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+Acad. 73: 163. N. 23, ’07. 240w.

“One can hardly glance over these fifty or more plates without at once being seized with a wild desire to start upon an Adriatic trip.”

+Dial. 43: 385. D. 1, ’07. 80w.

“In one or two respects it offers hostages to criticism; the style is a little unskilful ... the scholarship is sometimes imperfect. But apart from these blemishes, which can be easily removed, the volume is attractive and entertaining.”

+ −Lond. Times. 6: 326. O. 25, ’07. 300w.

“Mrs. Holbach’s account of ‘the land where East meets West’ is picturesque, her description of its people and places of interest being admirably supplemented by the numerous illustrations.”

+Sat. R. 104: 486. O. 19, ’07. 220w.
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Holdich, Sir Thomas Hungerford. Tibet, the mysterious. **$3. Stokes.