The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-10-02
Literary Not,ces,

an Elementary Treatise Artillery and fafaRtry, adapt
ed to the serpce of the Uasd States BY G. p Kingsbu.
ry; l6mo., PIP. 203 Published by G. p. Putnam, New
York.
We think this will be regarded very valuable and
very Interesting work the subjects in relation which
treats II contains brief history of the various
and implements Of used in the branches of
to which the book is devoted with their consruc-
ton, use. and the philosophy which explains their
sucion and use. And the author has SO managed his
subjects as 70 make them very interesting, the
general reader unnated in the art of war The charac-
OF the work be best judged of by the subjects
treated of in it. which are as follows: the history of
small arms ancient artillery; modern artillery theory of
artillery; theory OF firing; heavy ordnance in general
ordnance for land service effects of service upon can
non theory OF proectes calibers png construction of
carriages; spking and unspikng cannon; Inflammation
Of powder; principles OF musket firing principles of
cannon firing; classification Of firing; deviatons in firing
general effects OF firearms composition OF batteries con-
voys and marches positions and maneuvres of artillery
armament for the defence of places seacoast bate.
RES tits designed for the use of the cadets of the Uni
tel States Military Academy, and for officers of indie
pendent companies of volunteers and militia We regard
it AS an excellent compendium Of the science of which it
treats And its mechanical execution is in the neat STYLE
for which the publisher is distinguished.
The North British Rspisw for August. American edi-
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O. The Closing Years Of Dean Swifts Liie g. Resaura.
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The Ten Years Conflict, being the history of the dis
rupion OF the Church OF Scotland g. Our Slave Trade
Policy; Noteworthy Novels s. The River Jordan and
the Red Sea; The Sclavonians and Eastern Europe
TO- The Railway System of Great Britain H. The Fall
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written with great ability and power.
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Is; Jonathan in Africa; The Green Hand, a Short
yarn, part 8 From the Last Page of sour Album ?
The Insurrection in Baden Lamartine's Revolution of
ls4si Dies Borsaes, No. 3; Christopher North under
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Cations, part 10; Autobiography, Chateaubriands Me.
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