30 JANUARY 1909, page 6

Sir Joseph Thackwell.* Though To-day His Name Is Scarcely...

save by professional students of our military literature; the late General Thackwell was one of the most experienced cavalry leaders in the British Army. Unfortunately, the......

Concrete Work Simplified.* The Present Writer Once...

author of this excellent work as "the father of concrete." There can be few, if any, men still in active work whose experience of concrete goes farther back than Mr. Potter's.......