HENRY WILLIAMS’S THE UNITED STATES NAVY
A Handbook.
By Henry Williams, Naval Constructor, U. S. Navy. With 32 full-page illustrations and a number in the text. 12mo. $1.50 net; by mail, $1.67.
This is a neat, crisp, matter-of-fact account of our Navy, with an occasional illuminating anecdote of famous court-martials and such. It has been passed by high authorities and its publication officially sanctioned. The Contents includes: Naval History—The Navy’s Organization—The Navy’s Personnel—Man-of-War in Commission—Classes of Ships in the Navy—Description—High Explosives; Torpedoes; Mines; Aeroplanes—Designing and Building a Warship; Dry Docks—The National Defense.
THOMAS LEAMING’S
A PHILADELPHIA LAWYER IN THE LONDON COURTS
Illustrated by the Author. 8vo. $2.00 net; by mail, $2.15. (Circular on application.)
A trained observer’s graphic description of the English Law Courts, of their ancient customs yet up-to-date methods; of the lives and activities of the modern barrister and solicitor—the “K. C.,” the “Junior,” the “Devil”—and of the elaborate etiquette, perpetuated by the Inns of Court, which still inflexibly rules them, despite the tendencies of the times and growth of socialism.
Nation:—“The style of narrative, the conciseness of statement, and the wealth of allusion make this book one which certainly the lawyer, and probably many laymen, will wish to finish at one sitting, and not hurriedly.... We hope to see the author appear again, and as a Philadelphia Lawyer at Home.”
Bookman.—“This quiet recital of facts ought of itself to create a revolution in this country.... He disclaims any intention of entering upon odious comparisons.... When the Bar of America is aroused to the necessity of reform it will find these observations ... a mine of well-digested information and helpful suggestions.”