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The following works are now on sale at the R.A. Institution and will be for¬ 
warded post free at the prices noted after their titles below:— 
“Twenty-four hours of Moltke’s Strategy’ 5 by Fritz Hoenig. 
Translated by Colonel N. L. Walford, price 5s. 
“ The Shrapnel Fire of the Field Artillery ” by Major-General 
Roline. Translated by Colonel N. L. Walford, price 2s. 6d. 
Major-General Stubbs’s “List of Officers of the Bengal Artillery,” 
price 5s. 8d. 
“Field Artillery Fire,” by Captain W. L. White, R.A., price 
Is. 2d. 
“Ranging Note-Book,” by Captain S. W. Lane, R.A.,price Is. Id. 
“Achievements of Field Artillery,” by Major E. S. May, R.A., 
bound, price 2s. 6d. 
“ The Value of Mobility for Field Artillery,” by Major E. S. May, 
R.A., paper covers, price 3d. 
“ The Young Officer’s c Don’t,’ or Hints to Youngsters on Joining,” 
by an Officer R.A., price 7d. 
Examination questions in (c), (< i ), ( e ) and (g) set in the five exam¬ 
inations ending November 1897 :— 
Captains (c), (d) and (g) ... price Is. Id. 
Lieutenants (c), ( d ), ( e) and (g) price Is. Id. 
Tables of Four-Figure Logarithms, pocket edition, mounted on 
linen, price 3d. 
“ Notes on the early history of the Royal Regiment of Artillery,” 
by the late Colonel Cleaveland, R.A., price 2s. 
€MET®, 
NEWS of our doings during our stay in that distressful country may interest 
those readers who would like to have gone there at the commencement of 
1897, but whose enthusiasm possibly died away as the months went on. 
No. 4 Mountain Battery was first warned for embarkation on April 1st., a date 
which gave rise to grave doubts as to the genuineness of the telegram. However, 
further comfirmatory details soon followed which resulted in our arrival at Candia 
on the 26th of the same month. 
We found on disembarkation that, owing to the scarcity of eligible building 
sites, our camp had been pitched for us along the western ramparts of a very un¬ 
savoury town, overlooking a drop of about 60 feet into a ditch 50 yards wide, 
between the Seaforth Highlanders and the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, the whole 
position affording excellent facilities to any body comtemplating suicide from the 
back door of his tent. These fortifications were built by the Venetians over 200 
years ago and would take a deal of getting into even now. 
We beguiled away the spare time of what would otherwise have been a tedious 
seven months with Athletic Sports, Cricket, Football, Polo, Hockey, and Pony 
races, the last mentioned being contested over a sporting steeplechase course much 
to the admiration of the gentle Moslems residing in those parts. 
The concert of Europe was very much in evidence on Jubilee Day, all the 
flag ships of the Great Powers in Cretan waters, with several of their other vessels 
