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it may be hoped that this will not restrict the benefit which 

 the Cadet Corps is to derive from the sale of the book." 



ST. JAMES' GAZETTE." ' How I Killed the Tiger ' Being 

 an Account of my Encounter with a Royal Bengal Tiger ; 

 with an Appendix containing some General Information about 

 India.' . . . Published in aid of the funds of a London 

 Cadet Battalion, and much better money's worth than many 

 wares produced with a similar charitable motive. The course 

 of the narrative sprouts with references to the ' general in- 

 formation ' in the index, and spirited . . . illustrations, thus: 

 ' He lifted up the mosquito curtains and found the bed 

 swarming with little red ants of a most rapacious kind. 

 (Ants ; see Appendix.) He set to work vigorously to brush 

 them out, when the candle came in contact with the curtains, 

 and in a second they were in a blaze. (Plate 20).' Altogether 

 an unusual volume." 



UNITED SERVICE MAGAZINE. " ' How I Killed the 

 Tiger ' This book . . . devoted to the narrative suggested 

 by the title, and the remainder consists of instructive 

 appendices relating to Indian History, Religion, Zoology, &c. 

 . The story has one great merit, namely, that it is an 

 absolutely true account of a really terrible adventure, and 

 this, added to the fact that the book is published in aid of 

 the funds of his Cadet Battalion, should give the author a 

 strong claim upon the support of the public." 



WORLD. "Avowedly with the laudable intention of raising 

 funds for the headquarters buildings of the ist Cadet Battalion 

 Royal Fusiliers, Lieut. -Colonel Frank Sheffield has written . . 

 an account of a thrilling tiger adventure which befell him in 

 India . . . under the title 'How I Killed the Tiger.' The 

 volume is eked out with an appendix affording ' some general 

 information about India,' ranging from its history and religions 

 to its bird and insect life, and it is embellished with numerous 

 illustrations. There is much that is readable in this modest 

 little book, which, it may be hoped, will do something, at 

 least, towards fulfilling the excellent object of its existence." 



SATURDAY WEEKLY CITIZEN, GLASGOW." Colonel 

 Sheffield's 'How I Killed the Tiger' is a good and real tiger 

 story. . . . The incident . . . took place at Palaspai, Midnapore, 

 India. . . . He had been a great hunter of big game. . . . He 

 had been out shooting . . . when a native asked if he would 

 shoot a tiger. ... He went in search of the beast. 'When I 

 arrived .... I saw within thirty yards a most magnificent 

 Royal Bengal tiger, his head slightly raised and his weather 

 eye taking stock of me. I took steady aim and the cap missed 

 fire.' . . . The tiger came to the charge. . . . The next second 

 he was on me. ... I fell . . . and every moment I expected 

 to find my head in his mouth .... for some minutes there 

 ensued a desperate struggle.' . . . Many interesting facts about 

 tigers are mentioned in the book, and there is an appendix of 

 information about India. 



