VOYAGES AND TRAVELS. 



TRAVELS IN THE REGIONS OF THE AMOOR, 



AND THE RUSSIAN ACQUISITIONS ON THE CONFINES OF INDIA AND 

 CHINA; WITH ADVENTURES AMONG THE MOUNTAIN KIKGHIS, AND THE 

 MANJOURS, MANYARGS, TOUNGOUZ, TOUZEMTZ, GOLDI, AND GELYAKS. 

 ByT. W.ATKINSON, F G.S., F.R.G.S., Author of " Oriental and Western 

 Siberia." Dedicated by permission, to HER MAJESTY. SECOND EDITION. 

 Royal 8vo., with Map and 83 Illustrations. 2 2s., elegantly bound 



" Our readers have not now to learn for the first time the quality of Mr. Atkinson as an 

 explorer and a writer. The comments we made on, and the extracts we selected from, his 

 ' Oriental and Western Siberia' will have sufficed to show that in the former character he 

 takes rank with the most daring of the class, and that in the latter he is scarcely to be 

 surpassed for the lucidity, picturesqueness, and power, with which he pourtrays the scenes 

 through which he has travelled, and the perils or the pleasures which encountered him on 

 the way. The present volume is not inferior to its predecessor. It deals with civilization, 

 semi-civilization, and barbarous life. It takes us through localities, some of which are 

 little, others not at all, known to even the best read men in the literature of travel. The 

 entire volume is admirable for its spirit, unexaggerated tone, and the mass of fresh materials 

 by which this really new world is made accessible to us. The followers, too, of all the ' ologies' 

 will meet with something in these graghic pages of peculiar interest to them. It is a noble 

 work." Athenaeum. 



"We must refer to Mr. Atkinson as one of the most intelligent and successful of the 

 civilized travellers of our own day. By far the most important contribution to the history 

 of these regions is to be found in Mr. Atkinson's recent publication on the Amoor a work 

 which derives equal interest from his well-stored portfolio and his pen." Edinburgh 

 Review. 



" This is in every respect an aureus liber. Its magnificent apparel not inaptly sym 

 bolises its magnificent contents. Mr. Atkinson has here given us a narrative which could 

 be told by no other living Englishman. The intrinsic interest of that narrative is enhanced 

 by Mr. Atkinson's gift of vigorous and graceful description. Thanks to the power of his 

 pen, and the still more remarkable power of his pencil we follow his travels with eager 

 interest and anxiety. He himself is the chief object of interest, from his thirst for adventure 

 and daring exploits, and the countless shapes of terror and death that he encounters. 

 The work is a magnificent contribution to the literature of travel. More useful and 

 pleasant reading can no where be found." Literary Gazette. 



"Mr. Atkinson has here presented the reading world with another valuable book of 

 travels. It is as interesting, as entertaining, and as well written as his previous work. It 

 is a volume which will not only afford intellectual entertainment of the highest order, but 

 fitted to instruct both the philosopher and the statesman. The vast territorial acquisitions 

 lately made by Russia in the Northern parts of Central Asia along the whole frontier of 

 China, is described by an eye wi ness well qualified to estimate their real value and political 

 advantages. Our readers, we feel sure, will peruse this interesting book of travels for 

 themselves. It contains something for every taste." Daily News 



" The success of Mr. Atkinson's ' Oriental and Western Siberia' has happily induced 

 him to write and publish another volume, and written with the same unflagging interest. 

 A more pleasing as well as more novel book of travels it would be difficult to find. The 

 illustrations are admirably executed, and they add ten fold to the value of a volume already 

 possessing intrinsic merits of the highest kind. Independently of the deep interest it excites 

 as a traveller's tale, the work has other claims. It presents peculiar geographical and ethnolo 

 gical information, and points out a boundless field of commerce to English enterprise. It 

 marks with a decided pen the gradual advances of Russia towards British India, and the 

 sweeping rush of her conquering energy from Siberia to the Pacific. Thus Mr. Atkinson's 

 book has not only a literary, but a political and commercial importance. There Is food for 

 all readers and interest for all." Globe. 



"This is noble and fascinating book, belonging in right both of subject and treatment 

 to the choicest class of travel literature. The vast panorama unfolded is one of the most 

 marvellous in the world, and has hitherto been among the least known to th c nations of 

 the west. It is now set before them with exquisite clearness and force of expression by one 

 who has the highest claims to confidence as an observer and delineator." Spectator. 



" A really magnificent volume, which for many years to come must be a standard 

 authority upon the country of which It treats. It is very interesting and abounds in 

 incident and anecdote both personal and local." Chronicle. 



