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Royal 8vo., cloth, 400 pages, au. net. Rs. 18.6.

THE IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY.

By FRED T. JANE.

ITS HISTORY FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE PRESENT DAY.

Plans, Photographs, and full descriptions of all Ships in the Japanese Navy, Dockyards, and Arsenals.

The China-Japanese War, with official reports and hitherto unpublished details, furnished in each case by officers who actually participated in the events described.

The Far Eastern Problem— from the Japanese Standpoint

With over 80 Illustrations from Sketches and Drawings by Japanese Artists and

from Photographs.

Naval and Military Record, — " This is a most excellent book, useful not alone as a handbook to the fleet, but as a complete guide to the whole of the sea service, and should prove of unmistakable value to professional men of any nationality."

The Spectator.— " Our readers had better study Mr. Jane's book; it is the best account extant of the Japanese Navy, and its possibilities as indicated by the Japanese officer."

Royal 8vo., cloth, 730 pp., 255. net. Rs. 21.14. Uniform with "The Imperial Japanese Navy."

THE IMPERIAL RUSSIAN NAVY.

By FRED T. JANE.

With over 150 Illustrations from Sketches and Drawings by the Author and from

Photographs.

Some of the Principal Contents*

The Germ of the Russian Navy, 865-1645— Peter the Great's founding of the Russian Navy— Its Battles— Its History — Detailed Descriptions (with photo- graphs and plans) of all the Ships at present on the Russian Navy List ; of all the Russian Dockyards— Russia's Shipbuilding Programme — Projected Ship Canals— The Personnel of the Fleet— Anglo- Russian Relations — Biographies and Services of British Officers who have served in the Russian Navy— Plans of Battles— A Complete List of Russian War Ships, built and building.

The Times.—" Full of information compiled with laudable skill and industry, not the least instructive part of it being that which deals with the personnel of the Russian Navy, about which the average English reader knows, as a rule, little or nothing."

Daily News. — " Mr. Jane's volume of more than 700 pages may be described as an up-to-date, well-arranged, and concise encyclopaedia of its subject."