THREE CITIES IN RUSSIA. By Professor C. Piazzi Smyth, F.R.S. Post 8vo, 2 Vols., 1016 pp. Maps and Wood-Engravings, 26s.

The narrative of a tour made in the summer of 1859 by the Astronomer Royal of Scotland, to the cities of St. Petersburg, Moscow, and Novgorod.


THE GATE OF THE PACIFIC. By Commander Bedford Pim, R.N. Demy 8vo, 430 pp., with 7 Maps and 8 Tinted Chromo-Lithographs, 18s.

A spirited narrative of Commander Pim’s explorations in Central America, made with the view of establishing a new overland route from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans, through English enterprise, by way of Nicaragua.


TRAVELS ON THE AMAZON AND RIO NEGRO; with an Account of the Native Tribes, and Observations on the Climate, Geology, and Natural History of the Amazon Valley. By Alfred R. Wallace. Demy 8vo, 541 pp., with Map and Tinted Frontispiece, 18s.

A lively narrative of travels in one of the most interesting districts of the Southern Hemisphere, accompanied by Remarks on the Vocabularies of the Languages, by Dr. R. G. Latham.


WESTERN HIMALAYA AND TIBET; a Narrative of a Journey through the Mountains of Northern India, during the Years 1847-1848. By Dr. Thomson, F.R.S. Demy 8vo, 500 pp., with Map and Tinted Frontispiece, 15s.