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1 8 Messrs. Methuen's List Southey. ENGLISH SEAMEN (Howard, Clifford, Hawkins, Drake, Cavendish). By Robert Southey. Edited, with an Introduction, by David Hannay. Second Edition. Crown "^vo. 6s. 'Admirable and well-told stories of our naval history.'— ^r;>y' and Navy Gazette. 'A brave, inspiriting hook..'— Black and JP7iite. Travel, Adventure and Topography R. S. S. Baden-Powell. THE DOWNFALL OF PREMPEH. A Diary of Life with the Native Levy in Ashanti, 1895. By Colonel Eaden-Powell. With 21 Illustrations and a Map. Demy Zvo. os. 6d. ' A compact, faithful, most readable record of the campaign.' — Daily Neivs. ' A bluff and vigorous narrative.' — Glasgow Herald. R. S, S. Baden-Powell. THE MATEBELE CAAIPAIGN 1896. By Colonel R. S. S. BAnEN-PowELL. With nearly 100 Illustrations. Second Edition. Demy ivo. l^s. 'Written in an unaffectedly light and humorous siyXe.'—The World. 'A very racy and eminently readable book.' — St. James s Gazette. ' As a straightforward account of a great deal of plucky work unpretentiously done, this book is well worth reading. The simplicity of the narrative is all in its favour, and accords in a peculiarly English fashion with the nature of the subject.' Times. Captain Hinde. THE FALL OF THE CONGO ARABS. By Sidney L. Hinde. With Portraits and Plans. Demy 8vo. I2S. 6d. ' The book is full of good things, and of sustained interest.'— 5"/. James's Gazette. A graphic sketch of one of the most exciting and important episodes in the struggle for supremacy in Central Africa between the Arabs and their_ Europeon rivals. Apart from the story of the campaign. Captain Hinde's book is mainly remark- able for the fulness with which he discusses the question of cannibalism. It is, indeed, the only connected narrative— in English, at anyrate — which has been published of this particular episode in African history.' — Times. 'Captain Hinde's book is one of the most interesting and valuable contributions yet made to the literature of modern Africa.' — Daily News. W. Crooke. THE NORTH-WEST PROVINCES OF INDIA : Their Ethnology and Administration. By W. Crookk. With Maps and Illustrations. Demy %vo. os. 6d. ' A carefully and well-written account of one of the most important provinces of the Empire. In seven chapters Mr. CrooVe deals successively with the land in its physical aspect, the province under Hindoo and Mussulman rule, the province under British rule, the ethnology and sociology of the province, the religious and social life of the people, the land and its settlement, and the native peasant in his relation to the land. 'The illustrations are good and well selected, and the map is excellent, ' — Manchester Guardian.