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ROYAL NAVY HANDBOOKS. 



EDITED BY 



COMMANDER C. N. ROBINSON, R.N. 



Profusely Illustrated. Crown 8vo. $s. each. 

 Now Ready. 



1. NAVAL ADMINISTRATION. By Admiral Sir R. VESEY 



HAMILTON, G.C.B. With Portraits and other Illustrations. 



2. THE MECHANISM OF MEN-OF-WAR. By Fleet-Engineer 



REGINALD C. OLDKNOW, R.N. With 61 Illustrations. 



3. TORPEDOES AND TORPEDO-VESSELS. By Lieutenant 



G. E. ARMSTRONG, late R.N. With 53 Illustrations. 



4. NAVAL GUNNERY, a Description and History of the Fighting 



Equipment of a Man-of-War. By Captain H. GARBETT, R.N. With 

 125 Illustrations. 



The following Volumes are in preparation. 



5. THE ENTRY AND TRAINING OF OFFICERS AND 



MEN OF THE ROYAL NAVY AND THE ROYAL MARINES. 

 By Lieutenant J. N. ALLEN, late R.N. 



6. NAVAL STRATEGY AND THE PROTECTION OF COM- 



MERCE. By Professor J. K. LAUGHTON, R.N. 



7. THE INTERNAL ECONOMY OF A MAN-OF-WAR. 



8. NAVAL ARCHITECTURE. 



9. DOCKYARDS AND COALING STATIONS. 



10. NAVAL TACTICS. 



11. NAVAL HYGIENE. 



12. THE LAWS OF THE SEA. 



PRESS OPINIONS. 



'Commander Robinson, whose able work, "The British Fleet," was reviewed in these 

 columns in November, 1894, has now undertaken the editing of a series of handbooks, each 

 of which will deal with one particular subject connected with that great creation, the Royal 

 Navy. Our national literature has certainly lacked much in this respect. Such books as 

 have heretofore been produced have almost invariably been of a character too scientific and 



echnical to be of much use to the general public. The series now being issued is intended to 

 obviate this defect, and when completed will form a description, both historical and actual, of the 

 Royal Navy, which will not only be of use to the professional student, but also be of interest 

 to all who are concerned in the maintenance and efficiency of the Navy.' Broad Arrow. 



1 The series of naval handbooks edited by Commander Robinson has made a most hopeful 

 beginning, and may be counted upon to supply the growing popular demand for information 



n regard to the Navy, on which the national existence depends.' Times. 



'Messrs. Bell's series of "Royal Navy Handbooks" promises to be a very successful 

 enterprise. They are practical and definitely informative, and, though meant for the use of 

 persons closely acquainted with their subjects, they are not so discouraging ly technical as to 

 be useless to the lay seeker after knowledge.' Bookman. 



