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Spring Blossoms and Summer Fruit. John Byles. Crown 8vo. Cloth, gilt.
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The Legend of St. Mark. John Byles. Crown 8vo. Cloth, gilt.
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“We can scarcely praise too highly the beauty and exquisite simplicity of these talks.”—Literary World.
“Each address is a model of simple excellence, being brief, thoughtful, attractive, and very much to the point.”—Church Sunday School Magazine.
The Heart of the Country. By Ford Madox Hueffer. Imp. 16mo.
5s. net.
“We have had ‘Country’ books of the most varied character, from that of Gilbert White to those of Richard Jefferies; but Mr. Hueffer has taken a new and interesting line of his own, and his really beautiful work will assuredly make him many friends.”—The Daily Telegraph.
“There may be several opinions on the unity of the book; there can only be one, and that ENTHUSIASTICALLY ADMIRING about the parts of which it is composed.”—The World.
“There are not many men writing English just now who have the talent—or will be at the pains—to turn out sentences and paragraphs so pleasing in texture and design as the sentences and paragraphs of Mr. Hueffer ... who is an accomplished artist in the handling of words.”—Sunday Sun.
The Small House: its Architecture and Surroundings. Arthur Martin. Crown 8vo. Illustrated.
2s. net.
“‘The small house’ within the meaning of the title-page is not exactly a workman’s cottage. It is one designed for gentlefolk. How very charming and desirable such a house may be made is shown by some of the illustrations that accompany the volume.”—Glasgow Herald.
The Turk in the Balkans. T. Comyn Platt. Illustrated.
3s. 6d.
Abyssinia: The Ethiopian Railway and the Powers. T. L. Gilmour.
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Suggestions for the Better Governing of India. Sir Frederick S. P. Lely, C.S.I., K.C.I.E.
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The Story of Exploration Series. A Complete History of the Discovery of the Globe from the Earliest Records up to the present time. Edited by J. Scott-eltie, LL.D., Sec. R.G.S. Demy 8vo.
Price, per Volume, 7s. 6d. net.
The reception which every item of “The Story of Exploration” has met with at the hands of both the public and press is due to the fact that while each story is told in a manner likely to interest the general reader, it is at the same time sought to provide the student with a serious and trustworthy history of exploration, and with a summary of our knowledge of each region dealt with. A vast amount of information is condensed within a comparatively small compass, voluminous records collated and the results brought together in a concise and readable form.
Each volume of the series is complete and independent in itself, and is sold separately. The books are, however, published in uniform style and binding, and the entire series, when complete, will form what may be called a biographical history of the exploration of the world. Beginning with the earliest journeys of which records exist, and carrying their narratives down to the most recent discoveries, the several authors of the works that have so far appeared have told their allotted stories fully and with the utmost historical accuracy.
“The motto of those responsible for this invaluable series is ‘Thorough.’ How they are produced at this low price is a mystery to us.”—War Office Times.
The Penetration of Arabia. D. G. Hogarth, M.A. With over Fifty Illustrations and Maps; and also two large Maps in Colour by J. G. Bartholomew.
“It is a literary, scientific, and, we may add, a political gain to be placed in possession of a standard work describing the exploration of Arabia.”—The Athenæum.
“Mr. Hogarth rises to true eloquence, and speaks with freedom and mastery. There is strength and justice, moreover, in his judgments of men. It is the first effective competitor that has appeared to Carl Ritter’s discussion of Arabian geography, now some fifty years old.”—The Times.
“A Summary—luminous and exact—of the literature of travel in that part of the world.... A scholarly survey of adventurous, though tardy, geographical research.”—The Standard.
The Story of Exploration Series:
The Siege of the South Pole. The story of Antarctic Exploration. Dr. H. R. Mill, LL.D., D.Sc. With over Seventy Illustrations from Photographs, Charts and Drawings; and a large Coloured Map by J. G. Bartholomew.
“Dr. Mill writes with spirit as well as erudition; and his book is not only a larger monument of learning, but also a more entertaining composition than the works on the same topic of Herr Fricker and Mr. Balch.”—The Times.
“The author is a man of science who has the rare gift of making difficult things clear to the unscientific mind, and nothing could be better than his explanations of the importance of observations in the Antarctic to a true theory of terrestrial magnetism.... The accounts of most of the earlier voyages are out of print and only to be found in great libraries; and Dr. Mill has done excellent services by relating these voyages in detail, and illustrating them copiously by maps and engravings.”—The Athenæum.
“The present volume is a triumphant demonstration of his literary insight and skill, for while making no sacrifice of scientific accuracy, he has produced a narrative of Antarctic exploration which will fascinate the intelligent schoolboy as sure as it will instruct the serious student of Polar exploration.”—Morning Post.
Further India. Being the Story of Exploration from the Earliest Times in Burma, Malaya, Siam and Indo-China. Hugh Clifford, C.M.G., Author of “In Court and Kampong,” “Studies in Brown Humanity,” etc., etc. With Forty-eight Illustrations from Drawings, Photographs and Maps; and two large Maps in Colour by J. G. Bartholomew.
“Those who desire to gain a better knowledge of the past and present history of exploration in India cannot do better than read this excellent book.”—The Field.
“All that has been written and published Mr. Clifford has industriously examined and collated, and he has arranged it in consecutive narratives, abounding in dramatic episodes or exciting incidents. The story is as intricate as it is interesting.”—The Westminster Gazette.
“Another volume in this most excellent series. Mr. Clifford has produced a thoroughly readable, trustworthy and fascinating book, well indexed and well illustrated.”—The Academy.
The St. Lawrence Basin and its Borderlands. Dr. S. E. Dawson, Litt.D., F.R.S.C. With Forty-eight Illustrations from Drawings and Photographs; and a large Coloured Map by J. G. Bartholomew.
“In its pages the reader will find a mass of information which he could only collect for himself by years of study; he will also receive great assistance from the reproduction of maps with which the book is furnished; while the illustrations will enable him to form a very good idea of this portion of the Canadian Dominion, both as regards its past and present condition. In conclusion, we would again call the attention of our readers to this valuable series of works. They are all written by men who are undoubted authorities on the different countries they describe, they are all furnished with maps, nicely illustrated, and should find a place on the shelves of every well-regulated library.”—The Field.
“The story of the discovery and exploration of the north-eastern part of the continent of North America, a story peculiarly rich in historical, geographical, and adventurous interest, has been told once more, and told very fully and well by Dr. S. E. Dawson ... whose narrative, as a whole, does complete and careful justice to every aspect of a story of progressive exploration as replete with varied interest and moving adventure as any in the history of the world.”—The World.
“He is writing a geographical rather than a political history, and, incidentally, demonstrates how interesting that can be made.”—The Standard.
The Nile Quest. A Record of the Exploration of the Nile and its Basin, by Sir Harry H. Johnston, G.C.M.G., K.C.B. With over Seventy Illustrations from Drawings and Photographs by the Author and by others. Maps by J. G. Bartholomew.
“The record of the quest could not fail to be a fascinating story. Sir Harry Johnston has done a useful service in setting forth the often tangled results of African exploration in a clear narrative.”—The Spectator.
“Few men are better fitted than Sir Harry Johnston to tell the tale of ‘The Nile Quest.’ He traces the routes of successive travellers, prefacing each narrative with brief biographical sketches.... He holds the balance with judicial impartiality, and vindicates some unjustly discredited reputations.... It is singularly attractive, and some of his descriptions of scenery and the native races may vie with the best of the extracts from the works of eloquent travellers.”—The Times.
“We know of no book in which the whole history of Nile exploration, from the earliest times up to the very latest discoveries in the Sobat and Bahr-el-Ghazel regions, is narrated so fully and accurately as it is here.”—The Manchester Guardian.
Tibet the Mysterious. By Col. Sir Thos. Holdich, K.C.M.G., K.C.I.E, C.B. With Fifty Illustrations from Photographs and Charts, and a large Coloured Map.
“It is a story full of notable and romantic episodes, and it is brilliantly narrated by Sir Thomas Holdich, who gives, moreover, graphic descriptions of the country itself and its people. No more fascinating book on Tibet has appeared.”—Truth.
“Deserving of the warmest recognition.”—Birmingham Post.
“Every page of his book bears witness to the thoroughness of his methods, and there are several maps which will be of great value to geographical students.”—Dundee Courier.
“Most of those who read the volume on the exploration of Tibet, by Sir Thomas Holdich, will agree that it takes the first place for interest of narrative and ability of compilation in the whole series.”—Daily Mail.
“Altogether indispensable to the serious student of Tibet the Mysterious.”—Daily News.