. Cassier's magazine . d rivetingthe face of the more shifty banks,whilst in every respect there havebeen associated with the port emi-nent engineers, who may be said to 218 CASSIERS MAGAZINE be in the first rank of their profes-sion. The dock lines of railway pro-vide access from the docks and docksheds to all the various parts of thecountry, and Liverpool, owing to itsfacilities and its port custom, offerssuperior despatch facilities to ship-owners over every other port in theworld. To-day Liverpool proudlytakes the rank of first port, and hersuccess has lain, and still lies, in thefact that
. Cassier's magazine . d rivetingthe face of the more shifty banks,whilst in every respect there havebeen associated with the port emi-nent engineers, who may be said to 218 CASSIERS MAGAZINE be in the first rank of their profes-sion. The dock lines of railway pro-vide access from the docks and docksheds to all the various parts of thecountry, and Liverpool, owing to itsfacilities and its port custom, offerssuperior despatch facilities to ship-owners over every other port in theworld. To-day Liverpool proudlytakes the rank of first port, and hersuccess has lain, and still lies, in thefact that she recognizes that she is by no means perfect and is alwaysworking to remedy defects as theyappear; and she has, what is moreimportant than all, adequate fundsat her disposal for carrying out theseworks. In the past she has prospered; itrests more with her engineers thanher financiers that she prospers inthe future. Let them, therefore, havethis fact in mind in their daily round,their consultations and their THE GREAT TRANSFORMATION By Henry Harrison Suplee Hi.—THE TRANSFORMATION IN WARFARE For I dipt into the future, far as human eye could see,Saw the vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be; Saw the heavens fill with commerce, argosies of magic sails,Pilots of the purple twilight, dropping down with costly bales; Heard the heavens fill with shouting, and there rained a ghastly dewFrom the nations airy navies, grappling in the central blue; Far along the world-wide whisper of the south wind rushing warm,With the standards of the peoples, plunging thro the thunder storm; Till the war drum throbbed no longer and the battle flags were furldIn the Parliament of man, the Federation of the World. Tennyson, Locksley Hall, 1S42 THERE is probably no applica-tion of aerial navigation whichhas been discussed with moreavidity than that which relates to itsinfluence upon warfare; and with rea-son, since it falls directly in line withthe other changes which have a
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