April iqoi 



Messrs. Methuen's 



ANNOUNCEMENTS 



Travel, Adventure and Topography 



THE INDIAN BORDERLAND : Being a Personal Record 

 of Twenty Years. By Sir T. H. HOLDICH, K.C.I.E. Illustrated. 

 Demy 8vo. l^s. net. 

 This book is a personal record of the author's connection with those military and 

 political expeditions which, during the last twenty years, have led to the con- 

 solidation of our present position in the North- West frontier of India. It is 

 a personal history of trans-frontier surveys and boundary demarcations, com- 

 mencing with Penjdeh and ending with the Pamirs, Chitral, and Tirah. 



MODERN ABYSSYNIA. By A. B, Wylde. With a Map and 

 a Portrait. Demy Svo. l$s. net. 

 An important and comprehensive account of Abyssinia by a traveller who knows 

 the country intimately, and has had the privilege of the friendship of King 

 Menelik. 



MANCHURIA. By Alexander Hosie. With Illustrations 

 and a Map. Deiny %vo. \os, 6d. net. 

 A complete account of this important province by the highest living authority on the 

 subject. 



THE RELIEF OF KUMASI. By Captain H. C. J. Biss. 



With Maps and Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 6s. 

 A narrative both of the siege and of the march of the relieving force, by an officer 

 who took part in the advance. 



THE REAL CHINESE QUESTION. By Chester Hol- 

 COMBE. Crown 8vo. 6s. 



A BOOK OF BRITTANY. By S. Baring Gould. With 

 numerous Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 6s. 

 Uniform In scope and size with Mr. Baring Gould's well-known books on Devon, 

 Cornwall, and Dartmoor. 



NAPLES : PAST AND PRESENT. By A. H. Norway, 

 Author of ' Highways and Byways in Devon and Cornwall.' With 

 40 Illustrations by A. G. Ferard. Crown 8vo. 6s. 

 In this book Mr. Norway gives not only a highly interesting description of modern 

 Naples, but a historical account of its antiquities and traditions. 



History and Biography 



THE PASSING OF THE GREAT QUEEN: A Tribute to the 

 Noble Life of Victoria Regina. By Marie Corelli. Small ^to. is. 



In this book Miss Marie Corelli endeavours to interpret the high lessons of the 

 Queen's life and the secret of her extraordinary success. It is a book which deals 

 not only with the personal factor, but also with the commencement of the new era 

 which the death of the Queen has brought about. 



