The marine number of Cassier’s Magazine, published in August of this year, is a most interesting addition to marine and professional literature. The contributors are the highest authorities on the subjects dealt with, and their names are in themselves sufficient guarantee to commend this collection of valuable papers.
The contents are as follows: Specialties of warship design, by Sir William Henry White. Fast torpedo-boats, by A. F. Yarrow. The problem of steamship design, by Henry H. West. The launching of a ship, by Robert Caird. Hydraulic principles affecting a floating ship, by F. P. Purvis. Marine boiler furnaces, by D. B. Morison. Steamers for shallow waters, by John J. Thornycroft. The design and building of a steamship, by Archibald Denny. Water-tube boilers for war vessels, by Walter M. McFarland. The naval weakness of Great Britain, by Sir Charles W. Dilke. The modern marine engine, by Charles E. Hyde. American, sound and river steamboats, by Leander N. Lovell. The auxiliary machinery of an American warship, by F. Merriam Wheeler. Shipbuilding and transportation on the great American lakes, by Joseph R. Oldham. Steel for marine engine forgings and shafting, by R. W. Davenport. The coaling of steamships, by S. Howard Smith. Submarine navigation, by John P. Holland.