AFGHANISTAN +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | _BOOKS OF TRAVEL_ | | | | | | =THROUGH FIVE REPUBLICS (OF SOUTH AMERICA).= A | | Critical Description of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, | | Uruguay, and Venezuela in 1905. By PERCY F. MARTIN, | | F.R.G.S. With 128 Illustrations and 3 Maps. In one | | vol., demy 8vo, price 21s. net. | | | | =GRANADA.= Memories, Adventures, Studies, and | | Impressions. By LEONARD WILLIAMS. Post 8vo, | | illustrated, price 7s. 6d. net. | | | | =IN THE COUNTRY OF JESUS.= By MATILDE SERAO. In one | | vol., crown 8vo, illustrated, price 6s. net. | | | | =CARTHAGE OF THE PHŒNICIANS.= By MABEL MOORE. With | | numerous illustrations and coloured frontispiece. | | One vol., crown 8vo, price 6s. | | | | =KOREA.= By ANGUS HAMILTON. With a map and many | | illustrations. In one vol., demy 8vo, price 15s. net. | | | | | | LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ [Illustration: LORD CURZON OF KEDLESTON] AFGHANISTAN BY ANGUS HAMILTON FELLOW OF THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY AUTHOR OF “KOREA,” “THE SIEGE OF MAFEKING,” ETC. WITH A MAP AND NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS [Illustration: Colophon] LONDON WILLIAM HEINEMANN 1906 COPYRIGHT 1906 BY WILLIAM HEINEMANN _All rights reserved_ PREFACE