15 DECEMBER 1877, Page 25

Fire Protection. By Eyre M. Shaw. (Charles and Edwin Layton.)

—This work is, to the best of knowledge, the only thorough and scien- tific treatise on fires And fire-protection over published. It contains. full descriptions and drawings of all the modern appliances for extin- guishing fires and saving life, and careful directions for using them, together with a complete system of drill. The great practical experi- ence of the author has enabled him to produce a book of great value to those who, like himself, are engaged in organising fire-brigades.