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Messrs. Methuen's Catalogue

AFRICA. By Major A. St. H. Gibbons. "With full-page Illustra- tions by C. Whymper, and Maps. Demy 8vo. i^s.

' His book is a grand record of quiet, un- assuming, tactful resolution. His ad- ventures were as various as his sporting exploits were exciting.' — Times.

E, H. Alderson. WITH THE MASHONALAND FIELD FORCE, 1896. By Lieut. -Colonel Alderson. With numerous Illus- trations and Plans. Demy 8vo. los. 6d.

'A clear, vigorous, and soldier-like narra- tive. ' — Scotsman.

Fraser. ROUND THE WORLD ON A WHEEL. By John Foster Fraser. With 100 Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 6s.

'A very entertaining book of travel.' —

Spectator. The story is told with delightful gaiety,

humour, and crispness. There has rarely

appeared a more interesting tale of

modern travel. ' — Scotsman. ' A classic of cycling, graphic and witty.' —

Yorkshire Post.

Se3rmour Vandeleur. CAMPAIGN- ING ON THE UPPER NILE AND NIGER. By Lieut. Seymour Vandeleur. With an Introduction by Sir G. GOLDIE, K.C.M.G. With 4 Maps, Illustrations, and Plans. Large Crown 8vo. 10s. 6d.

' Upon the African question there is no book procurable which contains so much of value as this one." — Guardian.

Lord Fincastle. A FRONTIER CAMPAIGN. By Viscount Fin- castle, V.C, and Lieut. P. C. Elliott-Lockhart. With a Map and 16 Illustrations. Second Edition. Crown 8vo. 6j.

'An admirable book, and a really valuable treatise on frontier war.' — Athenaum.

E. N. Bennett. THE DOWNFALL OF THE DERVISHES : A Sketch of the Sudan Campaign of 1898. By

E. N. Bennett, Fellow of Hertford College. With Four Maps and a Photogravure Portrait of the Sirdar. Third Edition. Crown 8vo. y 6d.

J. K. Trotter. THE NIGER SOURCES. By Colonel J. K. Trotter, R.A. With a Map and Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 55.

Michael Davitt. LIFE AND PRO- GRESS IN AUSTRALASIA. By Michael Davitt, M.P. 500 pp. With 2 Maps. Crown 8vo. 6s.

W. Crooke. THE NORTH- WESTERN PROVINCES OF INDIA: Their Ethnology and Administration. By W. Crooke. With Maps and Illustrations. Demy 8vo. loj. 6d. ' A carefully and well-written account of one of the most important provinces of the Empire. Mr. Crooke deals with the land in its physical aspect, the province under Hindoo and Mussulman rule, under British rule, its ethnology and sociology, its religious and social life, the land and its settlement, and the native peasant.' — Manchester Guardian.

A. Boisragon. THE BENIN MAS-

SACRE. By Captain Boisragon.

Second Edition, Cr. 8vo. 3J. 6d.

' If the story had been written four hundred

years ago it would be read to-day as an

English classic' — Scotsman.

H. S. Cowper. THE HILL OF THE GRACES: or, the Great Stone Temples of Tripoli. By H. S. CowPER, F.S.A. With Maps, Plans, and 75 Illustrations. Demy8vo. ios.6d.

W. Kinnaird Rose. WITH THE GREEKS IN THESSALY. By W. Kinnaird Rose, Reuter's Cor- respondent. With Plans and 23 Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 6s.

W. B. Worsfold. SOUTH AFRICA. By W. B. Worsfold, M.A. IVitA a Map. Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s.

' A monumental work compressed into a very moderate compass.' — World.