r r. Edward Arnold's 



ON VELDT AND FARM : 



In Cape Colony, Bechuanaland, Natal, and the Transvaal. 



By FRANCES McNAB. 

 With Map. Crown 8vo., 300 pages, 35. 6d. 



This volume is written by a lady well fitted by her previous training to form a dis- 

 criminating estimate of South African affairs : she spent a considerable time in the Colonies 

 and received valuable facilities from influential residents while inquiring into the condition 

 of the country and the prospect for intending settlers. 



CONTENTS. Markets Land Purchase Trekking Political History Viticulture 

 Fruit-growing Johannesburg Farming in the Transvaal Irrigation Locusts 

 Ostriches, Sheep, and Goats Wheat Forestry Native Affairs Natal- 

 Tea, Sugar, and Coffee. 



FISH TAILS AND SOME TRUE ONES. 



By BRADNOCK HALL, Author of ' Rough Mischance.' 



With an original Etching by the Author, and twelve full-page 

 Illustrations by T. H. McLACHLAN. 



Crown 8vo., 6s. 



The scene of most of these ' Fish-Tails ' (or Tales !) is laid in Norway, but of some in 

 England and Scotland. They relate the author's experiences, making due allowance for 

 the elasticity of a fisherman's fancy. 



THE BEGGARS OF PARIS. 



Translated from the French of M. LOUIS PAULIAN. 

 By Lady HERSCHELL. 



Crown 8vo., paper boards, 192 page?, is. 



f The author of " Paris qui mendie" speaks with the experience of one who has put the 

 question of mendicity to a personal test, and who has beaten the beggar in the various 

 branches of his own trade. No one therefore is a better authority on the subject.' I'rom 

 the Preface. 



WASTED RECORDS OF DISEASE. 



By CHARLES E. PAGET, Lecturer on Public Health in Owens College, 

 Medical Officer of Health for Salford, etc. 



Crown 8vo., 2s. 6d. 



CONTENTS. 



I. A Review of the attempts made to secure or establish permanent systems of 



Disease Registration, and the causes of their failure. 

 II. Legislative recognition of the need for Disease Registration, and its shortcomings. 



III. Views on the steps advisable to secure a permanent and useful system of 

 National Disease Registration. 



