A Sketch of Assam: With some account of the Hill Tribes

by Major John Butler

“To emigrants to the quarter of which it treats it must be a valuable guide.”—Literary Gazette.

SUGGESTIONS FOR A GENERAL PLAN OF RAPID COMMUNICATION BY STEAM NAVIGATION AND RAILWAYS,

And Applying it to the Shortening the Time of Communication between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres. By Edward McGeachy, Esq., Crown Surveyor, Jamaica. With 2 maps, 8vo. price 3s. bds.

CHINA OPENED;

Or, a Display of the Topography, History, Customs, Manners, Arts, Manufactures, Commerce, Literature, Religion, Jurisprudence, &c., of the Chinese Empire. By the Rev. Charles Gutzlaff. Revised by the Rev. Andrew Reed, D.D. In 2 vols., post 8vo., price 24s. cloth.

“We obtain from these volumes more information of a practical kind than from any other publication; a closer view of the Domestic life of the Chinese—of the public institutions—the manufactures—natural resources—and literature. The work in fact is full of information, gathered with diligence, and fairly leaves the English reader without any excuse for ignorance on the subject.”—Atlas.

“This is by far the most interesting, complete, and valuable account of the Chinese Empire that has yet been published.”—Sun.

A HISTORY OF THE CHINESE EMPIRE, ANCIENT AND MODERN.

Comprising a Retrospect of the Foreign Intercourse and Trade with China. Illustrated by a new and Corrected Map of the Empire. By the Rev. Charles Gutzlaff. In 2 vols. demy 8vo. bds., price 28s.

“We cordially recommend this exceedingly interesting account of this very interesting country.”—London Review.