By MANSFIELD PARKYNS, Esq.
With Illustrations. 2 vols. 12mo. Price, $2 50. Cloth.
LITERARY CRITICISMS.
“Of one thing we are convinced, and that is, that few that take up “Life In Abyssinia,” will lay it down without reading it through, and without exclaiming when they come to the end “what an amusing book this is, and what an agreeable savage is Mansfield Parkyns.”—Blackwood’s Magazine.
“Since the appearance of “Typee and Omoo,” we have soon no more agreeable volumes of travel than those of Mr. Parkyns.”—Eve. Post.
“Mr. Mansfield Parkyns is no tourist, but a genuine traveller. In acquaintance with Eastern languages and manners he is a Burckhardt; his liking for Natural History and assiduity as a collector, reminds us of Waterton; while in his passion for the chase, and occasional introduction of elephants, giraffes, and lions, he bears an obvious likeness to Campbell or Gordon Cumming.”—Dublin Magazine.
“Remarkably entertaining and interesting volumes, brimful of adventures and life. We have read them with perfect gusto, and cordially join Blackwood’s recommendation.”—Boston Atlas.
“A story of three years in Abyssinian life, by one so keen in observation and fond of adventure as Mr. Parkyns could not but promise a great attraction; and no one who opens this book will lay it down in disappointment. He sketches the incidents of his travels with great distinctness and vividness and portrays character, wherever he meets it, capitally.”—N. Y. Courier.
“The author appears to have become thoroughly naturalized among the singular people with whom it was his lot to dwell, and tells the story of his adventures with a liveliness and freedom from reserve that are extremely captivating.”—Jour. of Com.
“Dullness certainly has no share in Mr. Parkyns’ composition—it is a capital book.”—U. S. Gazette.