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“An invaluable book on a subject of the highest importance.” — .

Private Study of Mathematics — Academical Reform — Elementary Geo&shy;metry — The Mathemathical Tripos.
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“The authors are evidently well qualified for the task they have under&shy;taken; and although they have selected a title for their work which might possibly deter a diffident learner from looking into its pages, they have nevertheless begun at the beginning, and without assuming any knowledge on the part of the reader, they have clearly pointed out, by a series of in&shy;structive diagrams, the footprints of the skater, as developed in lines and figures, from the lowest to the highest stage of difficulties” —. “The volume may be accepted as a manual for the use of all skaters.” — .

This book is indispensable to every soldier, whether of the Regular Army or of the Volunteers, who seeks to be an intelligent defender of his country. Full instructions are given on the widest and minutest matters, and the