Chats on Military Curios

by Stanley C. Johnson

WORKS DEALING WITH ARMS AND ARMOUR.

Anderson, J. Ancient Scottish Weapons. (Edinburgh.) 1881.

Armour. A capital survey of the subject in Chambers's Encyclopædia.

Arrows and Arrow Makers. (Published by Judd and Detweiler, Washington.) 1891.

Ashdown, C. H. British and Foreign Arms and Armour. 1909.

Azan, P. Les premières mitrailleuses, 1342-1725. 1907.

Belloc, Hilaire. The Book of the Bayeux Tapestry. 1914.

Berthelot, M. P. E. Explosive Materials, to which is added a short sketch of Gunpowder. (New York.) 1883.

Bethel, A. H. Modern Guns and Gunnery.

Blanch, H. J. A Century of Guns. 1909.

Bond, H. Treatise on Military Small Arms. 1884.

Boutell. Arms and Armour. 1874.

Brett, E. J. Pictorial Record of Arms and Armour. 1894.

Burton. The Book of the Sword. 1883.

Calvert, A. F. Spanish Arms and Armour: an account of the Royal Armoury of Madrid. 1907. (Not a mere guide-book.)

Campbell, Lord A. Notes on Swords from Culloden. 1894.

Catalogue of the Museum of Artillery in the Rotunda, Woolwich. 1906. (Stationery Office Publication.)

Church, W. C. American Arms and Ammunition. Article in Scribner's Monthly, vol. xxix. p. 436.

Clephan, R. C. Defensive Armour and Weapons and Engines of War of Mediæval Times and of the Renaissance. 1900.

Demmin, Auguste. Illustrated History of Arms and Armour. 1901. (About two thousand illustrations, making the work a most useful reference book.)

Diener, Schoenberg Alfons. Die Waffen der Wartburg Mit 231 Waffen und 116 Marken. Abbildungen auf 78 Tafeln in orthochromatischem Lichtdruck. (Berlin.) 1912.

Dillon, Viscount. Guide to Tower of London, with a description of the Armoury. 1908.

Egerton, W. A Description of Indian and Oriental Armour. 1896.

Ffoulkes, Charles. Armour and Weapons. 1909.

Ffoulkes, Charles. European Arms and Armour in the University of Oxford. 1912. 19 plates.

Ffoulkes, Charles. The Armourer and his Craft from the Eleventh to the Sixteenth Century. 1912. 69 diagrams and 32 plates.

Firearms. A capital survey of the subject in Chambers's Encyclopædia.

Forgeries that were not Forged. Article in The Connoisseur, vol. iii. p. 35.

Gardner, J. S. Armour in England. (Portfolio Monographs.) 1897.

Gardner, J. S. Foreign Armour in England. (Portfolio Monographs.) 1898.

Gaythorpe, H. Notes on the Rampside Sword. 1909.

Greener, W. W. The Gun and its Development. 1899.

Hartley, C. Gasquoine. The Madrid Royal Armoury. Article in The Connoisseur, vol. iv. p. 239.

Hendley, T. H. Damascening on Steel and Iron. 1892.

Hewitt, J. Ancient Armour and Weapons in Europe, 3 vols. 1855.

Hutton, A. The Sword and the Centuries. 1901.

Joly, H. L. Japanese Sword Mounts. 1910.

Keller, M. L. The Anglo-Saxon Weapon. Names treated archæologically and etymologically. 1906.

Kelly, Francis M. Arms and Armour at the National Gallery. Article in The Connoisseur, vol. iii. p. 216.

Kimball, W. W. Small Arms of European Armies. Article in Scribner's Monthly, vol. vi. p. 363.

Laking, Guy F. Catalogue of Oriental Arms and Armour in the Wallace Collection. 1914.

List of Books and Photographs in the National Art Library Illustrating Armour and Weapons. (Victoria and Albert Museum.) 1883.

Maindron, G. R. M. Les Armes. 1890.

Marks, E. C. R. Evolution of Modern Small Arms. 1899.

Mason, V. L. New Weapons of the United States Army. Article in The Century Magazine, vol. 27, p. 570.

Mayne, C. B. The Infantry Weapon and its Use in War. 1903.

Meyrick. Ancient Armour in Europe. 1830.

Nugent, W. T. Art Ornamentation upon Armour. Article in The Magazine of Art, vol. 4, p. 78.

Sandars, Horace. The Weapons of the Iberians. 1913.

Sandringham Arms and Armour. (The Indian Collection presented to Edward VII, when Prince of Wales. 1875-6.) 1910.

Sargeaunt, B. E. Weapons: a Brief Discourse on Hand Weapons other than Firearms. 1908.

Sawyer, C. W. Firearms in American History, 1600-1800. 1910.

Seton-Karr, Sir Henry. Ammunition. Article in Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th edition, vol. 1.

Text-book of Small Arms. (Government Publication.) 1909.

Treatise on Ammunition: especially for Army Service. (Stationery Office Publication.) 1905.

Walsh, J. H. Weapons of War.

Westropp, M. S. D. Arms and Armour. 1906.

Wilkinson. Engines of War.

WORKS DEALING WITH MEDALS, DECORATIONS, AND MEDALLIONS

Adams, J. H. Some Rare Napoleonic Medals. Article in Cosmopolitan, vol. 17, p. 286.

Armand, A. Les Médailleurs italiens des quinzième et seizième siècles. 3 vols. 1883.

Carter, T. War Medals of the British Army, 1893. (Historical as well as technical information.)

Catalogue of the Bowles Collection, at Bristol, of Tokens, Coins, and Medals. Bristol. 1909.

Catalogue of the Coins, Tokens, Medals, Dies, and Seals in the Museum of the Mint. 2 vols. 1906.

Elvin, C. N. Handbook of the Orders of Chivalry, War Medals, and other Decorations. 1892.

Fabriczy, C. von. Italian Medals. 1904.

Fisher, J. F. American Medals. (Mass. Hist. Coll. 3d. Series 6, 286.)

Grueber, H. A. Guide to the Exhibition of English Medals in the British Museum, 1891.

Hawkins, E. Medallic Illustrations of the History of Great Britain and Ireland to the Death of George II. 2 vols. 1885.

Irwin, D. H. War Medals and Decorations issued to the British Forces since 1588. (This book is specially recommended.)

List of Books and Pamphlets in the National Art Library (Victoria and Albert Museum) on Coins and Medals. 1889.

Mayo, J. H. Medals and Decorations of the British Army and Navy. 2 vols. 1897. (Most of the actual documents relating to the issue of the various medals are quoted verbatim.)

Medallions. Notice des monuments exposés dans le Département des Médailles. Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. 1889.

Medals of Honor as a Recognition of Gallantry. Article in Harper's Weekly, April 12, 1902.

Medals of the British Army. A coloured chart issued by Gale and Polden. Price 1s.

Myer, I. The Waterloo Medal. (Philadelphia.) 1885.

Patrick R. W. C. Catalogue of the Medals of Scotland. 1884.

Poole, Stanley Lane-. Coins and Medals. 1894.

Poole, Stanley Lane-. Coins and Medals: their Place in History and Art. 1885.

Simon, T. Medals, Coins, Great Seals, Impressions from the Works of T. Simon, 1648-65. 1753.

Simonis, J. L'Art du Médailleur en Belgique. 1900. (Brussels.)

Spink & Son. Hints to Collectors of Coins and Medals. 1898.

Steward, W. Augustus. War Medals and their Histories. 1915.

Steward, W. Augustus. War Medals Won by Boys. Article in The Boy's Own Paper, vol. xxxvii. p. 327.

Tancred, G. Historical Record of Medals conferred on the British Navy, Army, and Auxiliary Forces. 1891.

Weber, F. P. Medals of the Nineteenth Century relating to England by Foreign Artists. 1894.

Whalley, J. L. Gold War Medals. 1888.

WORKS DEALING WITH MILITARY PRINTS

(The collector of military prints will find many interesting items listed under the head of "Crests, Badges, and Uniforms.")

Ashton, John. English Caricature and Satire on Napoleon I. 1884.

British Volunteers, or a General History of the Formation and Establishment of the Volunteer and Associated Corps. With coloured plates. 1799.

Broadley, A. M. Napoleon in Caricature, 1795-1821. 1911.

Campion, G. B. Principal Evolutions of the Royal Horse Artillery. Coloured plates. 1846.

Cannon, R. Historical Records of the British Army. Contains a sumptuous collection of coloured reprints representing the various regiments of the Army. 1834.

Connolly, T. J. W. History of the Royal Sappers and Miners. Coloured plates. 1855.

Cruikshank, G. Life of Napoleon, by W. H. Ireland, and plates by G. Cruikshank. 1828.

Daubrawa, H. de. Costumes of the Indian Army. Coloured plates. 1843.

Davenport, Lieutenant-Colonel. The Light Horse Drill for the Volunteer Corps. Uncoloured plates. (A valuable work.) 1800.

Dayes, E. The First Regiment of the Foot Guards. Coloured plates. (Also companion volumes of the Second and Third Regiments.)

Ewart, Herbert. Henry Brinbury, Caricaturist. Article in The Connoisseur, vol. vi. p. 85.

Gillray, James. Caricatures, comprising the best Political and Humorous Satires of the Reign of George III. (Six hundred large engravings.) 1850.

Gunn, Maurice J. Print Restoration and Picture Cleaning. (With chapters on "Print Fakes and their Detection" and "Prints to Collect.")

Hayden, Arthur. Chats on Old Prints.

Heath, W. A Collection of 52 Coloured Plates of the Costumes of the British Cavalry and Infantry Regiments. 1827.

Nevill, Ralph. British Military Prints. (A valuable guide for collectors of military pictures.) 1909.

WORKS DEALING WITH MILITARY BRASSES

Beaumont, Edward. Ancient Memorial Brasses. 1913.

Beaumont, Edward. Three Interesting Hampshire Brasses. (Reprinted from the Hampshire Field Club Society's Papers.) 1914.

Boutell, C. Monumental Brasses and Slabs. 1847.

Boutell, C. The Monumental Brasses of Great Britain. 1849.

Brasses of England. (Antiquary's Books.) 1907.

Druitt, H. Manual of Costume as Illustrated by Monumental Brasses. 1906.

Fisher, Thomas. Drawings of Brasses in some Kentish Churches. 1913.

Griffin, Ralph. Some Indents of Lost Brasses in Kent, Canterbury Cathedral, Rochester Cathedral, Saltwood Church. 1914.

Gunther, R. F. A Description of Brasses and other Funeral Monuments in the Chapel of Magdalen College, Oxford. 1914.

Haines. A Manual of Monumental Brasses. 1861.

Hudson. The Brasses of Northamptonshire. 1853.

Macklin, Herbert. Monumental Brasses. 1892.

Macklin, Herbert. The Brasses of England. 1913.

Stoke D'Abernon Manor House. (Describes the oldest brass in England.) Article in The Country Home, vol. i. p. 6.

Stothard. Monumental Effigies of Great Britain. 1840.

Suffling, Ernest R. English Church Brasses of the Thirteenth to Seventeenth Centuries. (Contains over two hundred illustrations.)

Transactions of the Monumental Brass Society, 1887.

Waller. A Series of Monumental Brasses. 1842.

Ward, J. Brasses. (Cambridge Shilling Manual.) 1910.

WORKS DEALING WITH AUTOGRAPHS