OCCASION’S FORELOCK.
By VIOLET A. SIMPSON.
ABYSSINIA OF TO-DAY.
An Account of the First Mission sent by the American Government to the King of Kings.
By ROBERT P. SKINNER,
Commissioner To Abyssinia, 1903-1904; American Consul-General; Fellow of the American Geographical Society; Soci dou Felibrige.
Demy 8vo. With numerous Illustrations and Map. 12s. 6d. net.
The object of this American Mission to the Emperor Menelik was to negotiate a commercial treaty. The Mission was extremely well received, and the expedition appears to have been a complete success. The picture drawn by Mr. Skinner of the Abyssinians and their ruler is an exceedingly agreeable one; and his notes on this land of grave faces, elaborate courtesy, classic tone, and Biblical civilization, its history, politics, language, literature, religion, and trade, are full of interest; there are also some valuable hints on the organization and equipment of a caravan.
WESTERN TIBET AND THE BRITISH BORDERLAND.