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MILITARY WORKS-continued.

CAVALRY FIELD DUTY. By Major-General VON Translated by Captain FRANK S. RUSSELL, 14th limp cloth.

MIRUS.

(King's) Hussars. Crown 8vo,

**This is the text-book of instruction in the German cavalry, and comprises all the details connected with the military duties of cavalry soldiers on service. The translation is made from a new edition, which contains the modifications intro

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7s. 6d.

duced consequent on the experiences of the late war. The great interest that students feel in all the German military methods, will, it is believed, render this book especially acceptable at the present time.

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Colonel VON VERDY DU VERNOIS. An authorised and accurate Translation by Lieutenant H. J. T. HILDYARD, 71st Foot. Parts I. and II. Demy 8vo.

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Price 7s.

tunately-placed staff-officer is in a position to give. I have read and re-read them very carefully, I hope with profit, certainly with great interest, and believe that practice, in the sense of these Studies,' would be a valuable preparation for manoeuvres on a more extended scale."-Berlin, June, 1872.

FRANCO-GERMAN WAR, 1870-71. FIRST PART-HISTORY OF THE WAR TO THE DOWNFALL OF THE EMPIRE. FIRST SECTION:-THE EVENTS IN JULY. Authorised Translation from the German Official Account at the Topographical and Statistical Department of the War Office, by Captain F. C. H. CLARKE, R.A. First Section, with Map. Demy 8vo. 35.

DISCIPLINE AND DRILL. Four Lectures delivered to the London Scottish Rifle Volunteers. By Captain S. FLOOD PAGE. A New and Cheaper Edition. Price Is. "One of the best-known and coolestheaded of the metropolitan regiments, whose adjutant moreover has lately published an admirable collection of lectures addressed by him to the men of his corps.' -Times.

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vate, will be the better for perusing and digesting the plain-spoken truths which Captain Page so firmly, and yet so modestly, puts before them; and we trust that the little book in which they are contained will find its way into all parts of Great Britain."-Volunteer Service Gazette.

LIST. Majors and Captains.
Ist W. I. Regiment. 8vo, sewed.

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65, Cornhill; & 12, Paternoster Row, London.

Books on Indian Subjects.

THE EUROPEAN IN INDIA.

A HAND-BOOK OF PRACTICAL INFORMATION FOR THOSE PROCEEDING TO, OR RESIDING IN, THE EAST INDIES,

RELATING TO OUTFITS, ROUTES, TIME FOR DEPARTURE, INDIAN CLIMATE, etc. BY EDMUND C. P. HULL.

WITH A MEDICAL GUIDE FOR ANGLO-INDIANS.

BEING A COMPENDIUM OF ADVICE TO EUROPEANS IN INDIA, RELATING ΤΟ THE
PRESERVATION AND REGULATION OF HEALTH.

By R. S. MAIR, M.D., F.R.C.S. E.,
Late Deputy Coroner of Madras.

In 1 vol. Post 8vo. 6s.

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Lord Canning's Private Secretary, and for many years the Chief Commissioner of

Mysore and Coorg.

In 1 vol. Demy 8vo. 16s. Illustrated with Maps and Diagrams.

"An admirable and exhaustive geographical, political, and industrial survey." -Athenæum.

"The usefulness of this compact and methodical summary of the most authentic information relating to countries whose welfare is intimately connected with our own, should obtain for Mr. Lewin Bow

A MEMOIR OF THE

ring's work a good place among treatises of its kind."-Daily News.

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'Interesting even to the general reader, but more especially so to those who may have a special concern in that portion of our Indian Empire."-Post.

"An elaborately got up and carefully compiled work."-Home News.

INDIAN SURVEYS.

BY CLEMENT R. MARKHAM.

Printed by order of Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India in Council.
Imperial 8vo. IOS. 6d.

65, Cornhill; & 12, Paternoster Row, London.

BOOKS ON INDIAN SUBJECTS-continued.

WESTERN INDIA BEFORE AND DURING THE MUTINIES.

PICTURES DRAWN FROM LIFE.

BY MAJOR-GEN. SIR GEORGE LE GRAND JACOB, K. C.S.I., C.B. In 1 vol. Crown 8vo. 7s. 6d.

"The most important contribution to the history of Western India during the Mutinies which has yet, in a popular form, been made public."-Athenæum.

"The legacy of a wise veteran, intent on the benefit of his countrymen rather

than on the acquisition of fame."-London and China Express.

"Few men more competent than himself to speak authoritatively concerning Indian affairs."-Standard.

EXCHANGE TABLES OF STERLING AND INDIAN RUPEE CURRENCY,

UPON A NEW AND EXTENDED SYSTEM,

EMBRACING VALUES FROM ONE FARTHING TO ONE Hundred THOUSAND POUNDS, AND AT RATES PROGRESSING, IN SIXTEENTHS OF A PENNY,

FROM IS. 9d. TO 25. 3d. PER RUPEE.

BY DONALD FRASER,

Accountant to the British Indian Steam Navigation Co., Limited.
IOS. 6d.

Royal 8vo.

"The calculations must have entailed great labour on the author, but the work is one which we fancy must become a standard one in all business houses which

have dealings with any country where the rupee and the English pound are standard coins of currency."-Inverness Courier.

A CATALOGUE OF MAPS OF THE BRITISH

IN INDIA

POSSESSIONS

AND OTHER PARTS OF ASIA.

Published by order of Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India in Council.

Royal 8vo, sewed. IS.

A Continuation of the above, sewed, price 6d., is now ready.

& Messrs. Henry S. King & Co. are the authorised agents by the Government for the sale of the whole of the Maps enumerated in this Catalogue.

65, Cornhill; & 12, Paternoster Row, London.

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Books for Juveniles.

LOST GIP. By HESBA STRETTON, Author of "Little Meg," ," "Alone in London." Square crown 8vo. Six Illustrations.

Price Is. 6d.

"The book is full of tender touches.'

Noncomformist.

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"Thoroughly enlists the sympathies of the reader."-Church Review.

BRAVE MEN'S FOOTSTEPS. A Book of Example

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Editor of "MEN WHO
By C. DOYLE. 3s. 6d.

A readable and instructive volume."—
Examiner.

and Anecdote for Young People. By the HAVE RISEN." With Four Illustrations. "The little volume is precisely of the stamp to win the favour of those who, in choosing a gift for a boy, would consult his moral development as well as his temporary pleasure."-Daily Telegraph.

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"No more welcome book for the schoolboy could be imagined."- Birmingham Daily Gazette.

WONDER-HORN.

3s. 6d.

BY JEAN

INGELOW. A Second Series of "Stories told to a Child." Fifteen Illustrations. Cloth, gilt. "Full of fresh and vigorous fancy: it is worthy of the author of some of the best of our modern verse."-Standard.

"We like all the contents of the 'Little Wonder-Horn' very much."--Athenæum. "We recommend it with confidence."--Pall-Mall Gazette.

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GUTTA-PERCHA WILLIE, THE WORKING
GENIUS. BY GEORGE MACDONALD.
By ARTHUR HUGHES. Crown 8vo.

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3s. 6d.

With Illustrations.

TRAVELLING MENAGERIE.

By

CHARLES CAMDEN, Author of "Hoity Toity." Illustrated by J. MAHONEY. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d.

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SEEKING HIS FORTUNE, AND OTHER STORIES. Crown 8vo. Six Illustrations.

65, Cornhill; & 12, Paternoster Row, London.

BOOKS FOR JUVENILES-continued.

PLUCKY FELLOWS.

STEPHEN J. MACKENNA.
8vo. Price 3s. 6d.

"This is one of the very best 'Books for Boys' which have been issued this year."Morning Advertiser.

"A thorough book for boys'. . . written

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throughout in a manly straightforward manner that is sure to win the hearts of the children for whom it is intended."-London Society.

Illustrated

DESERTED SHIP. A Real Story of the Atlantic. By CUPPLES HOWE, Master Mariner. by TOWNLEY GREEN. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d.

"Curious adventures with bears, seals, and other Arctic animals, and with scarcely more human Esquimaux, form the mass of

material with which the story deals, and will much interest boys who have a spice of romance in their composition." "-Courant.

GOOD WORDS FOR THE YOUNG.

The Volume

for 1872, gilt cloth and gilt edges, 7s. 6d. Containing numerous Contributions by popular authors, and about One Hundred and Fifty Illustrations by the best artists.

New Edition.

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THE DESERT PASTOR, JEAN JAROUSSEAU.
Translated from the French of EUGENE PELLETAN. By
Colonel E. P. DE L'HOSTE.
Frontispiece. Price 35. 6d.

"There is a poetical simplicity and picturesqueness; the noblest heroism; unpretentious religion; pure love, and the spectacle of a household brought up in the fear of the Lord. The whole

story has an air of quaint antiquity similar to that which invests with a charm more easily felt than described the site of

In fcap. 8vo, with an Engraved

some splendid ruin."-Illustrated London News.

"This charming specimen of Eugène Pelletan's tender grace, humour, and hightoned morality."-Notes and Queries.

"A touching record of the struggles in the cause of religious liberty of a real man."-Graphic.

HOITY TOITY, THE GOOD LITTLE FELLOW. By CHARLES CAMDEN. Illustrated. Crown 8vo. 35. 6d.

THE "ELSIE" SERIES, 3s. 6d. each.

ELSIE DINSMORE. By MARTHA FARQUHAR

SON. Crown 8vo. Illustrated.

ELSIE'S GIRLHOOD. A Sequel to "Elsie Dinsmore." By the same Author. Crown 8vo. Illustrated.

ELSIE'S HOLIDAYS AT ROSELANDS. By the same Author. Crown 8vo. Illustrated.

65, Cornhill; & 12, Paternoster Row, London.

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