SELECTIONS FROM MR. EDWARD ARNOLD'S LIST. 



My Mission in Abyssinia. By GERALD H. POKTAL, C.B., 



Her Majesty's Consul-General at Zanzibar. With Portrait, Map, 

 and numerous Illustrations. Demy 8vo, 15s. 



" A very interesting account of the writer's adventures in Abyssinia on 

 the occasion of his mission in 1887-8 to the King of that country for 

 the purpose of bringing about a modus vivendi between Italy and Abys- 

 sinia after the massacre of Dogoli. Mr. Portal's narrative is personal 

 and descriptive rather than political. It abounds in interest and ex- 

 citement, and he has much to tell which is well worth hearing." Times. 



" We can safely recommend Mr. Portal's book to all classes of readers, 

 and cannot imagine any one who will not be interested in it. He has 

 much to tell, and tells it well." Academy. 



" A record of one of the most daring achievements ever accomplished 

 on behalf of the Foreign Office. Mr. Portal's narrative is at once lucid, 

 brief, and intensely interesting." St. James's Gazette. 



" The dangers to which the mission was constantly exposed, and the 

 calmness and courage with which they were faced are simply and 

 modestly recorded, whilst we obtain also much light as to the habits and 

 characteristics of the Abyssinians as a nation." United Service Institu- 

 tion Journal. 



" The book is beautifully illustrated. "Leeds Mercury. 



" Mr. Portal had excellent materials for the making of an exciting 

 book, and he has availed himself of them very creditably. He is fortu- 

 nate in having seen the country at its best, and still more in having 

 lived to describe it." The Guardian. 



Dark Days in Chile. An Account of the Ecvolution of 



1891. By MAURICE H. HEKVEY, Special Correspondent of The 

 Times. With fifteen full-page Illustrations. Demy 8vo, 16s. 



" The portion of the narrative in which the author gives an account 

 of his personal adventures is full of exciting incidents, and may be 

 taken as giving an accurate account of the movements of the vessels 

 Balmaceda possessed during the Civil War." The Field. 



" Mr. Hervey has the pen of a ready writer : his humour would cause 

 him to be claimed as an American were his nationality not known. Ex- 

 cellent type and fair pages make easy reading of ' Dark Days in Chile,' 

 which must rank among the lively books of the year." Philadelphia 

 Ledger. 



" A graphic account of an exceedingly troublous time in the history of 

 South American Eepublics." Daily Telegraph. 



" We have derived from Mr. Hervey's book a more intimate and vivid 

 notion of things and people in Chile, of the forces and the men that 

 were the chief factors in the war, than we have derived from any pre- 

 vious source." Freeman's Journal. 



" A vivid account of the author's adventures in Chile during the late 

 Civil War. . . . His narrative is full of interest and exciting incidents." 

 The Times. 



LONDON: EDWARD ARNOLD, 37, BEDFORD STREET, STRAND. 

 Publisher to the India Office. 



