Great Britain. Army -- Military life; World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, English
SOME PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS. ILLUSTRATED BY DIAGRAMS BY LT.-GEN.
SIR ROBERT BADEN-POWELL, K.C.B. Price 1/- net. Post Free by all
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FIRST REVIEWS
_Daily Mail_.--"B.P. has a reputation which is second to none, and
this little book is so brightly and cleverly written that it will be
read with advantage by the recruit and studied with infinite pleasure
and profit by the professional soldier."
_Lady's Pictorial_.--"Ladies who are anxious to give a practical
present which not one of their soldier men-folk should disdain to
accept would certainly find this acceptable."
_Globe_.--"I advise every young officer, Regular or Terrier, to get
'Quick Training for War' and study it.... It is a most sunny and
stimulating book."
_Sporting Chronicle_.--"Great interest is being taken in
Baden-Powell's book 'Quick Training for War' which is enjoying a
tremendous boom."
_Daily Chronicle_.--"The volume is full of good things for every
officer, N.C.O., and man in the British Territorial Forces, and rifle
club."
_Daily Telegraph_.--"This little handbook should be a companion of all
officers and men now training or being trained for war."
HERBERT JENKINS LD., 12 ARUNDEL PLACE, LONDON, S.W.
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QUICK TRAINING FOR WAR
FIRST REVIEWS (_CONTINUED_).
_Academy_.--"If books were sold on intrinsic value, Sir Robert
Baden-Powell's little volume would be issued at a sovereign."
_Sporting Life_.--"Should be studied by every man who is entering the
service of his country or contemplates doing so."
_Spectator_.--"In heartily commending General Baden-Powell's little
book to the trainers of the New Army we should like," etc.
_Athenaeum_.--"Sir Robert's hundred pages teem with evidence of how
common-sense helps."
_Truth_.--"Will prove a valuable gift to those who have answered the
appeal of the War Office."
_Sunday Times_.--"The book should be in the knapsack of every recruit
in the New Army."
_Daily Express_.--"A copy ought to be in the pocket of every officer
and man in the new armies."
_Daily Sketch_.--"Every young officer, N.C.O. and private should have
a copy."
_Morning Post_.--"As instructive as it is interesting."
_Saturday Review_.--"A manual of great good sense."
_Daily Graphic_.--"It is concentrated wisdom."
_Observer_.--"Clear and persuasive to a degree."
HERBERT JENKINS LD., 12 ARUNDEL PLACE, LONDON, S.W.
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SIR JOHN FRENCH
AN AUTHENTIC BIOGRAPHY BY CECIL CHISHOLM, M.A. WITH A PORTRAIT OF SIR
JOHN FRENCH BY HIS SON, J.R.L. FRENCH. CR. 8VO. CLOTH. PRICE 1/- NET.
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"Capital."--_Globe_.
"A very excellent character study."--_Daily News_.
"An excellent little book."--_Westminster Gazette_.
"An admirable story of the Field-Marshal's life."--_Academy_.
"A book which everyone should read at the present moment."--_Field_.
"A welcome and admirable little volume in every way."--_Observer_.
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