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Layard, Sir Austen Henry—continued.
eluding a residence among
the Bakhtiyari and other
wild tribes before the discovery of Nineveh. 1894 915-5 L43
Newfoundland guide book, 1905; including Labrador and St.
Pierre; ed. by D. W. Prowse. 1905 ^17.18 N27
Excellent guide-book which possesses more than the ephemeral value of
an ordinary year-book. Much prominence is given to sport. J. G.
Millais, II. H. Prichard, F. C. Selous, Wilfred Grenfell and Sir Bryan
Leighton are among the collaborators.
Oliver, Samuel Pasfield.
Madagascar; an historical and descriptive account of the
island and its former dependencies. 2V. 1886 916.9 O234
v.i. Historical sketch of Madagascar. — Geography. — Topography. —
Coast topography.—Climatology.—Geology.—Natural history.—Topographical
etymology.
v.2. Natural and agricultural products.—Ethnology.—Manufactures.—
.Administration. — Trade and revenue. — Currency and weights and
measures.—Bibliography and cartography.—The Franco-Malagasy war.
"Bibliography," v.2, p.222-270.
[Ruschenberger, William S. W.]
Three years in the Pacific; including notices of Brazil,
Chile, Bolivia and Peru; by an officer of the United
States navy. 1834 r9i8 R89
Consists chiefly of descriptions of the life and customs of the people
in the countries visited.
Sarasin, Paul, & Sarasin, Fritz.
Reisen in Celebes ausgefiihrt in den jahren 1893-1896 und
1902-1903. 2v. 1905 919.12 S24.
Should become the standard authority on this central island of the
eastern archipelago. A most attractive book of travel, both practical
and scientific. Excellently illustrated. Condensed from the Library,
1906.
Steel, Mrs Flora Annie.
India, by Mortimer Menpes, text by F. A. Steel. [1905.] . .915.4 S813
Mrs Steel's sketch of the country, people, religion, arts and crafts, buildings,
etc. is excellent. The colored illustrations, which are undoubtedly
clever, vary considerably in merit and in suitability for reproduction
by the method employed. Condensed from Athena?um,
10.06.
Collected Biography
(Includes Genealogy and Heraldry)
Adams, William Henry Davenport.
Biography
Child-life and girlhood of remarkable women; a series of
chapters from female biography. 1895 920.7 A21C
Contents: ENGLISH WOMEN OF LETTERS: Harriet Martineau; Fanny Burney;
Elizabeth Inchbald; Charlotte Bronte; Sara Coleridge; Mrs
Somerville; Mary Russell Mitford; Lady Morgan.—THE TWELVE
DAY'S QUEEN: Lady Jane Grey.—A PURITAN LADY: Mrs Hutchinson.—
SOME NOTABLE ENGLISHWOMEN: Mary Sidney, countess of Pembroke;
Margaret More; Mary Granville; Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.—
SOME MINOR LITERARY LIGHTS: Katharine Philips; Laetitia Pilkington;
Elizabeth Rowe.—SAINTLY LIVES, TWO ENTHUSIASTS: Catharine of
Siena; Jeanne d'Arc.—A GROUP OF EXEMPLARY CHARACTERS: Madame
de Miramion; Elizabeth Carter; Caroline Herschel; Madame Pape-
Carpantier; Mrs Fry; Lady Fanshawe; Mrs Godolphin.—THREE IL­
LUSTRIOUS FRENCHWOMEN: Madame Roland; Madame Michelet; Eugenie
de Guerin.
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