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SAMPSON LOW , MABSTON , & CO . 'S NEW BOOKS NOW HEAVY—continued . THE FAR INTERIOR : & Narrative of Travel and Adventure , from the Cape of Good Hope , across the Zambesi , to the Lake Eegions of Central Africa . By Walteb Montagu Kerb , C . E ., F . R . & . S . Illustrated with . Sketches by the Author , engraved by by Mr the . Author J . D . Cooper . 2 vols and . Itemy others , 8 and vo . cloth containing , 32 * . a carefully-prepared Map from a special Survey ' There are some good things in the book , amusing incidents -with the natives , hunting adventures , and surprises of various kinds . Of special value , in our estimation , Is the information which Mr . exceeding interesting Kerr gives ly of reg satisfactory the ion new between country , and that there throug river is h which and a very Lake he useful passed JNyassa map on . the The showing South num the of erous the feature woodcu Zambesi s of t , ill as the ustrations well new as country of are the throug ' 3 h Ir , . which Kerr Mr is . a Kerr man passed of observation . *—TttE Times , he , is not prone to exaggeration , and his . account of his journey readers ings among - the . Throug Kaffir hout races the of great South part -East of E his quatorial journey . Africa he had contains no white much companion that , will nor interest had lie many a regular company of black followers ; in fact , in a more distinct sense than the general run of wanderers in Africa , he went alone among savages , carrying his life in his hand . He was the first European to cross from end to end the great territory between the Cape Colony and the Lake Nyassa , and in this respect may claim a place among the pioneers of African exploration/—Morning Post * ' ) Ir . Kerr is a man who is possessed by the jgenuine exploring instinct , and the peculiarity of the present yolume is that it is the record of an adventurous journey which was undertaken and accomp many lished things alone to tell that Mr . Kerr are well has wo a r bri th g telling ht vivacious . '—Manchbstbe style , and Examinee it is unnecessary . to say that he has ' Traveller and travels alike are interesting . The story is a graphic one graphically told / Pall Makl Gazette . THREE THOUSAND MILES THROUGH BRAZIL . By James W . Wells , M . Inst . C . E ., F . R . G . S . "With Maps and Illustrations , and an Appendix of Statistics . 2 vols . demy 8 vo . cloth , 32 s . Olr . Wells has made a very careful study of the resources and prospects of this American empire . He is familiar with its past history and present condition , social , industrial , and financial . Throughout the book , but especially in the appendices , Mr . Wells gives much information that ought to prove useful to any one desirous of knowing the actual position of affairs in this much-neglected country . Such area few of the more solid features of Mr . Wells ' s work . But the hook abounds with amusement . It is written in a gay and rollicking spirit , sparkles with graphic sketchesiof the curious in mixed making life of a readable the villages and , towns amusing , and book haciendas , but in of convey the interi ing a or fairly ... adequate .. He has thus conception succeeded of , the not social only ~~ conditions of Brazil . His sketches of Rio Janeiro and other coast towns , and of private and public life therein 1 These , are quite handsomel as interesting illustrated as those volumes which are deal full of with interest the interior and instruction . ' - —The Trarfcs and . if Horace was not mistaken , Mr . Wells should y carry the vote of every reader who cares for travels ; and , explorations . ' Of the statistical portion of the work , which in no way interferes with the narrative , the reviewer remarks : — 'In a short but instructive appendix Mr . Wells lays his finger on the causes of so many English Sugar the Companies fact that failing the nati in ve Brazil companies while the supp native ly hig companies her-priced local flourish or . hom The e demands chief of these than what he considers is offered to h "be j the foreign market to which the English companies have hitherto sent their produce . Here , we have once * ere . more The a railways proof that of the Brazil merch fill ants another of merry interesting England appendix are not ; so Tmt alert the and appendix so wise on . as gold their and forefathers diamond ¦ ! mining Vlgorou 8 in l y Brazil handled is in more Appendix interesting G ; and still . Appendix The past H , present contains , and an admirabl future of e Brazil sketch are of the tersel ph y ysical and gtogniph Wlth ' The y work of Brazil furnishes /—St . a James life-like ' s Gazette picture . '— of what the author . has seen ; his narrative ; ~ is embellished pretty illustrations from his own pen . Athkxjeum . ' The best book of travels in Brazil which has yet appeared . ' —Paix 3 Iall Gazette . ' Two fascinating volumes . '—Scotsman . ln ' > AVe sting may subject safel . '— y Graphic say that . these two volumes will be a standard work on a little known and very LIFE AND LIFE WORK OF SAMUEL PHELPS . By "W . May Phei . ps and John Forbes-Robertson . Demy 8 vo . with Portraits , cloth extra , 12 * . and b 'A y enthusiasts ppeals irresistibl will be y to read all from lovers the and first students page to of the the last . stago '—G . lobe It . is a perfect atorehouse of fact , ' As a contribution to the history of the stage the work will have an enduring value . '—Daily News . London : SAMPSON LOW , MARSTON ; SEARLE , < fc RIVINGTOK , Crown Buildings , 188 Fleet Street , E . C .

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