“Mr. Franck is to be congratulated on having produced a readable and
even fascinating book. His journey lay over countries in which an
increasing interest is being felt. Practically speaking, he may be
said to have started from Panama, wandered through Colombia, spending
some time at Bogota, and then going on to Ecuador, of which Quito is
the centre. Next he traversed the fascinating country of the Incas,
from the borders of which he entered Bolivia, going right across that
country till he approached Brazil. He passed through Paraguay, cut
through a corner of the Argentine to Uruguay, and so to the River
Plata and the now well-known town of Buenos Ayres.” _Country Life._
*In the Wilds of South America*: Six Years of Exploration in Colombia,
Venezuela, British Guiana, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay and
Brazil. By LEO E. MILLER, of the American Museum of Natural History.
With 48 Full-page Illustrations and with Maps. Cloth, 21/- net.
This volume represents a series of almost continuous explorations
hardly ever paralleled in the huge areas traversed. The author is a
distinguished field naturalist--one of those who accompanied Colonel
Roosevelt on his famous South American expedition--and his first object
in his wanderings over 150,000 miles of territory was the observation
of wild life; but hardly second was that of exploration. The result is
a wonderfully informative, impressive and often thrilling narrative
in which savage peoples and all but unknown animals largely figure,
which forms an infinitely readable book and one of rare value for
geographers, naturalists and other scientific men.
*The Putumayo: The Devil’s Paradise.* Travels in the Peruvian Amazon
Region and an Account of the Atrocities committed upon the Indians
therein. By E. W. HARDENBURG, C.E. Edited and with an Introduction by
C. REGINALD ENOCK, F.R.G.S. With a Map and 16 Illustrations. Demy 8vo,
Cloth, 10/6 net. Second Impression.
“The author gives us one of the most terrible pages in the history of
trade.” _Daily Chronicle._
*Tramping through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras.* By HARRY A. FRANCK,
With a Map and 88 Illustrations. Cloth, 7/6 net.
“Mr. Harry Franck is a renowned vagabond with a gift for vivid
description.... His record is well illustrated and he tells his story
in an attractive manner, his descriptions of scenery being so well
done that one feels almost inclined to risk one’s life in a wild race
dwelling in a land of lurid beauty.” _Liverpool Mercury._
“Mr. Franck has combined with an enthralling and amusing personal
narrative a very vivid and searching picture, topographical and
social, of a region of much political and economic interest.”
_Glasgow Herald._
*Mexico* (Story of the Nations). By SUSAN HALE. With Maps and 47 Illus.
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