The Foreign Doctor: “The Hakim Sahib”
A Biography of Joseph Plumb Cochran, M.D., of Persia. Illustrated, 12mo, cloth, net $1.50.
Dr. Cochran came to a position of power in Western Persia which made his life as interesting as a romance. He was one of the central figures in the Kurdish invasion of Persia, and was the chief means of saving the city of Uramia. In no other biography is there as full an account of the actual medical work done by the medical missionary, and of the problem of the use of the political influence acquired by a man of Dr. Cochran’s gifts and opportunities.
HENRY D. PORTER, M.D., D.D.
William Scott Ament Missionary of the American Board to China.
Illustrated, 8vo, cloth, net $1.50.
A biography of one of the most honored missionaries of the Congregational Church, whose long and effective service in China has inscribed his name high in the annals of those whose lives have been given to the uplift of their fellow-men.
MARY GRIDLEY ELLINWOOD
Frank Field Ellinwood Former Secretary Presbyterian F. M. Board
His Life and Work. Illustrated, cloth, net $1.00.