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... I MAGAZINES FOR TIlE MONTH. The Nlineteeth/ Century.-Sir John Hamley examines the strength and readiness of our Volunteer Forces. Since 1873 the number has steadily risen; it has now reached the standard of 214 000 enrolled men, of whom only 7,000 are non efficient. 38,000 of these are efficient Artillery Volun- teers in 62 Corps, and 9000 are Engineers in 22 Corps. General Hamley suggests an ...

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... - | ?? C'nt/7y has. for a frontispiece a portrait of hugh Viscount Ebriugton, the eldest son of the present and third Earl Fortescue. In 1881 he succeeded Mr. Bisset in the Mastership of the Devonand Somerset.: Lord Ebrington, who takes a keen interest in all the political and social questions of the day, sits for Tiverton on Liberal principles. Young England, with coloured frontispiece, 4d., ...