"We hope this book will find its way into the hands of all young engineers. All the information has been carefully gathered from all the best sources, and is therefore perfectly accurate."—Engineering Review.

THE AFGHAN WARS OF 1839-1842 and 1878-1880. By Archibald Forbes. With Portraits on Copper, of Sir Frederick Roberts, Sir George Pollock, Sir Louis Cavagnari and Sirdars, and the Ameer Abdurrahman; and with Maps and Plans.

"Gives a spirited account both of the earlier and later campaigns in Afghanistan."—St. James's Gazette.

*THE DEVELOPMENT OF NAVIES DURING THE LAST HALF-CENTURY. By Captain Eardley WILMOT. With many Illustrations.

"An admirable summary and survey of what is, perhaps, the greatest series of changes in the methods and instruments of naval warfare which the world has ever witnessed in a similar period of time."—Times.

Of Volumes so * marked there will be no Library Edition.


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Transcriber's Notes: All obvious spelling and punctuation errors have been corrected, also hyphenation and accentuation.