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Mr. Stanley C. Johnson's Chats on Military Curios : a

Practical Guide for the Collector (T. Fisher Unwiu, 5s. net) covers a very large number of subjects. Indeed, the field is so ill-defined as to involve some superficiality in its treatment. Thus the volume deals, among other things, with badges, uniforms, armour and weapons, medals, military prints, memorial brasses, soldiers' autographs, and war issues of postage-stamps. It would take a long lifetime to acquire a specialist's knowledge of all these objects, and a long purse to acquire a representative collection of them. Still, Mr. Johnson's book will give a beginner some assistance, and the bibliography at the end will tell him where to find more detailed information.