Travel headerTravel.With the Beduins:A Narrative of Journeys to the East of the Jordan and Dead Sea, Palmyra, &c. ByGray Hill. Numerous Illustrations and Map. Demy8vo., cloth gilt, 15s.The author and his wife, in attempting to reach Petra, in 1890, fell into the hands of Beduins and were held for a ransom, and experienced other interesting adventures.Our Journey to the Hebrides.ByJoseph PennellandElizabeth Robbins Pennell. 43 Illustrations by Joseph Pennell. Crown8vo., cloth, 7s.6d.“It will be easily understood that we could not plan a route out of our ignorance and prejudice. It remained to choose a guide, and our choice, I hardly know why, fell upon Dr. Johnson.”—Preface.Studies in the South and West,with Comments on Canada. ByCharles Dudley Warner, Author of “Their Pilgrimage.” Crown8vo., 10s.6d.“The Studies give us a charming account of the old social life in the Southern States.”—Scots Observer.Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail.ByTheodore Roosevelt, Author of “Hunting Trips of a Ranchman.” Profusely Illustrated. Small4to., cloth elegant, 21s.“It contains the highest excellence of letter-press and engraving.”—Saturday Review.Rides and Studies in the Canary Isles.ByCharles Edwardes. With many Illustrations and Maps. Crown8vo., cloth, 10s.6d.“An honest piece of work done by a capable hand.”—Academy.Guatemala:The Land of the Quetzal. ByWilliam T. Brigham. Twenty-six full-page and Seventy-nine smaller Illustrations. Five Maps. Demy8vo., cloth, £1 1s.“A book of laborious research, keen observation, and accurate information concerning a region about which previously scarcely anything was known.”—Leeds Mercury.The Decline of British Prestige in the East.BySelim Faris, Editor of the Arabic “El-Jawaïb” of Constantinople Crown8vo., cloth, 5s.“A perusal of his book must do the English reader good.”—Asiatic Quarterly Review.Daily Life in India.By theRev.W. J. Wilkins. Illustrated. Crown8vo., cloth, 5s.“A very able book.”—Guardian.Modern Hinduism:An Account of the Religion and Life of the Hindus in Northern India. ByRev.W. J. Wilkins. Demy8vo., cloth, 16s.“A valuable contribution to the study of a very difficult subject.”—Madras Mail.Central Asian Questions:Essays on Afghanistan, China, and Central Asia. ByDemetrius C. Boulger. With Portrait and Three Maps. Demy8vo., cloth, 18s.“A mine of valuable information.”—Times.The Balkan Peninsula.ByEmile de Laveleye. Translated by Mrs.Thorpe. Edited and Revised for the English Public by the Author. Map. Demy8vo., cloth, 16s.“Likely to be very useful at the present time, as it is one of the best books on the subject.”—Saturday Review.Tuscan Studies and Sketches.ByLeader Scott, Author of “A Nook in the Apennines,” “Messer Agnolo’s Household,” &c. Many Full-page and smaller Illustrations. Sq. imp. 16mo., cloth, 10s.6d.“The sketches are of that happy kind which appeal to the learned through their style, and to the simple through their subjects.”—Truth.Letters from Italy.ByEmile de Laveleye. Translated by Mrs.Thorpe. Revised by the Author. Portrait of the Author. Crown8vo., 6s.“A most delightful volume.”—Nonconformist.“Every page is pleasantly and brightly written.”—Times.Miscellaneous headerMiscellaneous.A Vindication of the Rights of Woman:With Strictures on Political and other Subjects. By Mary Wollstonecraft. New Edition. With Introduction by Mrs.Henry Fawcett. Crown8vo., cloth, 7s.6d.This is a reprint of the first edition which appeared nearly one hundred years ago. Mrs. Fawcett has added a critical introduction in which she traces the development of the Theory of the Equality of the Sexes from that day to now.Emigration and Immigration:A Study in Social Science. ByRichmond M. Smith, Professor of Political Economy and Social Science in Columbia College. Square Imp. 16mo., cloth, 7s.6d.Prof. Smith’s book is a popular examination of one of the most urgent of present-day problems from historical, statistical, and economic points of view, the information being full and exact, and the author’s style being a model of terseness and clearness.The Letters of the Duke of Wellingtonto Miss J., 1834-1851. Edited with extracts from the Diary of the latter byChristine Terhume Herrick. Crown8vo., paper boards, 6s.“This is a thoroughly delightful book.”—Saturday Review.How Men Propose.The Fateful Question and Its Answer. Love scenes from popular works of Fiction, collected byAgnes Stevens. Square Imp. 16mo., cloth, 6s.; Presentation Edition, cloth elegant, bevelled boards, gilt edges, in box, 7s.6d.Popular Edition, sm.8vo., cloth, 3s.6d.(Uniform with “How to be Happy Though Married.”)“A most entertaining book.”—Spectator.Sylvan Folk.Sketches of Bird and Animal Life in Britain. ByJohn Watson, Author of “A Year in the Fields,” &c. Crown8vo., cloth, 3s.6d.
Travel headerTravel.
Travel.
With the Beduins:A Narrative of Journeys to the East of the Jordan and Dead Sea, Palmyra, &c. ByGray Hill. Numerous Illustrations and Map. Demy8vo., cloth gilt, 15s.
The author and his wife, in attempting to reach Petra, in 1890, fell into the hands of Beduins and were held for a ransom, and experienced other interesting adventures.
Our Journey to the Hebrides.ByJoseph PennellandElizabeth Robbins Pennell. 43 Illustrations by Joseph Pennell. Crown8vo., cloth, 7s.6d.
“It will be easily understood that we could not plan a route out of our ignorance and prejudice. It remained to choose a guide, and our choice, I hardly know why, fell upon Dr. Johnson.”—Preface.
Studies in the South and West,with Comments on Canada. ByCharles Dudley Warner, Author of “Their Pilgrimage.” Crown8vo., 10s.6d.
“The Studies give us a charming account of the old social life in the Southern States.”—Scots Observer.
Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail.ByTheodore Roosevelt, Author of “Hunting Trips of a Ranchman.” Profusely Illustrated. Small4to., cloth elegant, 21s.
“It contains the highest excellence of letter-press and engraving.”—Saturday Review.
Rides and Studies in the Canary Isles.ByCharles Edwardes. With many Illustrations and Maps. Crown8vo., cloth, 10s.6d.
“An honest piece of work done by a capable hand.”—Academy.
Guatemala:The Land of the Quetzal. ByWilliam T. Brigham. Twenty-six full-page and Seventy-nine smaller Illustrations. Five Maps. Demy8vo., cloth, £1 1s.
“A book of laborious research, keen observation, and accurate information concerning a region about which previously scarcely anything was known.”—Leeds Mercury.
The Decline of British Prestige in the East.BySelim Faris, Editor of the Arabic “El-Jawaïb” of Constantinople Crown8vo., cloth, 5s.
“A perusal of his book must do the English reader good.”—Asiatic Quarterly Review.
Daily Life in India.By theRev.W. J. Wilkins. Illustrated. Crown8vo., cloth, 5s.
“A very able book.”—Guardian.
Modern Hinduism:An Account of the Religion and Life of the Hindus in Northern India. ByRev.W. J. Wilkins. Demy8vo., cloth, 16s.
“A valuable contribution to the study of a very difficult subject.”—Madras Mail.
Central Asian Questions:Essays on Afghanistan, China, and Central Asia. ByDemetrius C. Boulger. With Portrait and Three Maps. Demy8vo., cloth, 18s.
“A mine of valuable information.”—Times.
The Balkan Peninsula.ByEmile de Laveleye. Translated by Mrs.Thorpe. Edited and Revised for the English Public by the Author. Map. Demy8vo., cloth, 16s.
“Likely to be very useful at the present time, as it is one of the best books on the subject.”—Saturday Review.
Tuscan Studies and Sketches.ByLeader Scott, Author of “A Nook in the Apennines,” “Messer Agnolo’s Household,” &c. Many Full-page and smaller Illustrations. Sq. imp. 16mo., cloth, 10s.6d.
“The sketches are of that happy kind which appeal to the learned through their style, and to the simple through their subjects.”—Truth.
Letters from Italy.ByEmile de Laveleye. Translated by Mrs.Thorpe. Revised by the Author. Portrait of the Author. Crown8vo., 6s.
“A most delightful volume.”—Nonconformist.
“Every page is pleasantly and brightly written.”—Times.
Miscellaneous headerMiscellaneous.A Vindication of the Rights of Woman:With Strictures on Political and other Subjects. By Mary Wollstonecraft. New Edition. With Introduction by Mrs.Henry Fawcett. Crown8vo., cloth, 7s.6d.This is a reprint of the first edition which appeared nearly one hundred years ago. Mrs. Fawcett has added a critical introduction in which she traces the development of the Theory of the Equality of the Sexes from that day to now.Emigration and Immigration:A Study in Social Science. ByRichmond M. Smith, Professor of Political Economy and Social Science in Columbia College. Square Imp. 16mo., cloth, 7s.6d.Prof. Smith’s book is a popular examination of one of the most urgent of present-day problems from historical, statistical, and economic points of view, the information being full and exact, and the author’s style being a model of terseness and clearness.The Letters of the Duke of Wellingtonto Miss J., 1834-1851. Edited with extracts from the Diary of the latter byChristine Terhume Herrick. Crown8vo., paper boards, 6s.
Miscellaneous headerMiscellaneous.
Miscellaneous.
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman:With Strictures on Political and other Subjects. By Mary Wollstonecraft. New Edition. With Introduction by Mrs.Henry Fawcett. Crown8vo., cloth, 7s.6d.
This is a reprint of the first edition which appeared nearly one hundred years ago. Mrs. Fawcett has added a critical introduction in which she traces the development of the Theory of the Equality of the Sexes from that day to now.
Emigration and Immigration:A Study in Social Science. ByRichmond M. Smith, Professor of Political Economy and Social Science in Columbia College. Square Imp. 16mo., cloth, 7s.6d.
Prof. Smith’s book is a popular examination of one of the most urgent of present-day problems from historical, statistical, and economic points of view, the information being full and exact, and the author’s style being a model of terseness and clearness.
The Letters of the Duke of Wellingtonto Miss J., 1834-1851. Edited with extracts from the Diary of the latter byChristine Terhume Herrick. Crown8vo., paper boards, 6s.
“This is a thoroughly delightful book.”—Saturday Review.
How Men Propose.The Fateful Question and Its Answer. Love scenes from popular works of Fiction, collected byAgnes Stevens. Square Imp. 16mo., cloth, 6s.; Presentation Edition, cloth elegant, bevelled boards, gilt edges, in box, 7s.6d.Popular Edition, sm.8vo., cloth, 3s.6d.(Uniform with “How to be Happy Though Married.”)
“A most entertaining book.”—Spectator.
Sylvan Folk.Sketches of Bird and Animal Life in Britain. ByJohn Watson, Author of “A Year in the Fields,” &c. Crown8vo., cloth, 3s.6d.
“His descriptions are so fresh that they will give genuine pleasure to everyone who reads them. The book will be especially interesting to young readers.”—Nature.
Industrial Rivers of the United Kingdom.By various well-known Experts. With numerous Illustrations. Crown8vo., cloth, 7s.6d.
The Five Talents of Woman.A Book for Girls and Young Women. By theRev.E. J. Hardy, Author of “How to be Happy though Married,” &c. Sq. Imperial 16mo., cloth, 6s.; Presentation Edition, bevelled boards, gilt edges, in box, 7s.6d.
“Will be acceptable to all girls who are no longer ‘children.’”—Globe.
How to be Happy though Married.Small crown8vo., cloth, 3s.6d.Bridal Gift Edition, white vellum cloth, extra gilt, bev. boards, gilt edges, in box, 7s.6d.
“The Murray of Matrimony and the Baedeker of Bliss.”—Pall Mall Gazette.
“Manners Makyth Man.”By the Author of “How to be Happy though Married.” Popular Edition, small crown8vo., cloth, 3s.6d.; imp. 16mo., cloth, 6s.
Jottings from Jail.Notes and Papers on Prison Matters. By theRev.J. W. Horsley, M.A., Oxon., late (and last) Chaplain of H.M. Prison, Clerkenwell. Second edition. Crown8vo., cloth, 3s.6d.
Literary Landmarks of London.ByLaurence Hutton. Fourth, revised, and cheaper edition. Crown8vo., Illustrated cover, 2s.6d.; cloth, 3s.6d.
English as She is Taught.Genuine Answers to Examination Questions in our Public Schools. With a Commentary byMark Twain. Demy 16mo., cloth, 1s.; paper, 6d.
Mark Twainsays: “A darling literary curiosity.... This little book ought to set forty millions of people to thinking.”
Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of all Ages.Classified subjectively, and arranged alphabetically. ByRobert Christy. 2vols., half cloth, gilt tops, 21s.