A brief survey of the materials and tools on which the crafts of needlework are based. Includes essays on the origins and manufacture/preparation of the needle, spinning, dyeing, wool, silk, linen, cotton, canvas and synthetic fibres. Text pp. 30.

A personal memoir of UK National Service, 1954-55, by a former Gunner of the Royal Artillery. Locations move from Oswestry (basic training) to Colchester, Dortmund, Salisbury Plain (advanced training) and back to Germany. The author's principal service was as a Technical Assistant (TARA) with no. 176 (Abu Klea) Field Battery RA (then a part of 45 Field Regiment).

A readable, narrative history of Rome from the foundation myths to the early Empire (ca. AD 70), in a series of linked essays. A comprehensive account, but still suitable as an introduction to the subject for anyone with little or no prior knowledge.

A translation into Latin of popular short stories by Washington Irving, beginning with 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' and 'Rip Van Winkle', and concluding with the posthumous compilation published as 'Old Christmas'.

A version in Latin of the popular work of fiction, "Three Men in a Boat," the sixth of a series by the present translator. Neologisms are listed in an Appendix, such as the names of towns unknown in classical times, e.g. "Hepatopolis" (Liverpool), and "dentipeniculum" (toothbrush).

A version in Latin of Anthony Hope's 'The Prisoner of Zenda', translated by Tom Cotton

Kenneth Grahame's celebrated book for children, 'The Wind In The Willows', was first published in 1908 and has been in print ever since. This is believed to be the first translation into Latin and has introductory material in English.

A Latin version of George Orwell's 'Animal Farm', with an introduction by the translator. The vocabulary used is almost entirely classical, with neologisms (e.g. for farm machinery) introduced and explained in a special section.

A version in Latin of 'A Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens, translated by Tom Cotton