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SAMUEL Wir.BERFORCE, n.D. (Bishop of Winchester). 

 Heroes of Hebrew History. Crown 8vo, gilt top, js. 



"The tales whioh ho relates are all good, and have a moral aim aud puroose ' — 



" It is lyritton will; a natural and oaptivatlns forvour."— tondim Quarterly Review. 

 An interesting historical account. "—Limdon Lit. tiaz. 



" Using his influoDoe as a man at the world for the purpose of modifying those about 

 nim for {tood.and making them serve as his instrumouts for the furtherance of the 

 objects which lie had at heart, lie was the most delightful of companions, and the 

 wittiest tallier of his time. Of his extraordinary versatility and extraordinary powers 

 of work. It 18 impossible to spenk at length here, but both qualities are abundantly 

 Illustrated in his life by Oauon Ashweil."— Cc(e!/ri(tes of tlie Centiiry. 



S. IVELLS WILLIAMS, LL.D., Professor of the Chinese Language 



ami Literature at Yale College. 

 China— The Middle Kingdom. A Survey of the Geography, Govern- 

 ment, Literature, Social Life, Arts, and History of the Chinese Empire 

 and its Inhabitants. Revised Edition, with 74 Illustrations and a New 

 .Map of the Empire. 2 vols. Demy 8vo, 42s. 

 Dr S. Weils Williams' Middle Kingdom lias long occupied the position of a classic. 

 It is not only the fullest and most authoritative account of the Chinese and their 

 country that exists, but it is also the moat readable and entertaining. This issue is 

 practically a new work— the text of the old edition has been largely re-written and the 

 work has been expanded so as to include a vast amount of new materiiil collected by 

 Dr Williama during the late years of his residence iu China— as well as the most recent 

 iuformation respecting all the departments of the Empire. Many new illustrations 

 have been added and the best of the old engravings have been retained. An important 

 feature of tllis edition is a large map of the Chinese Empire from the beat modern 

 authorities, more complete and accurate than any map of the country hitherto 

 pablisbed. 



HARRY WILLIAMS, R.JV. {Chief Inspector of Machinery). 

 Dedicated, by permission, to Admiral H.E.H. the Dulce of Edinburgh. 

 The Steam Navy of England. Past, Present, and Future. 



Contents: — Part I. — Our Seamen; Part II. — Ships and Machinery; 



Part III. — Naval Engineering; Part IV. — Miscellaneous, Summary, 



with an Appendix on the Personnel of the Steam Branch of the Navy. 



Third and enlarged Edition. Medium 8vo, 12s. 6d. 

 " It is a series of essays, clearly written and often highly suggestive, on the still 

 unsolved, or only partially and tentatively solved, problems connected with the man- 

 ning and organisation, aud propulsion of our modern war-ships, . . . being laudably 

 free from technicalities, and written in a not unattractive style, they will recommend 

 themselves to that small, but happily increasing, section of the general public which 

 concerns itself seriously and intelligently with naval affairs." — Times. 



'* Mr Harry Williams, a naval engineer of long experience and high rank, discusses 

 the fature requirements of the Qeet. He is naturally most at home when dealing with 

 points which specially affect his own branch of the service, hut the whole book is well 

 worth study," — Manchester Q-uardian. 



•' Must be pronounced a technical book in the main, although its author expressly 

 states that he wrote it * not so much for professional as non-professional men.' Its 

 manifest object is to promote the efficiency of our steam navy in times to come, keeping 

 which aim steadfastly in view IMr Williams has brought groat knowledge and ability to 

 bear upon the endeavour to forecast what provision it would be well to make in order 

 to meet the full naval requirements of the British nation. His highly instructive work 

 is divided into four parts, under the respective titles of 'Our Seamen,' 'Ships and 

 Machinery,' 'Naval Eagineering,' and 'Miscellaneous,' which again are carefully 

 summarised in some tlfty pages of eminently readable matter. The three chapters of 

 miscellanea deal principally with the coal-endurance, engine-room complements, elec- 

 tric lighting, and steam-steering machinery of Her Majesty's ships." — Daily Telegrapk 



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