Recent Discovery and Adventure in Africa. 



Dr. Earth's North and Central Africa- 

 Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa. Being a Journal of an 

 Expedition imdertaken under the Auspices of H.B.M's Government, in the 

 Years 1849-1855. By Henry Barth, Ph.D., D.C.L. Profusely and elegant- 

 ly Illustrated. Complete in 3 vols. 8vo, Muslin, $7 50; Sheep, $:8 25 ; Half 

 Calf, $10 50. 



The researches of Dr. Earth are of the highest 

 interest. Few men have existed so qualified, 

 both by intellectual ability and a vigorous bodily 

 constitution, for the perilous part of an African 

 discoverer as Dr. Barth. — London Times. 



His discoveries, in fact, are parallel with those 

 of Dr. Livingstone in the South. We confess 

 that such a relation has for us an intense inter- 

 est ; we are sure that no serious reader will be dis- 



appointed in the naiTative of Dr. Barth, which, 

 sprinkled with anecdotes, varied with glittering 

 descriptions of landscapes and manners, written 

 with vigor and simplicit)', and disclosing amid 

 the gloom of Africa the secrets of centuries, is a 

 rich repertory of knowledge, and deserves to take 

 its place among the classics of travel. — London 

 Leader. 



Andersson's Lake Ngamio 



Lake Ngami ; or, Explorations and Discoveries during Four Years' "Wander- 

 ings in the Wilds of Southwestern Africa. By Charles John Andersson. 

 With numerous Illustrations, representing Sporting Adventures, Subjects of 

 Natural Histor}^, Devices for Destroying Wild Animals, &c. New Edition. 

 12mo, Muslin, 75 cents. 



to the geology, the scenery, products, and re- 

 sources of the region explored, with notices of 

 the religion, manners, and customs of the native 

 tribes. The continual sporting adventures and 

 other remarkable occurrences, intermingled with 

 the narrative of travel, make the book as inter- 

 esting to read as a romance, as, indeed, a good 

 book of travels ought always to be. The illus- 

 trations by Wolfe are admirably designed, and 

 most of'them represent scenes as striking as any 

 witnessed by Jules Gerard or Gordon Gumming." 



"This narrative of African Explorations and 

 Discoveries is a very important geographical 

 work. It contains the account of two journeys 

 made between the years 1850 and 1S54, in the 

 first of which the countries of the Damaras and 

 the Ovambo, previously scarcely known in Eu- 

 rope, were explored ; and in the second the new- 

 ly-discovered Lake Ngami was reached by a route 

 that was deemed impracticable, but which proves 

 to be the shortest and the best. The work con- 

 tains much scientific and accurate information as 



Cumming's Hunter's Life in Africa. 



Five Years of a Hunter's Life in the Interior of South Africa. With Notices 

 of the Native Tribes, and Anecdotes of the Chase of the Lion, Elephant, Hip- 

 popotamus, Giraffe, Ehinoceros, &c. With Illustrations. 2 vols. 12mo, Mus- 

 lin, $1 75. 

 "The writer of this work appears to be a fierce, | from the charms of English society in the tangled 

 blood-thirsty Nimrod, whose highest ideal is denths of the African forest. Every page is red- 



found in the destruction of wild beasts, and who 

 relates his adventures with the same eagerness 

 of passion Avhich led him to expatriate himself 



depths of the African forest. Every pag 

 clent of gunpowder, and you almost hear the 

 growl of the victim as he falls beneath the un- 

 erring shot of the mighty hunter." 



Wilson's Africa. 



Western Africa : its History, Condition, and Prospects. By Eev. J. Leigh- 

 ton Wilson, Eighteen Years a Missionary in Africa, and now one of the Sec- 

 retaries of the Presbyterian Board of .Foreign Missions. With numerous En- 

 gravings. 12mo, Muslin, $1 25. 



"Mr. Wilson is probably better acquainted 

 than any other man Avith Western Africa and 

 its inhabitants. During a residence of almost 

 twenty years he repeatedly visited all portions 

 of the coast, mastered the principle languages 

 of the natives, composed grammars and diction- 

 aries, and published books in them. lie has 

 either written or furnished the materials from 



which have been elaborated some of the most 

 valuable contributions that have been" recently 

 made to the sciences of ethnology and philology. 

 He is a careful and shrewd observer, and presents 

 the results of his observations in an excellent 

 style. Ilia book is a valuable addition to our 

 knowledge of a country which is rapidly rising 

 in importance." 



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