LAST DAYS IN NEW GUINEA
Being further Experiences of a New Guinea Resident Magistrate
Second Edition. Illustrated. Demy 8vo. 18s. net
“When Captain Monckton, at the call of War, broke off his story in ‘Some Experiences of a New Guinea Resident Magistrate’ like a twig that is snapped, its most important chapters remained to be told. We had still Mount Albert Edward to ascend, and New Guinea to cross, in this intrepid and astonishingly entertaining company; a huge new mammal to glimpse, prehistoric pottery to find, and traces of pre-Papuan inhabitants who wore wooden armour. These further experiences should be ours later, he promised, if his first volume found favour. It did—even to the fourth edition; and so here is its narrative continued with the live adventure, comic incident, and frank comment of the earlier pages. One cannot think of or wish for a more readable book of exploration and travel.”—Morning Post.
JOHN LANE THE BODLEY HEAD LTD., VIGO ST., W.1
UNCONDUCTED WANDERERS
By ROSITA FORBES
Demy 8vo. With over 70 Illustrations from Photographs by the Author and others. 12s. 6d. net.
“Unconducted Wanderers” is a very amusing travel book of the best sort. After a spell of war work the author and a woman friend went to America, and thence to the South Seas, to Java, the Malay States, Siam, Cambodia, China and Korea. The book is extremely lively in tone and fresh in feeling, and the observations and experiences of the travellers, particularly in China during the Rebellion, are of quite unusual interest.
“Those in search of the perfect companion for a lazy afternoon in a hammock will find their wants admirably supplied by ‘Unconducted Wanderers.’ Their adventures are retailed with an unfailing humorous touch, and the scenery and occupants of these far foreign strands are painted in descriptive language, which is always vivid and at times beautiful.”—Evening Standard.