Author:Alfred Wilks Drayson

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Alfred Wilks Drayson
(1827–1901)

British army officer, author and astronomer; brother of Caroline Agnes Drayson.

Works[edit]

  • Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa (1858) (external scan)
  • The Earth We Inhabit: its past, present, and probable future (1859) (external scan)
  • Great Britain has been and will be again within the Tropics (1859) (external scan)
  • Practical Military Surveying and Sketching (1861) (external scan)
  • Tales at the Outspan (1862)
  • The Common Sights in the Heavens (1862) (external scan)
  • Adventures of Hans Sterk, the South African Hunter and Pioneer (1869) (external scan)
  • The Young Dragoon (1870) (external scan)
  • On the Cause, Date, and Duration of the Last Glacial Epoch of Geology (1873) (external scan)
  • The Cause of the supposed Proper Motion of the Fixed Stars and an explanation of the Apparent Acceleration of the Moon's Mean Motion (1874) (external scan)
  • The Gentleman Cadet (1875) (external scan)
  • The Art of Practical Whist (1879) (external scan)
  • Experiences of a Woolwich Professor (1886)
  • The White Chief of the Caffres (1887) (external scan)
  • Thirty Thousand Years of the Earth's Past History (1888) (external scan)
  • From Keeper to Captain (1889)
  • The Diamond Hunters of South Africa (1889) (external scan)
  • The Art of Practical Billiards for Amateurs (1889) (external scan)
  • Untrodden Ground in Astronomy and Geology (1890) (external scan)
  • Whist Laws and Whist Decisions (external scan) (1896)
  • with W. V. Vernon-Chapman, "Billiards" in The Encyclopedia of Sport and Games (1898)

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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