However, only the first of this is clearly a reissue,In the Queen's navee: the adventures of a colonial cadet on his way to the 'Britannia' by Commander C.N. Robinson, R.N. and John Leyland and illustrated by Walter W. May, was first published in 1892 by Griffith Farran & Co. in London, and by Brentano's in New York. based on the JISC catalogue data. Moreover, Baker gives 1901 as the year of publication for The Lion Cub. No record of an earlier publication of Billets and Bullets could be found on Jisc Library Hub Discover, on press reviews or advertisements, nor on second-hand book sites. Even so, it is still perfectly possible the St. Leger wrote the book in 1882 or 1883, and later republished it to take advantage of the military enthusiasm accompanying the Anglo-Boer War.
