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1877; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 21; Issue: 93 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/03071847709434531

0035-9289

Historical Geography and Cartography

Abstract The Sailor's Pocket Book: a collection of practical Rules, Notes, and Tables; for the use of the Royal Navy, the Mercantile Marine, and Yacht Squadrons. By Captain F. G. D. Bedford, R.N. 3rd edition, revised and enlarged, 1877, Portsmouth, Griffin & Co. (5 3/4 in. × 4 3/4 in. Weight 15 ozs.) Price 7s. 6d. Le Fond de la Mer. Par Léon Renard. 3rd edition. Paris: J. Hetzel and Co. (7 1/4 in. × 4 1/2 in. Weight 15 ozs.) Price 3s. L'Année Maritime, Revue des Evénements et Répertoéire Statisque annuel des faits qui se sont accomplis dans les Marines Française et Etrangères. Première année 1876. Paris, 1877. (Weight, bound, 1 lb. 8 oz.) Price 3s. 6d. Les Navires de Guerre les plus récents. Par M. Marchal, Ingénieur des Constructions Navales (Extrait de la Revue Maritime et Coloniale). Paris, 1876. (Weight, paper covers, 6 oz.; 3s. 6d.) A History of Cavalry frons the Earliest Times, with Lessons for the Future. By Lieut.-Colonel George T. Denison, comn mding the Governor-General's Body Guard, Canada. London, Macmillan and Co., 1877. Price 18s. Size 9 in. × 6 1/4 in. × 1 7/6 in. Pp. 567. Weight 2 lbs. 9 oz. Great Campaigns: a Succinct Account of the Principal Military Operations which have taken place in Europe from 1796 to 1870. Edited from the Lectures and Writings of the late Major C. Adams, Professor of Military History at the Staff College. By Captain C. Cooper King. 1 vol. 8vo, illustrated with maps. Blackwood and Sons, 1877. Price 16s. Size 9″ × 6 1/4″ × 1 7/8″. Pp. 620. Weight 2 lbs. 9 oz. Manual for Reqimental Transport (Infantry). Official Pamphlet. Price 3d. Size 4 3/4″ × 3 7/4″. Pp. 43. The Duties of the General Staff. By Major-General Bromsart von Schellendorf, Chief of the General Staff of the Guard Corps Translated from the German by W. A. H. Hare, Lieutenant Royal Engineers. Vol. I. London: C. Kegan Paul and Co. 1877. Price 10s. 6d. Size 8 1/2 in. × 5 3/4 in. × 1 in. Pp. 303. Weight 1 lb. 9 oz. Tactical Examples. By Hugo Helvig, Major on the Royal Bavarian General Staff. Vol. I, “The Battalion.” Translated by Colonel Sir Lumley Graham, Bart. Henry S. King and Co., London, 1877. Size 9 in. × 6 in. × 1 in. Pp. 109. Weight under 1 1/4 lbs. Price 15s.