“Mr. Ruggles writes briskly; he chats and gossips, slashing right and left with stout American prejudices, and has made withal a most entertaining book.”—New-York Tribune.
TRAVELS AND OBSERVATIONS IN THE ORIENT, with a Hasty Flight in the Countries of Europe. By Walter Harriman (ex-Governor of New Hampshire). $1.50.
“The author, in his graphic description of these sacred localities, refers with great aptness to scenes and personages which history has made famous. It is a chatty narrative of travel, tinged throughout with a very natural and pleasant color of personality.”—Concord Monitor.
FORE AND AFT. A Story of Actual Sea-Life. By Robert B. Dixon, M.D. $1.25.
Travels in Mexico, with vivid descriptions of manners and customs, form a large part of this striking narrative of a fourteen-months’ voyage.
VOYAGE OF THE PAPER CANOE. A Geographical Journey of Twenty-five Hundred Miles from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico. By Nathaniel H. Bishop. With numerous illustrations and maps specially prepared for this work. Crown 8vo. $2.50.
“Mr. Bishop did a very bold thing, and has described it with a happy mixture of spirit, keen observation, and bonhomie.”—London Graphic.
FOUR MONTHS IN A SNEAK-BOX. A Boat-Voyage of Twenty-six Hundred Miles down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, and along the Gulf of Mexico. By Nathaniel H. Bishop. With numerous maps and illustrations. $2.50.
“His glowing pen-pictures of ‘shanty-boat’ life on the great rivers are true to life. His descriptions of persons and places are graphic.”—Zion’s Herald.
A THOUSAND MILES’ WALK ACROSS SOUTH AMERICA, Over the Pampas and the Andes. By Nathaniel H. Bishop. Crown 8vo. New Edition. Illustrated. $1.50.