AN ENGLISHWOMAN’S LOVE LETTERS. By Laurence Housman.
Mr. T. P. O’Connor in the Daily Mail says:—“I turned over the leaves rapidly, almost greedily, and had read almost all its story before I could allow myself to sleep.... It is a loud cry, not merely of one intoxicated and torn heart, but of the claim of inner and true emotion to be still the greatest force of life; the one thing worth having—worth living for, longing for, dying for.”
ÆSOP’S FABLES. A New Version, chiefly from the original sources. By the Rev. Thomas James, M.A. With more than 100 Woodcuts designed by Tenniel and Wolfe.
Sir John Tenniel’s beautiful illustrations are a notable feature of this edition of “the most popular moral and political class-book of more than two thousand years.” The Fables have been re-translated chiefly from original sources, and are printed in a clear and attractive type. They are accompanied by a scholarly and interesting introductory sketch of the life of Æsop and the history of the Fables.
THE LION HUNTER IN SOUTH AFRICA. Five Years’ Adventures in the Far Interior of South Africa, with Notices of the Native Tribes and Savage Animals. By Roualeyn Gordon Cumming, of Altyre. With Woodcuts.
This sporting classic is a fascinating first-hand narrative of hunting expeditions in pursuit of big game and adventures with native tribes. A special interest now attaches to it by reason of the great changes which have come over the “scene of the lion hunter’s” exploits in a comparatively short space of time—in districts where his was the first white man’s foot to tread, our armies marched and fought in the late South African War, and prosperous towns are now established.
UNBEATEN TRACKS IN JAPAN. An Account of Travels in the Interior, including visits to the Aborigines of Yezo and the Shrine of Nikkô. By Mrs. Bishop (Isabella L. Bird). With Illustrations.
Written in the form of letters to her sister, this book gives practically the author’s day to day experiences during journeys of over one hundred and four thousand miles in Japan. Mrs. Bird was the first European lady to visit many of the places described, and her journeys took place at what is perhaps the most interesting period of the country’s history, when she was just beginning to awake to the glow of Western civilisation. As a faithful and realistic description of Old Japan by one of the most remarkable Englishwomen of her day, this book has an abiding interest.
NOTES FROM A DIARY. First Series. By Sir Mountstuart E. Grant Duff.
Sir Mountstuart Grant Duff, besides being a distinguished public-servant, was a popular member of society with a genius for gathering and recording good stories. In his series of “Notes from a Diary” he jotted down the best things he heard, and thereby made some very enjoyable volumes, which in cheaper guise will repeat and increase the success they gained in their more expensive form.