The translation itself has been undertaken from a conviction of the entire inadequacy of any existing version to the wants of the time. The gross unfaithfulness of Beloe, and the extreme unpleasantness of his style, render his translation completely insufficient in an age which dislikes affectation and requires accuracy; while the only other complete English versions which exist are at once too close to the original to be perused with any pleasure by the general reader, and also defective in respect of scholarship.
A Treatise on Naval Gunnery,
FOR THE USE OF OFFICERS AND FOR THE TRAINING OF SEAMEN GUNNERS.
WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF THE GUNS INTRODUCED SINCE THE LATE WAR.
BY LIEUT.-GEN. SIR HOWARD DOUGLAS, Bart., G.C.B.
Third Edition, revised. Plates. 8vo.
Considerations on Steam Warfare and Naval Shell-Firing;
BY LIEUT.-GEN. SIR HOWARD DOUGLAS, BART.