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    Dec. 6, 1889 The Publishers' Circular • ...

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    thrilling ballooning , exploits , and power a voyage through , the air during the Franco-German War over the Prussian outposts to the beleaguered city of Paris is dramatically described . Here and there the interest of the story somewhat nags , but it is written as a whole with freshness ,

    and no small measure of picturesque force and skill . Australia Twice Traversed , by Ernest Giles . The second title of this splendid book of travel is called * The Romance of Exploration . ' Romance indeed falls far short of the facts that are recorded .

    The narrative is ! compiled from : the journals maa of

    I VA * v I V ^ «•» , ^^ any ^ 'JU five expeditions in Central

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    camels , and the last two entirely with camelsIt

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    ' tract lying be-I tween \ s ¦ W WA * South p «/\ y \ AVAA and MIAAVti

    Western Australia . It is a

    record of marvellous perseverance \\ in AXJi the face

    « wa « ^ s ^ s i / AAV A C ^ W ^/^/ 1 disaster of disaster , dangers upon

    trom from thirs fTiirHf t . , star a +. a . r - with vation hostil , fi ghts

    natives , and many ; remarkable

    adventures . One of 1 the ~» -v- ' « most i * Vk > V striking KfVJLlJULlllCl

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    trating olies , alter more pene than - 100 miles into the waterless wastes of Gibson ' s Desert , lost his companion , without and only food succeeded or water in . reaching The work camp contains after nine six maps days' and wandering is profusel on y foot illustrated , utterly . exhausted The illus- , tration ¦ ing lllcL this notice AJ . V njJLV describes \ AVMVA the author fc as wwiv alone in — the — desert — after — having ^ f—

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    prett of Americans y picture of produced what thin a gs less ought favourable to be ; impression but , in fact . , Mr the . re Bryce is but ' s one book jud * is ge simpl and y one a law , the almighty dollar . ' In California specially life is hard , for althoug in h wages are

    and nign brings , prices home are higher one ' s . purchases * In Jdingland in a cart one , but goes in out the shopping States one witn goes money out with one one s ' s pocKe money * ,

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    Dec. 6, 1889 The Publishers' Circular • ...

    Dec . 6 , 1889 The Publishers' Circular I 58 i .

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 6, 1889, page 1581, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_06121889/page/47/