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    I Books Keceited:— From Messrs. Baillier...

    ; From Messrs . Kerby & Endean . —* Mythology , Greek and Koman / translated from the German

    of Friedrich Nosselt by Mrs . Angus W . Hall . A volume of seventy-seven sketches based upon the classical legends -which are so familiar to the

    ' public schoolboy , but are , as Mrs . Hall remarks in the preface , ' generally a sealed book to the young ^ g - ^ ¦ " K ^ 9 . ' As ~~^ a ¦ reading ^^ ' ^^ ^ riv ^»^ w V hv ^ h ^ K -book pi ^ p- ^^ ^ PP ^ pp ^ pf for ^^ ^^ ^™ " home ¦ ^ " ^^ ^^ " ^^ or ^ school " ™^ " ^^ " ^ —

    use the volume -will form a welcome variation on the ordinary school book , while it will supply ¦ \ those ^ v ^^^^ v ^^ p ^^^ - ^ v who v v ^ v ^^ ^^ p * never ^ v ^ pi ^^ p * W ^ F ^^ B proceed H ^ V ^ K ^ W ^ . P * ^^ ^^^ ^^^ w to ^ iv ^ P' the ^* " ^^^^ ^^ ^ stud ^^ ^^ ^^^ P * ^^^™ y W of ^^ ^^ the ™^ ^ " ^

    classics in the original with a sufficient knowledge of the old myths to enable them to understand I classical allusions pb when --- they - meet 1 - -- with - ¦ them in

    ^^ P - ^— - — ~ - — — ¦ — H - ^^^ T H - ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^ PP ^ PP ^ pP •^^ ^^» *^^^»™^^^ ^ » ^^ " ^^^ ^^ " ^ ^^^^ _^_^^ g ____ _ — — ^—^—^^ H ^^^^^^ H — ordinary reading . ^^ ^ From - ^— ^ ^^ — ~~ ^ Messrs p ^ p *^^^» ^^ mr »^ " VpV ^^ B' W . V * S ^^^ ¦ V . ^ Low ^ B ^ BW ^^^ V , ^ B Marston ™^ p" *™— ¦ ^ —— ' - — ^ — & — - --- Co - ^^ - —~ . ^ — ' Through - ¦ — — —— - ^^ ^^ p « ' ——

    Masai Land : a journey of exploration amid the snow-clad volcanic mountains and strange tribes of ~ Eastern Bih E b quatorial /¦¦¦¦¦ Africa' bJosep ¦ h

    Thomson ^_ ^^^^— ^^ W vp , ^ F ^^ . R . G p ^^^ ^ . mm S . . ^» ^^ This — - — handsom —— —— - , ely y illustrated w ^» ^ p ^ " — J *^ — work throws into a popular form the record of the — ' — — p Koyal rrrpw ^ p- ^ p ^ p ¦> ^ pra ^ B Geograp " ^ ap ^ oppr ¦¦¦ ^^ ^ H ^ h ^ " ^ " ^ ¦•*¦ hical ^^^ " ^ ~ ^ " ^ Society — ^^ — _ . W '—¦ s ^ Expedition ^™—¦—« r ^^ - ^^ p—v - ^ v ^^^ pr w ^^ ^ - ^^ ^^^^ to ' ^ ^ '

    Mount Kenia and Lake Victoria Nyanza , in 1883 and 1884 , of which the author was the head . Mr . Thomsonin his modestly written prefacetells us

    . that , althoug , h only twenty-six years of , age , he has undertaken three separate expeditions into the interior of Africa , and therefore he disclaims

    any possession of what he terms the graces of literature or an elegant style , and tells us that he — ' has ~ -- » - ™ r * poure w-- ^ ^» ^^^— ^^ d w ^ ^ forth ^* - ^^ ^ w W «»^» ^ his P ^^^ B ¦ ii narrati — - »^ ^^ " ^ ¦ iw - ^ " » ve » - ^^ ^ red ^ ^^ ^ V ^ - * hot ^^^» «^ ^ r « , without ^ » ^ B v ^ B ^ v ^ . ¦ r ^ - »'

    any delicate weighing of words , or conning over of sentences , content that his meaning be expressed , whatever might be its guise / For this apology

    there was in reality little need , and whatever roughness of style there may be about the narrative is more than compensated for by the

    knowledge that it is the result of personal experience and the record of a journey full of danger and adventure which will make the reader proud to

    claim the young traveller as his fellow-countryman . Although touched by Vasco di Gama at the outset ¦¦ of 11 ¦ East »» Central bb f ¦ African h bh h discovery ^ pp » ¦ *

    ~ —~ ™ ^— ~— ~~ ' ^ - ^ ^ - ^— ^^»»^^^— ^^^—^^ ^^ v ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^ r a ^ ^»^^^^^ ^*^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ v v ^^^^ vr ^ vr ^ . ^^ p ^^^ p y ^^^ ^^^ ^ h nothing was done for several centuries in the way of exploration of the interior until as recent a date as 1842 , when the Rev . Dr . Krapf , a

    missionary , was commissioned to visit East Africa . In 1847 a colleague of this gentleman penetrated the cultivated coast regionand

    in the next year reached Ohaga , and would , have made further explorations if a robbery by an unscrupulous — — - ^ - ^» - — - ~— - jv w _ - ^ v ^^ v chief - ^ p > ^^ . v ^^ mm had mMtm ^^^ ^^ v not pk ^ - ^^ * p * . served ^ pt - ^ ^^ » ¦ ^» . ¦ ** to " * ^^ dishearten h ^ rt * ^ tm «^ ' ^^ ffta ^* " ^^ * b ^

    him . Krapf then went forth again , but with little better result , and it was reserved for Baron von der Decken to ascend Kilimanjaro to a heig ht

    Masai ot of 14 14 ,. 000 000 country feet feet . , . but but Hildebrandt . he hn . , too t . nr » , failed failed , the to tn naturalist pn enter f- ^ r thee , made ~ — — ^ another ~ - —• — — - ~^ ~ - ^ ~^ effort - ^ — - — ' ^ T' ^^ ^^ , m but i v ^ ^ ' ^ p' failed ¦ ™ . ^ ¦ ¦¦• ^ . ^ w "'^ to ^ a ' ^^^ produce v . r v * ^ ipr ^ w ^ vjip ^ pr ^ pp" . ¦ any ^ u ^ ^ V

    possessed appreciable , and addition thus the to Masai the knowledge remained alread an un y - known — — — land - — - - — - unti — - ^ ¦ —^ "" l ¦¦—» in ^~ ' —^^ 1877 ¦— ¦¦ ^^ p » ^ f ^ the - ^ ^^^^ m —¦ ¦ Royal " —¦ - ^^ m ^^ - ^ r ^^ pj Geographical - ^ . v « ^^ p ^^ pv ¦ v ^ k " ^ ^¦^^ ' ¦ 4 pr ^^^^* B ^ p ^ ^^^ . B *

    Society took up the matter . The Society did not arrive at a decision until 1882 , when it was resolved » ¦ » to despa i r » tch ¦ Mr ¦ . Thomson » with

    in-^ ™ - — T ^ " — ^ " ~ ^^^ ^»^ ¦ ¦ ^"^^ P ^ - ^~— —^ ¦ ^ - ^^ — " ^ p ^ ^ pp ' ' T ^ ^ ¦ ¦ ¦ —^ p ^ p * ' v ^^^ . ¦ v T ^^ VP . 0 ^ V * . ^ fitructions to ascertain if a practicable direct route , for European travellers , existed through the Masai country from any one of the East African ports

    to Victoria Nyanza , and to examine Mount Kenia . Accordingly , on Dec . 13 , 1882 , he embarked for

    the the East East and and reached reached Zanzibar Zanzibar , , wher where e he he pro nro--ceeded to make his preliminary arrangements . Having ^^ ^» PJ ^ " ^ P" ^^ P 1 ^ V ^ PA chosen ^^^ P ^ P ^ ^ W ^ P ^ P' ^^^ P »^ " ^ " ^ W his ^^^^* P ^ ^ " ^^^ ' yoke ^ P pi r ^ ^ ^ T ^ -fellows ^ i ™ ' ~ - ^ ^^ » ^ - ^ ^ H / he « i ^ - ^ proceeded ^ t ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^**^ ^^*^ PP

    1 b on een his / and ' walking very vividly tour , ' for does such he tells it seem ue of al have l he I eaw and heard , illustrating his record with

    exon cellent the sketches epot and . * The ive engraved pic exact tur from es idea ^ of photographs of the their natifeg tat ^ 1 I

    resort p numerous hysiognomy to numberless , and g | strangeness an expedients of in order costume to pecajS , obta j ^ ^

    friendl J he his ^ m » * ** ¦ * produced ¦* seances * m y «• co ^*_* "v -operation / Vw as « A wonderful % in the v ^ ^ V ^ % Wizard is VM amusin ju * effects tji . *> *¦ j of •> . n _ g j-llI the l y b described Jm North _ his *^* uu « . _ vrh WUPfl ^ and ^ ** **

    battery , proved a genuine success . y The galvanic deserit ) . tion ¦ s of ¦ the ¦ natural scenery are remarkabl - ^ p- i h

    — - — — ' —— ^ - — ' " — — — — — — — - ^ m — — ^^ ^^ p « % 0 ^ AhVb m M m ^ m ^^ mmM ^ fo done ulness , and of the the pestilential dangers to coast travellers region from are ^ y full the y

    set forth : and things "Whichever marshes , and th way , rough swarming the traveller these with he choo must horrid ? es he wade , finds creeping by foul the swann , slimr hour together vkA \< 4 He t t leav « vl « es the ¦ »« r to w >> r slip uiau and TTl flounder

    Bai black w ^ p * w ^ x n f f alla etid . . frequently mud n r , fro « ^ pp ** - ' m in - " which ^ - » swamp torrents * *» »^* - » - rise pfc , unpleasant and numerous I V , t UvUIJllrr exhalations almost over fllVOV fills unfordable U & A & VAUMM the ai UW s with tream * . V . * m poisonous s w ^ obstruct ^ »» ru *** . ^* ^* « # his « . & 4 V *^ way If « VJ nd # . the Hotting > - « VI water / i / llllC vegetation * CKCLaLlAfl he

    is charged r with the germs of gases the disease , a . drinb ¦ A journey ¦ such as this needs ¦ i its reward P / s W ¦ at H ¦¦ ¦ the HPP

    ^^^^^^^ P ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^™ ^^^^^ ^^ " ^^^^ ^ " ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ " ^ — ^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^ pr ^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ . end , and the country ultimately reached was an absolute delight to the traveller . The sight of

    Mount Mount Kenia Kenia was was , , he he tells tells us us . , like like that that of of the ?}» Sacred Stone of Mecca to the pilgrim , and he gives p ^^ p . v - * -v ~^ to -v — the . ^ . — — view --- — --- at --- the - -- ed ~ - ge ^ p _ ^ of , the _ - L _ — y ^ g ki mm ^^^ piap —^ ^ m m j ^ lateau *^« W ^/^ P > %%

    the palm for beauty over anything which he had seen in the other lake regions of the country : — rising above Imagine the with sea , if le yo vel u great , can and abr , a twenty uptness trough miles or both depression broad sides , the to mountains 3 , 300 height feet

    of dazzling rising 9 , 000 wiiu expa feet very very . nse In klvhu of the water uui centre , glit / ucaa tering of on uu this uuiu like depression amtra a mirror mi a u in acign lies the a fierce rays of a tropical sun . Almost in its centre rises a picturesque piuuujkcai of Nature island j . 9 it » uii surrounded Quiiuuuucu emeralds in by ujr four ivui smaller euxaiicc islets loieio — — of n a

    bu group rnished silver . ' s Round the irregularly a dazzling -shaped setting lake appears a strip of pale grre ° n , which indicates a marshy border tains spreads , and in a an very outer dark circle green extending area , which np to yon the know moan to * be tabletopped acacia treesA remarkable reiuunuiuit assemblage usb

    of produce ue straight * i / HrUie *« - an pAB -vuppeu lines impressive , wall maiium «¦ - like * and « bi ¦ extensions etsa quite . . ^ v unique , and * A landscape angular ] ciuuio . outlines ¦«* ^ c Mr mmim ^ k *^ . T M ^ homson jfcp ^^ t- ^ a ^*» f « r- * a ' aw s descriptions ¦ «»• ^ p » *•* » p »^ ^ Fp » **^ ¦»»»¦ « m »^* of ^ p- a i the « - > ^» - peop »* ^ W" le are

    just uniforml as minute y good and . A telling more , interesting and his pictures book has are not issued from the press for many a long day , and it can scarcely fail to meet with a "wide

    popularity . From Messrs . Macmillan & Co . —' Letters to

    describing of Guy homel , ' by y Lad descri the y B habits ptions arker of ( of Lad the letters y Broome natives from , ) . the Australia A scenery budget , of the countryand the fMV life & of / the # ^ # English

    \ JK 1 / J . JIW V / VU 1 AUJ . «« LAV « . AA ^< - VJL «« v -- *—O mation residents as to and the Jy visitors , colony . is Much conveyed interesting in a p leasant inforand easy fashionand it will be pleasant reading

    for boys and girls , . MessrsBoutledge & Sons —Marryat iu ' ft

    From JCAU 111 JUDOOia . . JLVUUUXDUgO U > KJVJLLO . . .. M- ^ --Marryat iuari ' Poor Jack ' o s novels uuv / juvenile were wcio firs iuoi edition t ; p puunsucu ublished . When , , th mw ey ; Captai mostly —— - . n

    Jack appeared ' was in an the exception usual three . It -volume came out form about . ' fo ? ° rty ° years engravings ago after in shilling drawings parts b , Clarkson demy octavo StanfieW , into .

    Jack Messrs ' in . fioutledge octavo & Sons for have y now ^ iasued generation 'P ' ,

    in a bright crown -looking binding a , yo and unger with reproductions of the original illustrations .

    From ' Prooamia Messrs Grseca . Simpkin : a Book , Marshall of Easy , and & Enter Co . — - taining faim ' ntr Extracts T ? vt ™ ata in in A A ttic t . tit * Greek f 3-T » AATr . / ' by bv A * ie * ** - '

    , Waugh Young , M . A . A reading-book for young Pausanias students , drawn Xenop Jrotn hon Strabo Aristotle , Herodotus JBac , ^ nyl ^ P ™ ' '

    Sophocles , and other authors , , the p ieces cl * Jr being light and attractive anfl well calc ^ j ^^ jj

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Feb. 2, 1885, page 94, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_02021885/page/10/