIFICATION:

ITS PAST ACHIEVEMENTS, RECENT DEVELOPMENTS,
FUTURE PROGRESS.

By Colonel Sir George S. Clarke, R.E., K.C.M.G., F.R.S.,

Governor of Bombay.

New Edition Enlarged. With numerous Illustrations.
Medium 8vo. 18s. net.

“The reflections of this great soldier-statesman will be found as fascinating as they are instructive, and that reasonable intelligence is the only essential qualification for reading them with profit as well as with interest and pleasure.”—Westminster Gazette.

THE BATTLE OF WAVRE AND
GROUCHY’S RETREAT.

A STUDY OF AN OBSCURE PART OF
THE WATERLOO CAMPAIGN.

By W. Hyde Kelly, R.E.

With Maps and Plans. Demy 8vo. 8s. net.

“ ... brings forward, with a vividness and brilliancy which compel attention throughout one of the most obscure pages in the story of the famous struggle.”—Birmingham Post.

OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF
THE SECOND AFGHAN WAR,
1878–1880.

PRODUCED IN THE INTELLIGENCE BRANCH,
ARMY HEAD QUARTERS, INDIA

Abridged Official Account. With numerous Maps and Illustrations.

Medium 8vo. 21s. net.

“An excellent compendium of the whole war, clearly written and amply illustrated by photographs, maps, and diagrams.... It is a narrative that will fascinate the many who love to read about warlike movements.... It is a story of wise and patient preparation, carefully arranged generalship, supreme daring, amazing tenacity. Undoubtedly the right thing has been done in giving to the world a stirring story, which has remained too long, many will think, a secret record.”—Sheffield Independent.

THE GERMAN OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF
THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA

PREPARED IN THE HISTORICAL SECTION OF THE
GREAT GENERAL STAFF, BERLIN.

With Maps and Plans. Demy 8vo. 15s. net each.

Part I.—From its Commencement in 1899 to the Capture of General Cronje’s Forces at Paardeburg. Translated by Colonel W. H. H. Waters, R.A., C.V.O. Part II.—The Advance to Pretoria, the Upper Tugela Campaign, etc., etc. Translated by Colonel Hubert du Cane, R.A., M.V.O.

“The most valuable work in which, since its close, the war has been discussed. It stands alone, because it is the only work in which the war has been surveyed by trained and competent students of war, the only one of which the judgments are based on a familiarity with the modern theory of war. The best book that has yet appeared on the South African War.”—Morning Post.

THE BOOK OF WAR.

Translated into English by Captain E. F. Calthrop, R.A.

Crown 8vo. 2s. 6d. net.

This work, the writings of Suntzu and Wutzu, Chinese strategists of about the fifth century B.C., is the most famous work on the art of war in the Far East. It deals with operations of war, statecraft, moral and training of troops, stratagem, the use of spies, etc., and for twenty-five centuries it has been the bible of the Chinese or Japanese ruler. The book is distinguished alike by the poetry and grandeur of its language and the modernity of its spirit.

A WEEK AT WATERLOO IN 1815.

LADY DE LANCEY’S NARRATIVE.

BEING AN ACCOUNT OF HOW SHE NURSED HER HUSBAND,
COLONEL SIR WILLIAM H. D. LANCEY,
MORTALLY WOUNDED IN THE GREAT BATTLE.

With Photogravure Portraits and other Illustrations.

Square crown 8vo. 6s. net.

“Pages of writing of terrible beauty, subtlety, delicacy, and power describe her nursing of him and his death. It is not a jagged series of poignant notes.... There is no heroine in English history or literature more worshipful than Lady de Lancey.”—World.

THE STORY OF THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO.

By the Rev. G. R. Gleig. With Map and Illustrations.

MOLTKE IN HIS HOME.

By Friedrich August Dressler.

Authorized Translation by Mrs. C. E. Barrett-Lennard.

With an Introduction by Lieut.-General Lord Methuen.

With Illustrations. Demy 8vo.

This does not attempt to give a biography of the great Field-Marshal, but contains a series of sketches and incidents of his life, and of the characteristics and surroundings of one of the greatest soldiers of the nineteenth century.

THE MILITARY LIFE OF
H.R.H. THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE.

WRITTEN UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE LATE DUKE
FROM DOCUMENTS IN HIS OWN POSSESSION.

By Colonel Willoughby Verner,

Late Rifle Brigade.

Assisted by Captain Erasmus Darwin Parker,

Late Manchester Regiment.

With Portraits. 2 Vols. Medium 8vo. 36s. net.

“We congratulate the authors on the manner in which they have accomplished their task, and send our hearty good wishes after the volumes they have launched.”—Saturday Review.

LUMSDEN OF THE GUIDES.

A SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF SIR HARRY LUMSDEN, HIS SERVICES IN THE AFGHAN VALLEY, PUNJAB AND FRONTIER CAMPAIGNS, AND OF THE RAISING OF THE FAMOUS CORPS OF GUIDES.

By Sir P. Lumsden and G. R. Elsmie.

Portraits, Maps, and Illustrations. Demy 8vo. 7s. 6d. net.

THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF SIR HARRY SMITH.

INCLUDING HIS SERVICES IN SOUTH AMERICA—IN THE PENINSULA AND FRANCE—AT NEW ORLEANS—AT WATERLOO—IN NORTH AMERICA AND JAMAICA—IN SOUTH AFRICA DURING THE KAFFIR WAR—IN INDIA DURING THE SIKH WAR—AND AT THE CAPE, ETC.

Edited by G. C. Moore Smith.
With some additional Chapters supplied by the Editor.

With Portraits and Illustrations. Cheap Edition in 1 Vol. 10s. 6d. net.

THE LIFE OF JOHN COLBORNE,
FIELD-MARSHAL LORD SEATON.

By G. C. Moore Smith.

With Maps, Portraits, and other Illustrations. Demy 8vo. 16s. net.

THE LIFE OF JOHN NICHOLSON,
SOLDIER AND ADMINISTRATOR.

By Captain Lionel J. Trotter.

With Portrait and 3 Maps.

THE LIFE OF HENRY PELHAM,
FIFTH DUKE OF NEWCASTLE.

SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES, 1852–54
AND 1859–64, AND SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR, 1852–55

By John Martineau,

Author of “The Life of Sir Bartle Frere.”

With Portraits. Demy 8vo. 12s. net.

“Among the most interesting and absorbing books of the moment may safely be named The Life of Henry Pelham.”—M.A.P.

“Mr. Martineau’s work is a model of painstaking research and lucid expression. He has the true historian’s temperament, his perspective and his judgment are unimpeachable.”—Western Mail.