Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), 6th December 1886, Edition 1 of 1, Page 1539

I SAMPSON LDW ; MARSTON & C & 'S EIST I ( continued ) . I NEW BOOKS OF TRAVEL . Demy 8 ro . cloth extra , price 16 $ . I AN ARCTIC PROVINCE . —Alaska and the Seal Islands . By I Hbnby W . Elliott . Illustrated by many Drawings from Nature and Maps . I , CHAPTER HEADINGS : I . DISCOVEBY , OCCUPATION , AND TRANSFER . VII . THE QTJBST OF THE OTTER . I II . FEATURES OF THE SITKAN REGION . VIII . THE GREAT ALEUTIAN CHAIN . I HI . ABORIGINAL LIFE OF THE SITKANS . IX . WONDERFUL SEAL ISLANDS . I IV . THE ALPINE ZONE OF MOUNT ST . ELIAS . X . ' AMPHIBIAN MILLIONS . I V . COOK'S INLET AND ITS PEOPLE . XI . THE ALASKAN SEA-LION . I YI . THE GREAT ISLAND OF KADIiLK . XII . INNUIT LIFE AND LAND . I XIII . LONELY NOETHERN WASTES . I The FAR INTERIOR : a Narrative of Travel and of Adventure , I I Walter from the Cape Montag of Good u Kbrk Hope , , C across . E ^ P . t R he . Gr Zambesi . S . The , to Work the Lake is illustrated Region ^ with Central Sketches Africa b . y the By I Author , engraved by Mr . J . D . Cooper and others , and contains a carefully prepared Map from I a Special Surrey by the Autbor . In 2 vols . demy 8 vo . cloth , price 32 s . I I races Eeg Being ions . For , Mr the example . Kerr first white g , ives his man book many irho co ori ntains h g ^ s accomp l the descr first lislied iptions account the of of Journey hitherto thei" Makorikori northward nntravelled peo from p lands le . the Cape and little to the -known Lake H adventure 'This is , described one of the in most the pleasantest charming books of sub of -humorous travel that styles we . ev The . gr remem author ber -travelled to have through read . It regions is full of in incide the wilds nt and of ¦ I Central Africa where no white man had ever been before , alone and unaided . . , t ~; rind so we congratulate Mr . Kerr on II record having for got his through readers bis . '— - troubles Spectator so . successfully , with - honour ' to himself and the English name , and with so pleasant a " ¦ > I ' There are some good things i a the book ; amusing incidents with the natives , hunting adventures , and surprises of I I which various he kinds passed . Of on special the South value of , the in our Zambesi estim , at i s on , is i as the of information the interesting which Tegion . Mr . Kerr , between gives that ot the river new and country Lake through Nyassa . I I The the new numerou country s woo through dcut illustrations which Mr . Kerr are exceedingly passed . '—The satisfactory Times . , and there is a very useful map , showing the features of I 'Contains much that will interest many readers . '—Mornin g Post . J I tolling * Mr . ' . — Kerr Manches has a te bright r , Examiner , vivacious . style , and it is unnecessary to say that he lias many things | to tell that are | worth * Traveller and travels alike are interesting . The story is a graphic one geographically told . '—Pall Mall Gazette . — *—'To all interested in geography and ethnology , as well as to the lover of stirring adventure , these two handsome i volumes cannot fail to supply pleasant and congenial reading . '—Glasgow Heuald . THREE THOUSAND MILES through BRAZIL . By James W . Wells , M . Inst . C . E ., F . R . G . S . With Illustrations and Maps . In 2 vols . demy 8 vo . cloth , 32 s . I the A valleys narrat of ive the of RLo the Para scenes opeba and and incidents the upper of a Rio long Sao journey Francisco in the , an in d ter in io travels r , in carry and ing explorations out surveys that © f extended from Rio de Janeiro to Maranhao . ! the ' The curious book mixed abounds life with of th amusement ^ interior . . He It is has written succeeded in a gay not and only rollicking in making spirit a readable , sparkles and with amusing graphic book sketches , but in of conveying a fairly adequate conception of the social conditions of Brazil . '—Times . | J fri ' . ' James These handsomely G-azette . illustrated volumes are full of interest and instruction . Prom start to - finish ——— it never flag 3 . '— , Iiruzii 'The . '— book South is American more valuable Journa and l . replete with information than . any other published in England with . respect to through 'This which book throws the author a clear travelled and new . '— -Fik light ld . upon the geographical and physical features of that portion of the Empire 'The best book of travels in Brazil which lias yet appeared . '—Pall Mall Gazette . tuitions 'The from work his furnishes own pen a , lifelike and his p route icture and of what the surveying the author - work lias accomplished seen : his narrative can be is traced embellishe on a inaj d with ) far pretty superior illus to - j what is usually met with in English books of travel . '—Atiien'veum . ; 'Mr . Wells has a certain gift for character-sketching ; and the judge , who was hia companion for a part of his long t ; journey Ji lm , with ; the all pretty his linguistic Brazilian appurtenances girl , who " did , into so want the far to -off get land married , arc ; " brightly and the descri cockney bed , for whose our fortunes amusement have . . brought . . The illustrations 11 u id has considerabl are good e claims enough to for attention their . purpose '—Mornin , and t a Poht altogether . the account of a long journey through n , little-known I ' Thelively , genial , and thoroughly genuine spirit which pervades these two handsome volumes , giving a jinrrative of I the them Itio scenes Sfto to Prancisoo many and , incidents and , and especially in of travels a to long those and journey who explorations . may in the be interior seeking that , extended in fresh carrying flol from ds out and Rio surveys pastures de Janeiro of new the to Rio for Maranhao Pa the raopeba investment , will and recommend the of capital upper . ; l nap . . showing The work the is route instructive taken , by extremely the author interesting , and altogether , and at the the ewanelbinie work is highly one of amusing the most . . . entertaining . There Is also that an excellent come before the public for a long time . Indeed , it is , to our mind , the book of the soaaon . '—European Mail .. I

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