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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. 



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



2. THE MECHANISM OF MEN-OF-WAR. By Fleet-Enginee: 



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



3. TORPEDOES AND TORPEDO-VESSELS. By Lieutenan 



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. Witl 

 125 Illustrations. 



The folio-wing Volumes are in preparation. 



5. THE ENTRY AND TRAINING OF OFFICERS ANE 



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 



MERGE. 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 thes< 

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

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

 Navy. Our national literature has certainly lacked much in thib respect. Such books a 

 have heretofore been produced have almost invariably been of a character too scientific an< 

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

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

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

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



' The series of naval handbooks edited by Commander Robinson has made a most hopefu 

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

 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 successfu 

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

 persons closely acquainted with their subjects, they are not so discouragingly technical as t( 

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



