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Launch!

By Major-General J. E. B. Seely Whether we ever get to sea or not, we all depend upon the - bsffie of the seas, and therefore we all owe something to the lifeboat service, and......

War And Western Civilization By Major-general J. F. C....

General Fuller's War and Western Civilization : 183 4 -1932 (Duckworth, 10s.) is mainly a survey of the wars of the past century and of the slow evolution of new military ideas.......

Francis Bacon By Mary Shirt

Macaulay in his Essays and Lytton Strachey in his Elizabeth and Essex have both painted rather disagreeable portraits of Francis Bacon. The one made good copy out of thr......

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The Extra Pharmacopoeia Of Martindale

It is sufficient to draw the attention of readers interested in the progress of pharmacy and therapeutics to the appear- ance of a new edition (The Extra Pharmacopoeia of......