It will interest the politician as a chapter of Empire-building, in
which the author himself has played no small part. Lastly, it will
delight all those who travel or who love reading about travel. The
Bishop describes his wanderings, mostly afoot, through nearly 22,000
miles of tropical Africa. He tells of the strange tribes among whom he
dwells, of the glories of the great lakes and the Mountains of the Moon.
He tells of them not only with the pen, but also with pencil and brush,
which he uses with masterly skill.
ON SAFARI.
Big-Game hunting in British East Africa, with Studies in Bird-Life.
By ABEL CHAPMAN, F.Z.S.,
AUTHOR OF 'WILD NORWAY,' 'BIRD-LIFE OF THE BORDERS,' 'WILD SPAIN,'
ETC.
_With 170 Illustrations by the_ AUTHOR _and_ E. CALDWELL. _Demy 8vo._
=16s. net.=
The author of this fascinating book is a well-known ornithologist, as
well as a mighty hunter and traveller. He takes us 'on safari' (_i.e._,
on trek) through a new African region--a creation of yesterday,
Imperially speaking, since British East Africa only sprang into
existence during the current decade, on the opening of the Uganda
Railway. 'The new Colony,' he says, 'six times greater in area than the
Mother Island, is an Imperial asset of as yet unmeasured possibilities,
consisting, to-day, largely of virgin hunting grounds, unsurpassed on
earth for the variety of their wild fauna, yet all but unknown save to a
handful of pioneers and big-game hunters.' Much knowledge, however, can
be acquired through the pages and pictures of this book, describing, as
it does, the vast tropical forests, with their savage inhabitants and
teeming animal life. The numerous illustrations of African big game,
owing to the expert knowledge of both author and artist, are probably
the most accurate that have ever appeared.
OLD AND ODD MEMORIES.
By the Hon. LIONEL A. TOLLEMACHE,
AUTHOR OF 'TALKS WITH MR. GLADSTONE,' 'BENJAMIN JOWETT,' ETC.
_Denny 8vo. With Portraits._ =12s. 6d. net.=
One of the most brilliant men of his day, only prevented, probably, by
the physical infirmity of near-sightedness, from being also one of the
most prominent, gives us in this volume a collection of remarkably
interesting reminiscences, which extend over half a century. They
include, mostly in anecdotal form, life-like portraits of the author's
father, the first Baron Tollemache (another Coke of Norfolk, but with
more eccentricities), and of Dr. Vaughan of Harrow. The author's years
at Harrow, of which he records his memories, were from 1850 to 1856, and
those at Oxford from 1856 to 1860. The book contains, besides, a number
of characteristic stories, now for the first time given to the public,
of the Duke of Wellington, Lord Houghton, Lord and Lady Mount Temple,
Fitz-James Stephen, to take but a few names at random from these
fascinating pages.
IN SEARCH OF A POLAR
CONTINENT.
By ALFRED H. HARRISON, F.R.G.S.
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