The "SPLENDID" Series 



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EACH VOLUME HAS 16 PAGES 

 OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



THE SPLENDID BOOK OF LOCOMOTIVES. Everything a boy 

 wants to know about locomotives will be found here. He is told how to 

 recognize the various types, all about Railway organization, and something 

 of the port, much of the present and a little of the future of British Rail- 

 ways in a fashion that reveals the splendid achievement of our railwayman. 



THE SPLENDID BOOK OF STEAMSHIPS. From boyhood to 

 old age the sea and ships have a tremendous fascination for the sterner 

 sex. 



In this book the writer has endeavoured to give something of the history 

 of the ship, with particular stress on the wonderful advance which has 

 been made during the past century. 



THE SPLENDID BOOK OF AEROPLANES. The lure of the air 

 is one which grows upon the man or boy who becomes interested. And 

 events have proved that women feel the appeal of air travel quite as 

 acutely. 



In this volume the author has endeavoured to give some of the remark- 

 able achievements of the airmen of the world, with some particulars of 

 the machines upon which those achievements were made. 



THE SPLENDID BOOK OF ENGINEERING. Every branch of 



engineering bridges, tunnels, railways, mines, power stations, motor cars, 

 etc. has been dealt with and the result is a book which will thrill far 

 more than an adventure story and which will bear reading time and time 

 again. It is a glorious book for boys. 



THE SPLENDID BOOK OF BOYS' INDOOR GAMES AND 

 HOBBIES. There are so many rainy days in an English year that every 

 boy finds himself, sometimes, at a loss for something to do. That means 

 mischief ! With this book the rainy days will be turned into the happiest 

 ones such a feast of jolly things are there here. 



THE SPLENDID BOOK OF GIRLS' INDOOR GAMES AND 

 HOBBIES. Here is a real girl's book. There is not a dull page in it 

 from first to last. Every conceivable taste has been catered for, and the 

 result is a book which cannot fail to please, and to provide many happy 

 hours tor its lucky owners. 



