This volume contains an accurate account of the making and equipping of Mr. Andrée's balloon, and a detailed account of the first attempt made in 1896, when, owing to the bad weather, Andrée and his two companions could not start, and a detailed and authoritative account of the final preparation and start for the famous flight into the Unknown.
The volume is fully illustrated, and contains a short biography of Andrée.
The two authors accompanied the Expedition to Spitzbergen, the one author in 1896, and the other in July, 1897.
The volume is of very great general interest, containing as it does the only authoritative account of the expedition up to date, and is of special value to all interested in ballooning, as the authors are acknowledged experts.
This work is being published simultaneously in four different languages.
The Kingdom of the Yellow Robe
By ERNEST YOUNG.
Fully Illustrated by E. A. Norbury, R.C.A., and from Photographs.
Demy 8vo.