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Henry T. Finck.

THE PACIFIC COAST SCENIC TOUR (With 20 full-page Illustrations. 8vo, $2.50). SPAIN AND MOROCCO; Studies in Local Color (12mo, $1.25.)


"The writer combines very happily the faculty of close observation and

minute description with real literary skill. Thus while his book contains

details which make it eminently useful and a source of exact information, it

is also a pleasurable work for the reader."—The Christian Union.


James Anthony Froude.


THE ENGLISH IN THE WEST INDIES (Illustrated. 8vo, $1.75). OCEANA: England and Her Colonies (Illustrated. 8vo, $1.75.)


"Mr. Froude is the master of an exquisite prose style, and if not a foremost

master he is very near to that rank among living Englishmen. Not since

'Eothen' captivated all its readers, not since Waterton narrated the story of

his wanderings, has the romance of travel been treated with happier, abler,

or more entertaining hands."—New York Times.


William H. Gilder.


SCHWATKA'S SEARCH (Illustrated. 8vo, $3.00). ICEPACK AND TUNDRA (Illustrated. 8vo. $4.00.)


"No recent book gives so vivid an idea of the perils and hardships which

necessarily accompany all attempts at arctic exploration, as this of Mr.

Gilder's. The accounts of the people of the various places visited, and their

peculiar customs, show keen powers of observation as well as skill of

description."—Boston Transcript.


Gen. A. W. Greely.


THREE YEARS OF ARCTIC SERVICE. An Account of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition of 1881-1884 (With over 100 Illustrations, Maps, and Charts. 2 vols., 8vo). Sold only by subscription.


"In every respect—the interest of the narrative, the fullness and accuracy

of the departments of ethnology, of natural history, of meteorology, geology,

auroral displays, of all matters of scientific interest—this work is incomparably

the most valuable one on the subject ever published."—Chicago Interior.


William Elliot Griffis.


COREA; THE HERMIT NATION (With Maps and Illustrations. 8vo, $2.50.)


"The work bears witness to a vast amount of well directed labor; and

while it is clothed with a rare charm for the general reader, whose curiosity

regarding a long isolated nation will for the first time be satisfied, it is also

sure of a respectful and grateful reception from the student of history, ethnology,

and philology.—New York Sun.


William T. Hornaday.


TWO YEARS IN A JUNGLE (New Edition. 8vo, $3.00.) TAXIDERMY AND ZOOLOGICAL COLLECTING (Illustrated. 8vo, $2.50 net.)


"He describes with skill and fidelity. Here we have the hunter's sport,

the naturalist's descriptions, and the traveler's observations. We need not

say that the combination is rare and very inviting—Chicago Interior.