Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), 6th December 1880, Edition 1 of 1, Page 1222

In the press , preparing for immediate publication , in 2 vote , demy 8 vo . With over a Hundred Original Illustrations and Five Maps , £ 2 . 2 $ . SEVEN YEARS in SOUTH AFRICA : TRAVELS , RESEARCHES , AND HUNTING ADVENTURES , I BETWEEN THE DIAMOND-FIELDS AND THE ZAMBESI ( 1873 ^ x 870 ) . I By Dr . EMIL HOLUB . I The discovery of new and productive gold-diggings and diamond-fields in I the district betiveen the Orange River and the Zambesi , together with the recent I Zulu War , have evoked an almost universal interest in all that concern I South Africa . Here it was that the author of this work resided for a period I of seven years , in the course of which he undertook three long jouimeys of I exploration . I Seldom , indeed , has a single individual made so thorough and minute an investigation of the country he has traversed as Dr . Holub , and we learn from the testimony of Sir Bartle Frere that in South Africa itself , the very scene of his researches , his information is considered highly trustworthy , and his statements are accepted with the most perfect confidence , whilst the self-devotion which he threw into his work , and the zeal and industry with which , entwdy I -by his own eooertions , he procured the means for prosecuting his labours , mud I secure him not only sympathy , but admiration and respect . I More than in any other part of the world , scientific researches in South I Africa are usually closely associated ivith personal experiences of the most adventurous character . Dr . Holub found himself no exception to the general | rule , and by combining a large quantity of instructive and entertaining maUer in a light and pleasant style , he has produced a work that cannot fail in being read ivith the utmost interest . \ the outward From the voyage very outset , his life the mor author e than ' s trials once seem hung to upon have a commenced thread ; but ; althoug even on h j death stared him in the face alike upon the ocean and upon the Vaal River , 1 although upon one occasion he narrowly escaped being killed by a bullet , and although he lay for days unconscious with fever upon the Zambesi , he was never forsaken by the general goodrfortune without ivhich even the utmost courageenergy , and presence of mind are powerless to combat the countless and incess , ant toils and difficulties that beset a traveller upon African soiL Dr . HoluVs profession also afforded him no inconsiderable advantage * As a medical man he was able to make friends with the rulers as well as with the subjects of the numerous small native statesand could in this way gai % cm insight into court customs and into the habits , of private life which to many other travellers has been wholly denied . To a greater degree than any of his predecessors , he has contrived to penetrate the mysteries of the native magicians , amd gives a most interesting description of many of thew superstitious practices . Interspersed with his experiences as an eager scientifi c Continued . ( 6 M )

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