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LITERATURE, BRITISH, IN 1898. 



Siam," spent by him as Director of Mines in that 

 country. " Sunny Memories of an Indian Winter," 

 by Mrs. Sara H. Dunn, contrasted strongly with 

 "A Tour Through the Famine Districts of India," 

 made by F. H. S. Merewether. "Sport in the 

 Highlands of Kashmir" was described by Henry 

 Zouch Darrah with much effectiveness ; " Camping 

 and Tramping in Malaya" came from Ambrose B. 

 Kathborne, and " Pioneering in Formosa" from W. 

 A. Pickering. " China in Transformation," accord- 

 ing to Archibald Ross Colquhoun, was pronounced 

 ( 'liinain Decay " by Alexis Krausse : John Thom- 

 son went " Through China with a Camera," and 

 Arthur May Knapp gave two volumes to " Feudal 

 and Modern Japan." " Goldfields and Chrysanthe- 

 mums," by Catherine Bond, was a record of travel 

 in Australia and Japan ; Albert T. Calvert wrote 

 Mv Fourth Tour in Western Australia." and 

 Michael Davitt. M. P., described " Life and Progress 

 in Australasia." " Islands of the Southern Seas," 

 by Michael Myers Shoemaker, and " Brown Men 

 and Women : The South Sea Islands in 1895 and 

 1896," by Edward Reeves, were both illustrated, 

 while from Hugh Clifford, the author of "In Court 

 and Kampong," we had "Studies in Brown Hu- 

 manity," in Malay, otherwise described as scrawls 

 and smudges in sepia, white, and yellow. "The 

 Indiscretions of Lady Asenath," by Basil Thomson, 

 was in reality an exposition of native life in the 

 South Sea islands, declared the most satisfying and 

 the most suggestive book yet done on the Melane- 

 sians. " Tropics and Snows," by Capt. R. G. Bur- 

 ton, gave a record of sport and travel in various 

 lands, and Mrs. Rowan was " A Flower Hunter in 

 Queensland." G. W. Steevnes wrote ably of " Egypt 

 in 1898"; "The City of the Caliphs," by Eustace 

 A. Reynolds-Ball, was a popular study of Cairo and 

 its environments, and the Nile and its antiquities ; 

 and " From Sphinx to Oracle, Through the Libyan 

 Desert to the Oasis of Jupiter Ammon," came from 

 Arthur Silvu White. ''Twenty Years in the Near 

 East." by A. II. Beaman, was a valuable contribu- 

 tion to students of the Eastern question ; " Notes 

 from a Diary in Asiatic Turkey," by Lord Wark- 

 worth, M. P., contained 21 full-page photogravures 

 and other illustrations from photographs by the 

 author; "The Hill of the Graces," visited by'H. S. 

 Cowper, was situated in central Tripoli, and con- 

 tained the megalithic ruins known as "senams"; 

 Ella C. Sykes rode " Through Persia on a Side Sad- 

 dle," while, " In the Forbidden Land," in two vol- 

 umes, contained theaccount of A. H. Savage Lander's 

 journey into Tibet, his capture by the Tibetan lamas 

 and soldiers, his imprisonment, torture, and ultimate 

 release M. S. Wellby also went"Through Unknown 

 Tibet" with less disastrous adventures. "Through 

 Asia," by Sven Hedin, in two volumes, with maps, 

 2 plates printed in color, and about 280 illustrations 

 by the author, taken from photographs, was one of 

 the most important books of travel of the year. 

 " Kxca vat ions at Jerusalem, 1894-'97," by F. J. 

 I'.liss, Ph. I)., was published under the auspices of 

 the Palestine Exploration Fund, and from W. M. 

 Flinders Petrie came "Syria and Egypt, from the 

 Tell-el-Amarna Letters." In this connection may 

 be mentioned also " The Ramesseumand the Tomb of 

 Ptah-hetep," by J. E. Quibell and Messrs. Paget 

 and Pirie, published under the auspices of the 

 Egyptian Research Account. "Old Tracks and 

 New Landmarks" was the title of wavside sketches 

 in Crete, Macedonia, Mitylene, etc., by Mrs. Mary 

 A.Walker; II. Spender and H. L. Smith crossed 

 "The High Pyrenees": sporting adventures in 

 Austria were described in "On Plain and Peak," 

 by Randolph L. Hodgson; Kli/alwtJi Robins Pen- 

 nell went " Over the Alps on a Bicycle," the journey 

 being illustrated by Joseph Pennell, and William 



Scott accompanied his work upon " Rock Villages 

 in the Riviera," with 60 illustrations from drawings 

 of his own. Rev. Alexander Robertson, D. D., 

 author of " Through the Dolomites," gave his at- 

 tention to "The Bible of St. Mark : The Altar and 

 Throne of Venice," writing not only a history of St. 

 Mark's Church in that city, but a description and 

 interpretation of its biblical sculptures and mosaics. 

 " The Land of Contrasts " was a Briton's view of 

 his American kin, vouchsafed by James Fullerton 

 Muirhead, and from Richard Davey came a sketch 

 of "Cuba, Past and Present." Frances Macnab, 

 the author of " On Veldt and Farm," wrote on 

 "British Columbia for Settlers." describing its 

 mines, trade, and agriculture ; E. Jerome Dyer 

 wrote on "The Routes and Mineral Resources of 

 Northwestern Canada," and Harry De Windt went 

 " Through the Gold Fields of Alaska to Behring 

 Straits." J. H. E. Secretan also took a journey 

 down the Yukon from its source to its mouth, the 

 incidents of which are detailed in " To Klondyke 

 and Back," C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne passed " Through 

 Arctic Lapland " : " With Ski and Sledge over 

 Arctic Glaciers," by Sir W. Martin Conway, an ap- 

 pendix to " The First Crossing of Spitzbergen," 

 which he published last year, was illustrated from 

 photographs ; " A Northern Highway of the Tsar " 

 was traveled by Aubyn Trevor Battye, and " Side 

 Lights on Siberia," by James Young Simpson, gave 

 some account of the great Siberian railroad and of 

 the prisons and exile system. " The Cruise of the 

 ' Cachalot ' Round the World after Sperm Whales." 

 by Frank T. Bullen, contained much unusual infor- 

 mation. " South American Sketches " came from 

 Robert Cranford ; " Twenty-five Years in British 

 Guiana," by Henry Kirke, was supplemented by 

 " British Guiana," from the pen of Rev. L. Crookall, 

 and " Spark's Guide Book and History " of the same 

 colony ; while, returning to the mother country, we 

 have to record ' Highways and Byways in North 

 Wales," by A. G. Bradley, illustrated by Joseph 

 Pennell and Hugh Thompson, and Sir Walter Be- 

 sant's " South London," a companion volume to his 

 " London " and " Westminster," which contained 

 etchings by F. S. Walker and 118 illustrations. 



The following are the figures of book production 

 in England during the year, as compared with those 

 of 1897, from the columns of the London Publish- 

 ers' Circular : 



Three books of the year were " crowned " by the 

 Academy with a gift 'of 50 guineas each. They 



