5 FEBRUARY 1887, Page 22

The Officer's Pocket-Book (Gale and Polden) is another (the nine-

teenth) volume of "Gale and Polden's Military Series." It is corn. piled by William Gordon, Quartermaster in the 2nd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders, and is intended to contain all the necessary in- formation that on officer stands in need of in time of peace or war, at home or abroad.