2 Mr. Edward Arnold's Autumn Announcements. 



SOUTH AFRICAN MEMORIES. 



By THE LADY SARAH WILSON. 

 With Illustrations. One Volume. Demy 8vo., cloth. 155. net. 



These entertaining memories of society, war, and sport in South 

 Africa, covering a period from 1895 to I 94 are written from diaries 

 kept at the time, and contain many novel and interesting episodes. 

 The author tells us that everything of interest that has happened to 

 her in life has been in connection with Africa : she was there at the 

 time of the Jameson Raid ; she was present in the siege of Mafeking 

 during the war, an episode that has never yet been adequately de- 

 scribed ; she has hunted lions in the vast country north of the Zambesi ; 

 she has been nearly drowned in the Nile; and in Africa she has made 

 some of her best friends. Lady Sarah Wilson has often proved the 

 truth of the saying that ' adventures are to the adventurous,' and no 

 more attractive motto could be found for such a volume as the present. 

 The book is dedicated to the memory of her sister Georgina, Countess 

 Howe, whose health and life were sacrificed in labours undertaken on 

 behalf of the Yeomanry Hospitals during the war. 



HOUSEBOAT DAYS IN CHINA. 



By J. O. P. BLAND, 



AUTHOR OF ' LAVS OF FAR CATHAY,' ETC. 



Illustrated by WILLIAM STRAIGHT. 

 With Map. One Volume. Medium 8vo., cloth. 155. net. 



To charter a houseboat and make an expedition along a river 

 ' up country ' is one of the favourite recreations of British residents 

 in China. Mr. Bland is an old hand at the game, and knows how 

 to accept its drawbacks with philosophy, while enjoying the pleasures 

 to the full. Sport is the ostensible object of these expeditions, and 

 Mr. Bland had many exciting days in the pursuit of duck, geese, 

 and snipe. Even more entertaining than his sporting episodes are his 

 shrewd descriptions and comments on the types of Chinamen he 

 came across, from the Lowdah who managed the boat, and his crew, 

 to the Mandarin and the Missionary. The Ethics of Houseboat 

 Travel forms an amusing chapter, and however far he journeys he 

 cannot escape ' The Eternal Feminine.' Thoughts on books and 

 poetry intrude themselves among recollections of smuggling and the 

 coming of railways. The volume winds up with a subject ever 

 present to the Briton in China reflections ' On Coming Home.' 



The volume is charmingly illustrated by Mr. William Straight, 

 every chapter having appropriate head-pieces and terminals, while 

 there are a large number of delicate vignettes in the text. 



