"_The Russo-Indian, or Central Asian question has for several obvious reasons been attracting much public attention in England, in Russia, and also on the Continent, within the last year or two.... I have thought that the present volume, giving a short sketch of the history of this question from its earliest origin, and condensing much of the most recent and interesting information on the subject, and on its collateral phases, might perhaps be acceptable to those who take an interest in it_."--_Author's Preface_. Trevelyan (G.O., M.P.) ---------------------- CAWNPORE. Illustrated with Plan. By _G.O. Trevelyan_, M.P., Author of "The Competition Wallah." Second Edition. Crown 8vo. _6_s_._ "_In this book we are not spared_ one fact _of the sad story; but our feelings are not harrowed by the recital of imaginary outrages. It is good for us at home that we have one who tells his tale so well as does Mr. Trevelyan_."--_Pall Mall Gazette_. THE COMPETITION WALLAH. New Edition. Crown 8vo, _6s_. "_The earlier letters are especially interesting for their racy descriptions of European life in India..... Those that follow are of more serious import, seeking to tell the truth about the Hindoo character and English influences, good and bad, upon it, as well as to suggest some better course of treatment than that hitherto adopted_."--_Examiner_. Vaughan (late Rev. Dr. Robert, of the British Quarterly) -------------------------------------------------------- MEMOIR OF ROBERT A. VAUGHAN. Author of "Hours with the Mystics." By _Robert Vaughan_, D.D. Second Edition, revised and enlarged. Extra fcap. 8vo. _5s_. "_It deserves a place on the same shelf with Stanley's 'Life of Arnold', and Carlyle's 'Stirling'. Dr. Vaughan has performed his painful but not all unpleasing task with exquisite good taste and feeling_."--_Nonconformist_. Wallace ------- THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO: the Land of the Orang Utan and the Bird of Paradise. A Narrative of Travels with Studies of Man and Nature; By _Alfred Russel Wallace_. With Maps and Illustrations. Second Edition. Two vols. crown 8vo. _24s_. "_A carefully and deliberately composed narrative.... We advise our readers to do as we have done, read his book through_."--_Times_. Ward (Professor) ---------------- THE HOUSE OF AUSTRIA IN THE THIRTY YEARS' WAR. Two Lectures, with Notes and Illustrations. By _Adolphus W. Ward_, M.A., Professor of History in Owens College, Manchester. Extra fcap. 8vo. _2_s_. 6d_. "_Very compact and instructive_."--_Fortnightly Review_. Warren. ------- AN ESSAY ON GREEK FEDERAL COINAGE. By the Hon. _J. Leicester Warren_, M.A. 8vo. 2_s_. 6_d_. "_The present essay is an attempt to illustrate Mr. Freeman's Federal Government by evidence deduced from the coinage of the times and countries therein treated of_."--_Preface_. Wilson. -------