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THE PEOPLE OF THE POLAR NORTH.

A Record by KNUD RASMUSSEN. Being a presentment of the life, cha- racter, customs, legends, and religious beliefs of the Polar Eskimos, collected during a stay with them, together with some actual experiences narrated by members of the now almost extinct race of the East Greenlanders, and a collection of East Greenlandie legends and fables, and also containing sketches of life among the Christianised West Greenlanders of the present day. Com- piled from the Danish originals, and edited by G. HERRING, With 150 Illustrations in Colour and Black and White by Count HARALD MOLTKE.

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THE STORY OF A LIFETIME.

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ANNE SEYMOUR DAMER.

Sculptor and Woman of Fashion (1748-1828). By PERCY NOBLE. With 35 Illustrations and a Photo- gravure Frontispiece printed in colour.

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A GERMAN STAFF OFFICER IN INDIA.

Being Impressions of the Travels of an Officer or the German General Staff through the Peninsula. By Count HANS VON KOENIGSMARCK, Major in the Dragoons of Bredow and Captain on the General Staff of the German Army. With numerous Full- Page Illustrations and a Map. Demy 8vo net IO &

TRAVELS AND TRAVELLERS IN INDIA.

By E. FARLEY OATEN, Author of ' Anglo-Indian Literature ' being the Le Bas Cambridge Prize Essay for 1908. Crown 8vo net 3 6

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