Excerpt from Professional Papers of the Corps of Royal Engineers, 1908-11, Vol. 2 The Royal Engineers Institute Council having decided to issue, for the future, the Professional Papers in pamphlet form only, the present 6 Papers are the last to appear as a Volume. Published first in quarto form, the Professional Papers were started in 1837 on the suggestion Of Lieut. (afterwards Sir W) Denison, re. In 1851 they were altered to Royal Octavo and again in 1877 to Demy Octavo, appearing annually until 1905. In that year the alteration in the form Of the r.e. Journal led to a corresponding change in the Professional Papers which were again henceforth issued in Royal Octavo but in pamphlet form only. It was, however, decided at the time to publish the combined papers in a Volume from time to time for the few Officers who still desired them in that form. This practice is now to be discontinued, and Vol. II. Of the New Series concludes therefore the long list of bound Volumes Of the Royal Engineers Professional Papers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.