“There has been nothing among recent publications to compare in interest and importance with the substantial volume in which Major Sykes has recorded his experiences.”—Standard.
SAVAGE ISLAND: an Account of a Mission to Niué and Tonga in the Pacific Ocean. By Basil Thomson, lately H.M. Special Commissioner. With Map and Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 7s. 6d. net.
“Mr Thomson has produced a most valuable and charming account of his visit.... We heartily recommend this instructive and diverting volume to the reader.”—Pall Mall Gazette.
FINLAND AS IT IS. By Harry de Windt. With Map and numerous full-page and other Illustrations. Large Crown 8vo. 9s. net.
“... A chatty, lively account of the land and the people ... the reading of it creates an ardent desire to visit Finland.... No one should go to Finland without this book.”—Publishers’ Circular.
THE YANG-TZE VALLEY AND BEYOND. An Account of Journeys in Central and Western China, especially in the Provinces of Sze-Chuan and among the Man-tze of the Somo Territory. By Mrs Bishop (Isabella L. Bird), F.R.G.S. With Map and numerous Illustrations. 8vo. 21s. net.
KING MOMBO. By Paul du Chaillu, Author of “The World of the Great Forest,” “The Land of the Long Night,” “The Viking Age,” etc. With Illustrations. Large Crown 8vo. 7s. 6d. net.
“An admirable book for boys.”—Athenæum.
THE MAKING OF A FRONTIER: Five Years’ Experiences and Adventures in Gilgit, Hunza, Nagar, Chitral, and the Eastern Hindu-Kush. By Colonel Algernon Durand, C.B., C.I.E., British Agent at Gilgit, 1889-1894. Military Secretary to the Viceroy of India, 1884-1899. With Portrait, Map, and Illustrations. Demy 8vo. 16s.
“A work which is full of life and movement, and gives us many quaint glimpses of the life of strange peoples. It is modestly written, as becomes the narration of the author’s surprising success in achieving great results for the Empire, and is full of humorous incident.”—Pall Mall Gazette.