Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), 1st October 1884, Edition 1 of 1, Page 965

London : October 1884 . ' \ MESSRS . SAMPSON LOWMAR 8 TON & CO . 'S • • . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ , ¦ - ¦•¦ ' \ , ¦ . ' *¦ •' . " ' „ ** Announcements for the Coming Season . NOTI about CE which . —MR ive . have HENRY ' numerous STANLEY inquiries ' S NEW l probab WORK ly not be read ON THE for publicatio CONGO , till the beg ¦ inning of next year ¦ . s i :.. \ - Will be published on October 15 th , demy Svo . cloth extra , price £ l . Is * A SKETCH OF THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE REV . SYDNEY Based on Famil SMITH y Documents , M . A ., Rector and the of Recollections Cotabe-Fiorey of , Personal and Canon Friends Residentiary . By Stuart of St J . . Rkid Paul . ' s . It is The illustrated book contains by a new more portraic than fifty of unpublished the Rev . Sydney Letters Smith , and , several engraved unpublished on steel , fro Essays m a miniat and Poems ure on . II 1 trations ivory , the speciall property y exec of uted his granddaug for its pages hter , , Miss also Holland one of . great The volum interest e is , d enriched rawn in with 1840 , numerous by Mrs . Grote Illus- , whilst Sydney Smith's guest at Combe-Florey . There is also a facsimile of an autograph letter—now nlsp in the contains possessio ix considerable n of Sir Michael amount Hick of fresh s -Beach information , 3 LP . —addressed concerning to the Mrs life . Beach at Nether , Of Nether Avon , Edinburg Avon . h It , Foston Sydney , Smith and Combe ' s fidelity -Iflorey to , duty and at the every Author stage ' s endeavour of his career has , been the practical to illustrate benevolence , by an appeal which to marked facts , lis private life , and the courage' with which he used his great gifts for the public good . NEW WORK BY JOSEPH THOMSON , the African Explorer . Mr . Thomson has just returned from Eastern Africa , and is preparing an account of Iris recent most adventurous journej iin the MASAI COUNTRY , opening up an entirely new , shorter , and healthier route to THE VICTORIA NYANZA . Mr . Thomson has been . extremely fortunate in being the first to exploit an ENTIRELY UNIQUE REGIONethnographically and gqpgraphically—a region teeming with interest , containing such features at the first time as snowclad ; magnificent extinct mountain volcanoes ranges rising to reaching a height 14 of , 000 19 , 000 feet feet in altitude , and one ; p seen lateaux for I an elevation of 9 , 000 feet . Another feature discovered was the existence of a curious narrow meridional trough containing a series of beautiful lakes . Of this interesting country Mr . Thomson traversed over 1 , 000 miles entirely neiv to 9 M iP'dphers , and if the country is interesting the people are more so . He lias visited , five new tribes , and of these three are in a sense new to ethnology , differing from any tribes I I Mtherto hwl -hurt a Africa livel desc y . ribed time Caravan amo ; their ngst after customs these cara tribes are van . of has They the been most are annih astonishing the most ilated dreade b descri them d peop ption and le . of it Mr was the . Thomson whole onlb of y , y y I tnwhit a series ing of a liiclc series y accidents of enormous that he caves got . through them . Besides these lie discovered a tribe < ¦ I J C'ltar Mr ged . Thomsons by rhinoceroses personal and adventures bvffaloes while have hunt been ing of ; a once perilous tossed into character the air ; many and nearl times y j ¦ Uled , and at another tune in the midst of a herd of elephants . ¦ H I na The it u ivorh hoped will ivill be be full read y illustrated y for publication from Photograp in One octavo hs taken Volume by Mr befo . Thomson re Christmas bn route . , London : SAMPSON LOW , MARSTON , SEARLE , & RIVINGTON , H J * j ^»^ ^ Crown Buildings , 188 "" Fleet Street ' ¦ * , E . C . < - - " - " ffi ,

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