ENGLISH BOOKS. 



FIREARMS. 



01. -THE BREECH-LOADER AND How TO USE IT; WITH 

 NOTES ON RIFLES. W. W. Greener. An enlarged 

 edition (v. No. 1027) of a sportsman's handbook. The 

 additional matter consists of chapters treating of 

 "Rifles of the Past and Present," "The Sporting 

 Rifle," " Rudiments of Rifle Shooting," " Long Shots," 

 " The 303 as a Sporting Weapon," and a general 

 index. There are also fresh illustrations and some 

 alterations in the general arrangement of the book, and 

 fresh notes on shot guns, powders, etc. Fifth edition, 

 Cassell & Co., London, 1895. Svo, 405 pp., illustrated, 

 paper boards, 2s. 6d. 



02. PRACTICAL HINTS TO SPORTSMEN on the purchase of 

 their weapons. J. H. Crane. This is little more than, 

 an amplified catalogue of weapons made by Mr. Crane, 

 who is given as the author of " Modern Military Small 

 Arms," but it contains some interesting particulars of 

 the methods of gunmaking current in Birmingham a 

 quarter of a century ago. Thompson & Sons, Hatton 

 Garden, London, 1872. Svo, 44 pp. and woodcuts. 



03. TEXT BOOK FOR MILITARY SMALL ARMS. Official. 

 Contains a short history of the military musket, 

 descriptions of those formerly used in the British Army, 

 and those now forming the equipment of Modern 

 Armies, with particulars for then- identification and 

 that of their ammunition, their ballistic value, etc. 

 Eyre & Spottiswoode, etc., London, Edinburgh, and 

 Dublin, 1894. 159 pp., plates, 2s. Qd. 



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