A book of the west. Volume 1, Devon : $b being an introduction to Devon and CornwallBaring-Gould, S. (Sabine)
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A book of the west. Volume 1, Devon : $b being an introduction to Devon and Cornwall
Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)
Devon (England)
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Col. BADEN-POWELL. With nearly 100 Illustrations. _Cheaper
Edition. Large Crown 8vo. 6s._
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=S. L. Hinde.= THE FALL OF THE CONGO ARABS. By S. L. HINDE.
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resolution. His adventures were as various as his sporting
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=E. H. Alderson.= WITH THE MASHONALAND FIELD FORCE, 1896.
By Lieut.-Colonel ALDERSON. With numerous Illustrations and
Plans. _Demy 8vo. 10s. 6d._
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=Seymour Vandeleur.= CAMPAIGNING ON THE UPPER NILE AND
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Sir G. GOLDIE, K.C.M.G. With 4 Maps, Illustrations, and Plans.
_Large Crown 8vo. 10s. 6d._
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=Lord Fincastle.= A FRONTIER CAMPAIGN. By Viscount
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and 16 Illustrations. _Second Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s._
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war.'--_Athenæum._
=E. N. Bennett.= THE DOWNFALL OF THE DERVISHES: A Sketch of
the Sudan Campaign of 1898. By E. N. BENNETT, Fellow of Hertford
College. With Four Maps and a Photogravure Portrait of the
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TROTTER, R.A. With a Map and Illustrations. _Crown 8vo. 5s._
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=Michael Davitt.= LIFE AND PROGRESS IN AUSTRALASIA. By
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'One of the most valuable contributions to our store of Imperial
literature that has been published for a very long time.'--_Pall
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=W. Crooke.= THE NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCES OF INDIA: THEIR
ETHNOLOGY AND ADMINISTRATION. By W. CROOKE. With Maps and
Illustrations. _Demy 8vo. 10s. 6d._
'A carefully and well-written account of one of the most
important provinces of the Empire. Mr. Crooke deals with the
land in its physical aspect, the province under Hindoo and
Mussulman rule, under British rule, its ethnology and sociology,
its religious and social life, the land and its settlement, and
the native peasant. The illustrations are good, and the map is
excellent.'--_Manchester Guardian._
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