“Here are more ‘Arabian nights,’ murmurous, beguiling, enchanting in their beauty and strangeness.”
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Gibbons, Alfred St. Hill. Africa from south to north through Marotseland. [**]$7.50. Lane.
The account of a thoro exploration of Marotseland, made in 1898 by an experienced African traveler. The objects of the expedition were to fix a British boundary line; to determine the Congo-Zambesi watershed; to discover the real source of the Zambesi; and to make such surveys and general investigations as should determine the best place for the Rhodesian railway company to push its line across the river. The account is interesting and valuable, the more so because the Cape to Cairo railway, soon to be completed, will make it possible for the tourist to cover this same ground. Native life and conditions, present government and economic possibilities are treated in detail.
“Is written in a charming style, simple, direct and convincing. Quite apart from its interest and special worth to the Englishman, is its value on account of the new and interesting geographical information it contains. Is one of the most important works of travel of recent years.”
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“There are at least half a dozen reasons why it should be welcome and why it will take a permanent place among the standard books on African exploration. The best authority in print today concerning the country. There is much detail in the book. Still it is all very readable.”
| + + | Ind. 58: 499. Mr. 2, ‘05. 670w. |
Gibbons, Hughes Oliphant. History of old Pine street; being the record of an hundred and forty years in the life of a colonial church. Winston.
“Pine Street church in Philadelphia, the third Presbyterian church founded in that city, is the only one dating from colonial times still on its original site. In the churchyard some three thousand lie interred, including many Revolutionary officers and soldiers. It has been served by a succession of remarkably able ministers.... Originally in a fashionable center, now in a slum neighborhood ... it remains there, consecrated by its history and pledged by its endowment to a perpetuity of service in its changed environment. This handsome and finely illustrated volume is a worthy memorial of seven generations to many more to come.”—Outlook.