“An eminently interesting, readable, and trustworthy book. Mr. Edwards was instinctively looked to for a life of Rossini, and the result is a very satisfactory one. The salient features of Rossini’s life and labours are grouped in admirable order; and the book, while it conveys everything necessary to an accurate idea of its subject, is as interesting as a novel.”—Sunday Times.
TRAVELS OF A NATURALIST IN JAPAN AND MANCHURIA. By Arthur Adams, F.L.S., Staff-Surgeon R.N. 1 vol. 8vo, with Illustrations. 15s.
“An amusing volume. Mr Adams has acquired a body of interesting information, which he has set forth in a lively and agreeable style. The book will be a favourite with naturalists, and is calculated to interest others as well.”—Daily News.
“A very good book of its kind. The author is an enthusiastic naturalist, taking especial interest in entomology. He is also quick to observe the physical aspects of nature, and the leading characteristics of the people he visits. He has come across some very humorous incidents in his travels, and these he always describes in a lively and amusing style.”—Globe.
FRANCIS THE FIRST IN CAPTIVITY AT MADRID, and other Historic Studies. By A. Baillie Cochrane, M.P. Second Edition. 2 vols. post 8vo. 21s.
“A pleasant, interesting, and entertaining work.”—Daily News.
EASTERN PILGRIMS: the Travels of Three Ladies. By Agnes Smith. 1 vol. 8vo, with Illustrations. 15s.
“A pleasantly written record of Eastern Travels in Turkey, Egypt, Palestine, and Greece. Written by a lady, and narrating the pilgrimage of ladies, it has an interest of its own. The tone is devout, and altogether the book deserves our warm commendation.”—Record.
MY HOLIDAY IN AUSTRIA. By Lizzie Selina Eden. 1 vol. post 8vo, with Illustrations. 10s. 6d.
“A pleasantly-written volume.”—Pall Mall Gazette.