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910. DESCRIPTION, TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE.
Chic., Rand & McNally, 1889 $1.50
An interesting account of eight months of actual experience with the Arctic whalemen.
Il.N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1892 $2.50
Sketches of Kentucky life and manners embracing most entertaining descriptions.
Bost., D. Lothrop, 1892 $2.25
Il.N. Y., Putnam's Sons, 1894 $1.50
A remarkable work. The author is a poet, an artist, a wonder worker in words.
N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1892 $1.75
A book of interesting- and exciting adventure.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1894 $1.25
Describes the domestic and social life of Japanese women of various classes from childhood to old age in the country and the town.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1893 $1.25
Of remarkable value and delightfully readable.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1896 $1.50
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1891 $1.50
The popular success of his former books of travel insured the flattering reception which this volume has received.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1897 $1.50
A comprehensive view of the island of Cuba, past and present, and the author depicts the political and moral darkness which have so long enshrouded it.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1891 $1.50
It is a book of books on foreign travel, and deserves to be in the hands of all readers as combining just the qualities to give the greatest information and zest.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1896 $1
An animated, instructive and readable narrative of a journey to Alaska.
Barnes, J. Yankee ships and Yankee sailors.
N. Y., Macmillan Co., 1897 $1.50
Old adventures in new setting, described in a breezy, captivating style.
Baxter, S. Cruise of a land-yacht.
Bost., Little, Brown & Co., 1891 $1.75
Biart, J. L. The Aztecs. Chic., McClurg, & Co., 1892 $2
The author of this work ranks as the best living authority on this subject. He is a distinguished French scientist who spent twenty-four years in Mexico.
Bigelow, P. Borderland of Czar and Kaiser.
N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1895 $2
Notes on both sides of the Russian frontier.
― White man’s Africa.N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1897 $2.50
The brightest, the most comprehensive, and the most impartial of the dozens of books that have been published since recent developments gave occasion for book making on this subject.
Bird, I. L. (afterwards Mrs. Bishop.) Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan.
Il. N. Y., Putnam’s Sons, 1891; 2 vols. $6.50
This fascinating and interesting work fully maintains the author’s well earned reputation as a traveler of the first order and a graphic and picturesque writer.
N. Y., Revell & Co., 1897 $2
The facilities enjoyed by the author have been exceptional. She has been honored by the confidence and friendship of the king and the late queen, and has had access to valuable sources of information.
― A lady’s life in the Rocky Mountains.
Il. N. Y., Putnam’s Sons, 1894 $1.75
These delightful letters are a faithful picture of the country and state of society as it was twenty years ago.
Il. N. Y., Putnam’s Sons, 1894 $2.25
This work has always been considered one of the most thorough descriptions of the Sandwich islands yet written.
Il. N. Y., Putnam’s Sons, 1880; 2 vols. $5
The book is one of exceptional brilliancy and value. N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1896 $2.50
A volume of contemporary exploration and adventure.
N. Y., Tait & Sons, 1894 $1
This book has a value far beyond the mere skill of the narrative as those who are acquainted with the melancholy history of the late Captain Boyd will readily understand.
Il.N. Y., Holt & Co., 1891 $2.50
This talented traveler not only saw everything thoroughly but she records her impressions faithfully and accurately.
Il.N. Y., Holt & Co., 1890 $2.50
A most interesting book of travels by a popular and talented writer.
Il.N. Y., Holt & Co., 1890 $2.50
Author shows change that passed over Constantinople between 1874 and 1878, a change from the bright and glittering to all that was dull and wretched.
Il.N. Y., Century Co., 1894 $1.50
The characters are a party of bright boy's and girls who visit the city of Washington, and knowing how to use their eyes and ears find out all about the government of the United States.
N. Y., Harper & Bros., n. d. $2
Graphic and interesting descriptions of a part of the country which is comparatively unknown.
Phila., American Baptist Pub. Society, 1898 $1
An account of a Welsh family that went to South America and settled in Chili in the city of Iquique.
Bost., Wilde & Co., 1898 $1.50
The narrative is told in such a way as to give the ancient legends of Guatemala, the story of the chieftain, Nicaragua, the history of the Central American Republics and the natural history of these countries.
Bost., Wilde & Co., 1897 $1.50
The subject is an inspiring one, and Mr. Butterworth has done full justice to the high ideals which have inspired the great men of South America.
N. Y., Appleton, 1899 $1.50
Relates the adventures of the voyage, the discovery of the Philippines, and the completion of the first circumnavigation of the globe, more wonderful and engrossing than any fiction.
Bost., Estes & Lauriat, n. d. $1.75
Describes a trip across the continent and South America.
Bost., Estes & Lauriat, n. d. $1.75
A volume of the popular household or Zenāna stories of India.
Bost., Estes & Lauriat, n. d. $1.75
A light narrative of travel takes the reader to the places most conspicuously associated with German history, tradition, literature and art.
N. Y., Putnam's Sons, 1892 $6
A narrative of hunting trips, north, south, east and west.
N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1894 $1.50
The book gives a lively account of the author's famous drive with a party of friends on a coach through England and Scotland. Mr. Carnegie is an entertaining writer and the record of his novel journey is delightful.
N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1890 $1.50
His pages excite our attention unfailingly throughout. The book is sparkling and has a distinctive and strong style.
Cin., Robert Clarke Co., 1895 $1.50
The descriptive portion of this work contains a succinct, though comprehensive treatment of the various scientific and popular features of the Park.
Coates, E. (Sara Jeanette Duncan pseud.) Social departure.
Il.N. Y., Appleton, n. d. $1.75
A humorous description of the adventures of an enterprising English girl and her Canadian chaperone.
Il.N. Y., Putnam's Sons, 1882 $2
He describes what he sees, interestingly and vividly.
Il.N. Y., Putnam's Sons, 1890 $2
These pages contain a good proportion of those circumstantial experiences and details of observations which are the life and color of books of travel.
Il.N. Y., Harper & Bros., n. d. $1.50
Entertaining account of an army woman's daily life in Dakota.
Il.N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1890 $1.50
Mrs. Custer has a racy, dashing style of narration. The scene of this story is laid, for the most part, in Kansas. It is vividly told and rich in entertainment.
Il.N. Y., Webster & Co., 1893 $1
Garrison and camp life with General Custer in Texas and Kansas.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1885 $1
An accurate and authentic narrative of a little more than two years spent as a common sailor in the American merchant service.
N. Y., Thos. Nelson, 1893 $2
Researches in natural history and geology during the voyage of H. M. S. "Beagle."
N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1892 $1.25
Mr. Davis narrates what he saw and heard during a brief tour of observation in Texas and in the mining regions of the "Great Divide."
Il.N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1895 $1
A few lecture notes thrown into popular form make a very good general sketch of East Central Africa.
N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1891 $1.75
In this strange and weird country the author traveled alone, making friends with various tribes, always being passed on from one to another with friendly commendation.
Il.N. Y., Harper & Bros., n. d., 2v. $7.50
An account of the peninsula of Scandinavia, and of the life of its people, during a sojourn in the country of nearly five years.
Il.N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1899 $2
The narrative moves swiftly and is marked by great buoyancy of spirits, having all the stirring qualities of adventurous autobiography.
Il.N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1869 $1.50
M. Du Chaillu has the faculty of making all he says interesting, and there is a charm that reminds the reader of the thrill with which "Robinson Crusoe" was first read.
Il.N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1870 $1.50
Tale of a land situated near the equator, where the people are strange and superstitious, and the land rugged and beautiful.
Il.N. Y., Harper & Bros., n. d. $1.50
Il.N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1868 $1. 50
The author leads his readers into the great forests of equatorial Africa.
N. Y., Routledge & Sons, n. d. $2.50
A revision has been made and the author has corrected some of the historical notes by the light of later discoveries, but has left the narrative untouched.
Phila., Jacobs & Co., 1896 $1
An invaluable contribution to the literature of Antarctic discovery.
N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1893 $2
Vivid and interesting descriptions
Il.N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1888 $2
Gibraltar's unique position, its picturesqueness and its history, all make it rich in an interest the author has done full justice to.
N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1891 $1.50
The author's purpose is to engage the interest of his American reader for a country which has had a great history, and which may have a not less glorious future.
Il.N. Y., Macmillan Co., 1894 $3
Studies from life among the Chinese
Chic, J. F. Finerty, 1890 $2
These memoirs aim at laying before the public the adventures, privations, heroism, and horrors of our last great Indian wars.
N. Y., Macmillan Co., 1891 $1.50
A collection of contributions by the great war correspondent of the London Daily News.
N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1895 $2
A brilliant and exciting narrative, and the drawings add much to its interest and value.
Il.N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1893 $1.50
The work presents, besides graphic pictures of travel, an extended study, rich in facts and entertaining in style.
Il.Bost., Knight & Co., 1891 $2.25
Chats with young people on incidents of travel, and the physical wonders of the world; introduces some history and several interesting tales translated from foreign languages.
N. Y., Putnam's Sons, n. d. 2 vols., ea. 75c
The traveller through Greece and Italy could scarcely find another guide so competent as Mr. Freeman.
j French, H. W. Our boys in India. (The roundabout books.)
Il.Bost., C. E. Brown, 1892 $1.75
A story of thrilling adventure narrated in a bright and breezy way which attracts and holds the attention of the youthful reader.
N. Y., Worthington Co., 1891 $2.50
This book will make the reader better acquainted with the picturesque beauties of the "Emerald Isle" than any work of the kind before published.
Bost., D. Lothrop, n. d. $1.50
The story of two boys with an important mission which takes them, through arctics and tropics.
Il.Lond. and N. Y., Ward, Lock & Co., 1893 $1.50
A narration of actual occurrences during the dawn and development of maritime glories to the 18th century.
N. Y., Macmillan Co., 1899 $1.50
A record of travel in prose and verse.
N. Y., DeWitt Pub. House, n. d. $2
Mr. Glave remained for six years in the heart of Africa, making many expeditions on his own responsibility and living a life full of novelty and adventure.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., n. d. $1.50
A volume on some of the minor episodes of history.
Il.N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1893 $2
The scope of this volume is confined to explorations of great importance or peculiar interest, made by men of American birth; there are two exceptions: Du Chaillu and Stanley.
Il.N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1894 $5
An account of the Lady Franklin Bay expedition of 1881-84, with illustrations from photographs taken by the party.
Il.Bost., C. E. Brown, 1892 $1.75
This book is intended to make young Americans better acquainted with their good neighbors who inhabit the "Land of the Rising Sun."
Il.Bost., D. Lothrop, n. d. $1.50
Fresh, piquant, graphic, full of delicate humor, these books are unequalled by any books of similar character.
Il.Bost, D. Lothrop, 1894 $1.50
A delightful book made up of history, travel, description and anecdote.
Il.Bost., D. Lothrop, 1886 $1.50
An entertaining description of the natural beauties of Mexico, its climate, inhabitants and civilization.
Il.Bost., D. Lothrop, n. d. $1.50
This is one of a most interesting- series on travels through Europe.
Il.Bost., C. E. Brown, 1892 $1.25 and $1.75
A boy's adventures by sea and land.
Bost., Lee & Shepard, n. d. $1
An old man's story of a young man's adventures.
N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1893 $1
Adventures in various parts of the world selected from the narratives of celebrated travelers.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1895 2 vols. $4
These volumes embrace twenty-seven sketches of the life of the un-Europeanized Japan.
Il.N. Y., Harper & Bros., n. d. $2
Some of the literary results of a two years residence on these islands form the bulk of the present volume.
Il.Bost., Lee & Shepard, n. d. $1.50
The explorers of various nations are represented in this book. There are Northmen, Italians, Englishmen, French, Spanish and Dutch.
Il.Lond., T. F. Unwin,, 1891 15s.
Description of the Arab nomad tribes, their simple but impressive manners and customs and of the great solitudes they inhabit.
Il.N. Y., Longmans, Green & Co., 1895 $2
This volume is neither a defense, apology, criticism nor panegyric. It is rather an explanation. Facts are dealt with rather than opinions.
Il.N. Y., Appleton, 1892 $1.50
A story of camping and fishing adventures. Combines entertainment and instruction.
Il.N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1886 $3
The experience of a hunter and naturalist in India, Ceylon, etc.
N. Y., Appleton, 1897 $1.50
It is a picture, which brings before us the sweep and splendid majesty of the plains.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1888 $1.25
Very bright travel sketches in Germany and Switzerland.
Chic, Rand & McNally, 1897
This volume gives much valuable information in regard to the Yukon district.
N. Y., Harper & Bros., n. d. $2
Sketches of life in the Rocky mountains in 1874.
N. Y., Macmillan Co., 1897 $3.50
The story of this romantic highway is for the first time given adequately, and at length by Col. Henry Inman, who knew the trail for a third of a century.
N. Y., Macmillan Co., 1898 $3.50
This new book makes a direct appeal to our common love of a good story, and it gains much from the fact that many of the men who move in its pages still live and that their deeds are part of history.
N. Y., Putnam's Sons, n. d. $1.50
These sketches were not intended to form a continuous narrative, but to give an idea of the habits and customs of the Indian tribes whom the author visited.
Il.N. Y., Crowell & Co., n. d. $1.50
The work is equal in literary value to "The Sketch Book," and the descriptions are beautiful.
Bost., Roberts Bros., 1893 $1.25
H. H.'s choice of words is in itself a study of color. This is a most charming volume.
N. Y., Roberts Bros., 1893 $1.50
The volume has few of the characteristics of a book of travel. It is entertaining and readable from cover to cover.
Il.N. Y., Century Co., 1893 $1.50
It was a happy thought of Mr. Jenks to take a couple of bright young fellows and their tutor to the exposition and to chronicle their experiences and talk.
N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1899 $1.25
The true story of a young man who enlisted in the early eighties in a company of Texas rangers. The book is as thrilling as a border romance.
Il.N. Y., New Amsterdam Book Co., 1899 $2
A popular account of one of the most brilliant pieces of exploring work in any country.
N. Y., Century Co., 1891 2 vols. $6
No series of articles has ever attracted a wider interest throughout the civilized world.
Il.N. Y., Macmillan Co., 1895 $2.50
The studies of character are lifelike and fair; the narrative portions are full of picturesque touches.
Phila., Coates & Co., n. d. (Alta ed.) 50c
Il.N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1883 $3
Author has constructed an account of travel and adventure that is true in every respect save in the individual characters portrayed.
Il.N. Y., Harper & Bros., n. d. $3
In addition to using his own notes and observations, the author has consulted many previous and some subsequent travelers.
Il.N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1879 $3
Il.N. Y., Harper & Bros., n. d. $3
The reader gains a very thorough knowledge of the chief points of interest in Mexico, also of its social and political history, resources, etc.
Il.N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1892. $3
The reader will find the same characters and the same form of talk, observations, etc., as in the other volumes of the series.
N. Y., Harper & Bros., n. d. $3
The incidents in the narrative were mainly the experiences of the author at a recent date.
Il.N. Y., Harper & Bros., n. d. $3
A realistic picture of South America, the many varieties of people that form its population, their governments as we find them today, and their history from ancient times.
Il.N. Y., Harper & Bros., n. d. $3
Adventures of two youths in Russia with an account of a tour across Siberia, a visit to Central Asia and a historical sketch of the empire from its foundation to the present time.
Il.N. Y., Button & Co., 1895 $2.50
A narrative of sport and adventure in South Africa, submitted for the reader's instruction and amusement.
Bost., Wilde & Co., 1895 $1.50
Adventures of two youths in a journey through the Sahara desert.
Bost., Wilde & Co., 1896 $1.50
This work recounts adventures in Australia and gives an excellent account of the country and its remarkable plants and animals.
Il.N. Y., Putnam's Sons, 1888 $2.50
Marco Polo needs no introduction. He is revered as the greatest of all travelers in the middle ages.
Il.N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1881 $2.50
Author has sought to convey information in such a form that it will amuse as well as instruct.
N. Y., Appleton, n. d. $1.25
The life and explorations of Lieutenant James Booth Lockwood of the Greely Arctic expedition.
N. Y., Bonnell, Silver & Co., 1897 $1.25
The route herein portrayed is over the northern frontier—a journey of surpassing interest.
N. Y., Harper & Bros., n. d. $1.75
A book intended to stimulate young countrymen, who are to be the future guardians of the Republic, to a more extended perusal of our national history, and the biographies of the principal actors in it.
N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1896 $2.50
An account of four years' travel in Australia, and of camp life with the aborigines of Queensland.
Il.N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1893 $2.50
Each chapter is a monograph upon some special subject connected with romance, history, social customs, etc.
N. Y., Century Co., 1892 $1.50
A book for young folks, describing- some of the out-of-the-way-wonders of the west.
N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1893 $1.25
A truthful record of sortie of the experiences and impressions of a walk across the continent—the diary of a man who got outside the fences of civilization and was glad of it.
N. Y., Stokes & Co., 1895 $2.50
Describes the adventures of a party of explorers and hunters in the Himalayas.
Il.Chic, Rand & McNally, 1893 $1
There is no man living who is more thoroughly competent to write a book of the wild west than Alexander Majors.—W. F. Cody, "Buffalo Bill."
Il.N. Y., Cassell & Co., n. d. $2
Miss Marsden spent two winters among the lepers of Siberia and tells of their frightful sufferings in detail.
N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1892 $1.50
A variety of amusing traveling experiences.
N. Y., Harper & Bros., n. d. $1.25
An interesting description of a trip taken on foot from Gibraltar to the Bosphorus.
N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1894 $1
A volume treating upon the habits of animals in the tropical regions.
Phila., Lippincott, 1896 4 vols; per set $6
These volumes provide for the shut-in and stay-at-home a delightful means of acquaintance with the scenes and customs, the history and legends of the wide world.
N. Y., Dodd, Mead & Co., 1896 $1.50
This is a particularly interesting account of an American's sojourn in the land of cherry blossoms, telling of the every day home life of the Japanese.
N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1880 $1.50
This work gives the general characteristics, the haunts, habits, and the best methods of hunting the largest class of game.
N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1897 $3
Nowhere in the whole history of polar exploration is there a more thrilling story.
N. Y., Longmans, Green & Co., 1897 $2.50
An account of the daring journey through the floe-ice off the east coast, and the heroic crossing to the west coast, intact.
Chic, McClurg & Co., 1897 $1.50
The narrative is filled with so many interesting glimpses of sights and scenes in many lands as to render it thoroughly entertaining.
N. Y., Dodd, Mead & Co., 1884 $1.50
Author shows the shadows as well as the lights of this phase of sea life.
Il.N. Y., Dodd, Mead & Co., 1877 $1
Author's aim is to give a plain, common sense picture of that over which a false romance throws many charms.
Il.Bost., D. Lothrop, 1894 $2.25
This volume purposes to accredit the work of American explorers in a region toward which the world still looks with interest and unsatisfied inquiry.
Bost., Estes & Lauriat, 1887 $1.50 and $2
The boys visit Florida, and have surprising adventures with alligators, and some wonderful fishing episodes.
Bost, Estes & Lauriat, 1890 $1.50
An account of a trip along the coast of the dark continent, caravan journeys, and a visit to a pirate city, with stories of lion hunting and life among the Moors.
Bost., Estes & Lauriat, 1892 $1.50 and $2
It is a cleverly composed book, beautifully illustrated, and well adapted to guide the youthful mind through the maises of the Toltec, Aztec, and modern Mexican civilization.
Bost., Estes & Lauriat, 1889 $1.50 and $2
Mr. Ober gives an excellent picture of Spain and the Spaniards, told in his own inimitable style.
Bost., Estes & Lauriat, 1891 $1.50 and $2
Contains stories of the exploits of the pirates of the Spanish Main. The club on this journey visits South America, Caracas, La Guayra, etc.
N. Y., Appleton, 1899 $1.50
The author here presents the result of his observations at different times during an acquaintance with the island from 1880, when he visited every port of importance.
N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1899 $1.50
An account of a trip to the Klondyke in 1898, full of personal incidents and details of the route, the mines and life in Dawson City.
Bost., Little, Brown & Co., 1894 $1
This ever popular book for young and old describes a journey among the Indian camps and the Rockies by the eminent historian in 1847.
Il.N. Y., Armstrong & Son, 1895 $1.75
A most charming collection of missionary letters overflowing with interesting description.
Il.N. Y., Contemporary Pub. Co., 1894 $2
Voyage to McCorinick Bay and a year among the Eskimos; also a brief narrative of a journey across Greenland by Mrs. Peary.
Il.N. Y., Century Co., 1893 $1.50
Story of the travels of Mrs. Pennell and her husband on a bicycle trip through Hungary.
N. Y., Crowell & Co., 1895 $1.25
Il.N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1896 $2.50
Of great value as an instantaneous photograph of contemporary life in the southern states.
Il.N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1893 $2.50
These sketches are all characterized by a remarkable spirit of fairness and betray a sincere appreciation for the enterprise and greatness of the western cities.
Il.Bost., D. Lothrop, 1891 $1.75 and $2.25
A trip to picturesque lakes and mountains in America.
Il.Bost., D, Lothrop, 1891 $1.75 and $2.25
A trip through California, across the Pacific to China, Japan and Australia.
N. Y., Hunt & Eaton, 1892 $1.50
Instead of writing about imaginary boys and what they might do, Mr. Rand tells twenty-six true stories.
Chic, Laird & Lee, 1898 $1.25
A graphic description of the garden spot of the world by pen and camera.
N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1898 $2
Mr. Remington presents a perfect combination when he works with himself, supplementing his own letter-press with his own illustrations, and vice versa.
Il.N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1895 $3
Contains that element of romance and healthy outdoor experience which is so fascinating.
Bost., D. Lothrop $1.75
An entertaining and realistic description of service afloat on a man-of-war, despatched to show the American flag in out-of-the-way places and to out-of-the-way people.
Il.N. Y., Appleton, 1894 $1.75
Interesting tale of ship life along the coast
Il.N. Y., Appleton, n. d. $1.50
Relates travel, adventure and field sports in the west.
N. Y., Crowell & Co., 1896 $1.50
Six cheerful sportsmen start on a canoeing trip in the New Brunswick wilderness, and every evening as they sit around the fire each in turn is called upon to spin an enlivening yarn.
N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1897 $1.50
Contains: American big game; Climbing for white goats; A kangaroo hunt, etc.
Il.N. Y., Putnam's Sons, 1886 $3
This book breathes the free unfettered spirit of ranch life, the amusements, dangers, occupations and delights.
Il.N. Y., Putnam's Sons, 1893 $3.50
An account of the big game of the United States, and its chase with horse, hound and rifle.
Bost., Lee & Shepard, 1888 $1.50
The record of a journey undertaken by Mr. James Sanborn and his daughter in the interests of the coffee business of Chase and Sanborn.
N. Y., Cassel & Co., n. d. $1. 25
A charming story of children of the Arctic region.
N. Y., Cassel & Co., n. d. $1.25
Records in a popular way the adventures, researches and other doings of two expeditions sent into northern Mexico in the years 1889 and 1890.
N. Y., Longmans, Green & Co., 1897 $3
Il.Chic, Rand & McNally, 1889. $2
Author leads the reader on delightful journeys in the most remote fastnesses of the Rocky and Cascade ranges.
N. Y., Putnam's Sons, 1897 $2.25
This is not a political or historical account of the country, but notes of a journey to the islands, with a description of the beauties and sadness of Hawaii and the more southern islands.
N. Y., Putnam's Sons, 1899 $2.25
The author has a breezy style, and it is exceedingly pleasant to stroll with him through the palaces, temples and streets of Oriental cities and listen to his running comments.
Il.N. Y., E. Arnold, 1897 $5
The simplicity, modesty, in a word, the high native courage in which the narrative is couched fills one with just pride in this American. Dr. Smith has written a model book of travel.
Il.N. Y., Revell & Co., n. d. $2
The author was for twenty-two years a missionary of the American board, in China.
Il.Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1894 $1.50
Mr. Smith went through Mexico with both pen and pencil in hand. He describes what he saw equally as well with one as with the other. The book is charming.
N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1895 2 vols. $3
After reading this work from the pen of this famous traveler, one feels that the honors paid him have not been unfittingly bestowed.
Bost., Estes & Lauriat, 1896 $2
"It is the itinerary of a most delightful voyage along the coast of Norway of a happy party of tourists, who, on pleasure bent, were blessed with an excellent steamer, fine weather, good appetites and a decided capacity for enjoyment."
Il.N. Y., Cassell & Co., 1890 $2
Mr. Stevens was chosen by the New York World to lead an expedition sent out by them in 1888 to find Stanley. This volume gives the experiences of the party in detail.
N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1898 $1.50
Every page abounds in anecdote; and had Mr. Stevens been a trained newspaper correspondent, he could hardly have written his record in a livelier or more observant fashion.
N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1894 $1.50
Contents: South and west; From the mountains to the gulf; Along the sunset road; San Antonia de Bexar; Along the Rio Grande, etc.
Il.N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1895 $1.50
A graphic narrative of experiences and observations during a leisurely cruise among the Windward islands.
Il.N. Y., Putnam's Sons, n. d. $1.50
N. Y., Putnam's Sons, 1894 $1.50
N. Y., Putnam's Sons, 1897 $1.50
N. Y., Putnam's Sons, 1892 $1.50
Travels in Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily and Spain. Author aims to
give correct pictures of Oriental life and scenery.
N. Y., Putnam's Sons, n. d. $1.50
Summer and winter pictures in Sweden, Denmark and Lapland.
N. Y., Putnam's Sons, n. d. $1.50 and $2.50
Collection of descriptive letters and impressions written from abroad.
N. Y., Appleton, 1872 $2.50
Letters written during- the late war, just as they were first fashioned at the front.
Phila., Jacobs & Co., 1898 $2
In the journey through Japan the author treads no beaten tracks, but, after visiting the most important cities, penetrates far into the heart of the country hitherto untraveled by English-speaking people.
Phila., J. E. Potter, n. d. $1.75
This volume gives a graphic narrative of the adventures in Arctic regions of Sir John Franklin.
Bost., Lee & Shepard, n. d. $1.25
This volume describes the travels and conquests of one of the most resolute and adventurous captains that any age has produced.
Bost., Lee & Shepard, n. d. $1.25
The scenes and incidents in which the central figure of this narrative moved were in the highest degree thrilling and dramatic.
Bost., Lee & Shepard, n. d. $1.25
Chivalrous in feeling, brave in action, courtly in manner, handsome in person, a faithful husband, a devoted father, a valiant soldier, a wise and statesmanlike thinker, his career was full of absorbing and exciting interest.
N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1895 $2.50
Wonderful stories of the great explorers who have sought out the uttermost parts of the earth.
N. Y., Appleton, 1891 $5
An interesting book of travels, giving accounts of the manners and customs of the people of South America and the geography and peculiarities of the country.
Il.N. Y., Appleton, 1890 $2
This book is the result of extensive travel through Central America, whose wealth, the author says, is decidedly more in vegetable than mineral resources.
N. Y., R. Bonner's Sons, 1890 $3
With pen and pencil Mr. Ward collected some details and phases of every day life among the uncivilized races of Congoland.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co. $1.25
These stories are full of observation of the people and the country, and rich in valuable information.
Il.N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1892 $2.50
Some history, a little prophecy, many interesting facts, a few fascinating statistics, much practical suggestion and abundant humor and charm.
Il.N. Y., Putnam's Sons, 1891 $2.25
Fresh information concerning the countries visited and many entertaining personal adventures make up the contents of this handsome volume.
Il.N. Y., Appleton, 1887 $1
Embodies the careful sifting of a large amount of information derived from both public and private sources, as well as personal experiences during an extended trip in Mexico.
N. Y., Harper & Bros., n. d. $3
Story of a trapping expedition of two city boys in the Maine wilderness.
N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1896 $3.50
A narrative of a journey of six months into a land that has never previously been explored by any man in the winter months.
N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1896 $2.50
The work is of special value as a scientific record and the account of the journey is most entertaining.
N. Y., Putnam's Sons, 1897 $4
During a period of four years the author has made camping excursions into many of the wilder parts of the mountains. An excellent camera has been an almost inseparable companion. The volume is full of interest and delight.
N. Y., Macmillan Co., 1897 $1.50
Plain tales of a plain man, told in his own words and edited by one who has listened to these forecastle yarns with great pleasure.
N. Y., Putnam's Sons, 1886 50c
Interesting account of a tour from Chinese Tibet to the Indian Caucasus through the upper valleys of the Himalaya.
Wilson E. L. and Others. Mountain climbing. (Scribner's Out of Door Library.)
N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1897 $1.50
Contents: Mt. Washington in winter; Ascent of Mt. Ætna; One thousand miles through the Alps, etc.
Scribner's Sons, 1885 $1
A description of famous escapes extending from 684 B. C. to 1865.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1893 $1