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mainly of compilation, and some stories, notably those of the
Wright Brothers and of Santos Dumont, are better told in the
words of the men themselves than any third party could tell
them. The author claims, however, that this is the first
attempt at recording the facts of development and stating, as
fully as is possible in the compass of a single volume, how
flight and aerostation have evolved. The time for a critical
history of the subject is not yet.

In the matter of illustrations, it has been found very difficult
to secure suitable material. Even the official series of
photographs of aeroplanes in the war period is curiously
incomplete' and the methods of censorship during that period
prevented any complete series being privately collected.
Omissions in this respect will probably be remedied in future
editions of the work, as fresh material is constantly being
located.

E.C.V. October, 1920.

CONTENTS
Part I--THE EVOLUTION OF THE AEROPLANE
I. THE PERIOD OF LEGEND
II. EARLY EXPERIMENTS
III. SIR GEORGE CAYLEY--THOMAS WALKER
IV. THE MIDDLE NINETEENTH CENTURY
V. WENHAM, LE BRIS, AND SOME OTHERS
VI. THE AGE OF THE GIANTS
VII. LILIENTHAL AND PILCHER
VIII. AMERICAN GLIDING EXPERIMENTS
IX. NOT PROVEN
X. SAMUEL PIERPOINT LANGLEY
XI. THE WRIGHT BROTHERS
XII. THE FIRST YEARS OF CONQUEST
XIII. FIRST FLIERS IN ENGLAND
XIV. RHEIMS, AND AFTER
XV. THE CHANNEL CROSSING
XVI. LONDON TO MANCHESTER
XVII. A SUMMARY--TO 1911
XVIII. A SUMMARY--TO 1914
XIX. THE WAR PERIOD--I
XX. THE WAR PERIOD--II
XXI. RECONSTRUCTION
XXII. 1919-1920

Part II--1903-1920: PROGRESS IN DESIGN
I. THE BEGINNINGS
II. MULTIPLICITY OF IDEAS
III. PROGRESS ON STANDARDISED LINES
IV. THE WAR PERIOD