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Centurions of a Century. By C. H. Gardiner. (The Editor,

4 Montpellier Crescent, Brighton. 10s. 6d.)—The Editor interprets his "Century" very liberally, for, not to speak of two introductory chapters which go still further back, we have an account of British troops in the Seven Years' War, not a happy experience, of more creditable performances in India, of Gibraltar, &c. Then come the Napoleonic wars and the long struggle which ended in 1815. The Editor takes in military operations of other nations, and has something to say about the navy. He carries his narrative down to the end of the nineteenth century. This is a useful book in which much interesting matter is made accessible.