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.
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 TRUTH ABOUT PORT ARTHUR. By Monsieur E. K. Nojine, Accredited Russian War Correspondent during the Siege. Translated and abridged by Captain A. B. Lindsay. Edited by Major E. D. Swinton, D.S.O. With Maps and Illustrations. Demy 8vo., 15s. net.
'M. Nojine is unusually well qualified to offer testimony on the long beleaguerment. He writes with vivacity and force, and the translation is competent and spirited, both on account of its vivid narrative and by reason of the extraordinary revelations it contains.... It is the most remarkable book about the war yet issued.'—Times.
THE BATTLE OF TSU-SHIMA. Between the Japanese and Russian Fleets, fought on 27th May, 1905. By Captain Vladimir Semenoff (one of the survivors). Translated by Captain A. B. Lindsay. Crown 8vo., 3s. 6d. net.
'The most thrilling and touching records of naval warfare that we have ever read, and its very simplicity and lack of literary ornament make it the more impressive.... We share the emotions on board, feel the nervous thrill behind the gallant spirit and the cheerful countenance,'—Westminster Gazette.
FROM LIBAU TO TSU-SHIMA. A Narrative of the Voyage of Admiral Rojdestvensky's Squadron to the East, including a Detailed Account of the Dogger Bank Incident. By the late Eugene Politovsky, Chief Engineer of the Squadron. Translated by Major F. R. Godfrey, R.M.L.I. Large Crown 8vo., 2s. 6d. net.
'Among terrible stories of the sea this is unique. In sentences whose graphic power Defoe did not exceed, he jots down from day to day what he sees and suffers.... The story of the sinking of the British fishing-boats in the North Sea is told with superb simplicity.'—Punch.