... almost heard the wuiiz of the bullet which deprived of life his honoured commander, Nelson. No one knew better than Sir Thomas Hardy the benefit of uniformity of calibre and heavy metal. Accordingly, when at the Admiralty, he introduced into all classes ...

... a weapon wrhich could fire five times while the British Marines and small-arm men fired once, it is pro- bable that Sir Thomas Hardy never would have been a Lord of the Admiralty, and bloody Trafalgar, ifs victory, would have been much more dearly bought ...

... said to have been greatly impressed by the grace and eloquence of the venerable poet. It is much to be regretted that Sir Thomas Hardy, who has died at the ripe age of seventy-four, did not live to complete his 'Descriptive Catalogue of Materials for the ...

... New Orleans. There is no reason to believe that it is a work of fiction, even although it is a work of prophecy. MR. THOMAS HARDY will write the serial story for the next volume of Good Words, beginning in January next. ENCOURAGED by the orders received ...

... before his death : in his power of depicting country scenes and simple people George von Dyherrn might almost rank with Thomas Hardy, the English novellist. A fourth enlarged edition of Julius Rodenberg's Songs and Poems has just appeared in Berlin ...

... New copy- right arrangements will be made to cover the right of serial publication both in England and America, and Mr. Thomas Hardy has already commenced a new novel, to be illustrated bv Mr. Du Maurier. Some of the features which have rmade the American ...

... her eightieth birthday at Stuttgart last month. The next number of the New Quarterly will contain a short story by Mr. Thomas Hardy. C. Kegan Paul and Co. will shortly publish a translation from the works of the Swedish poet, Johan Ludwig Runeberg, by ...

... completely unfounded; and the Flight of the Duchess, as Mr. Browning might call it, is as inexplicable as ever. Mr. Thomas Hardy is writing another novel. The scene this time is to be laid entirely among country folk. All who have read ' Under the ...

... circumstances of the present time. We are dreaming of Nelsons and wooden walls in the days of the steam-engine. Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy believed that England ought to have two powerful fleets superior to those of aly other nation, one for foreign service ...

... Eady nyio with 24-pounder guns, she very soon proved the efficacy of her armament in her fight with the President. Sir Thomas Hardy then introduced one calibre throughout the navy, the six-inch gun or 32-pounder. The Americans had the same armament, with ...

... bank- ruptcy. THE CALIBRE OF SHIPS' GUNS. According to all rules laid down by naval authorities, from the days of Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy to the present hour, uniformity of calibre has been thought ad- vantageous in the guns of the Royal Navy. At one period ...

... of Mr Hardy's friends was held to consider the prospects of the Conservative candidate, when it was resolved that under the present circumstances it would be impolitic to proceed any further with the canvass on his behalf. Accordingly Mr Hardy issued ...