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 By Dr. SVEN HEDIN

��Trans-Himalaya

Discofberies and Ad'bentures in Tibet

2 volumes, cloth, 8vo, gilt top, $7.50 net; expressage extra The story of Dr. Sven Hedin's remarkable journey to Tibet is undoubtedly the most important record of adventurous travel and exploration of 1909, and the most valu- able in its geographical results. It is written in a straightforward, sympathetic style that fixes the attention of the reader, and, though the book is long, the interest is so well maintained that it never becomes wearisome.

In concluding his book dealing with a former journey. Dr. Hedin spoke of the impossibility of giving a complete description of the internal structure of Tibet, its mountains and valleys, its rivers and lakes, while so large a part of the country was still quite unknown. He said then : " Instead of losing myself in conjectures or arriving at confused results owing to lack of material, I would rather see with my own eyes the unknown districts in the midst of northern Tibet, and, above all, visit the extensive areas of entirely unexplored country which stretch to the north of the upper Brahmaputra, and have not been traversed by Europeans or Indian pundits." In the early part of 1905 Dr. Hedin resolved to undertake the task; before the year was out he had entered on it; and the present volumes record his experiences over the period of nearly three years which his arduous journey occupied.

Overland to India

2 volumes, octavo, illustrated, $7.50 net; expressage extra Dr. Sven Hedin's last great work of travel. Trans- Himalaya, begins with his journey from India to Tibet, but the present volumes recount the stories of his ad- ventures and experiences during the earlier part of the same arduous undertaking. As the author had decided to reach India by land, and by way of Teheran, he gath- ered a large amount of valuable material which, in the hands of a writer and travel- ler of Dr. Sven Hedin's experience, fully justifies the publication of a separate work. The problem of Persia and her government, especially in relation to the landward approaches to India, must always be a matter of world-wide political concern.

In his present narrative the lively and entertaining style of the author proves as attractive as in his former works. The illustrations with which the volumes are plentifully supplied are a very prominent feature.

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