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Sir Samuel Baker here describes twelve months' exploration, during 

 which he examined the rivers that are tributary to the Nile from Abyssinia, 

 including the Atbara, Settite, Roy an, Salaam, Angrab, Itahad, Dinder, 

 and the Blue Nile, The interest attached to these portions of Africa differs 

 entirely from that of the White Nile regions, as the whole of Upper Egypt 

 and Abyssinia is capable of development, and is inhabited by races having 

 some degree of civilization; while Central Africa is peopled by a race of 

 savages, whose future is more problematical. The TIMES says : "It solves 

 finally a geographical riddle which hitherto had been extremely perplexing, 

 and it adds much to our information respecting Egyptian Abyssinia and 

 the different races that spread over it. It contains, moreover, some notable 

 instances of English daring and enterprising skill ; it abounds in ani- 

 mated tales of exploits dear to the heart of the British sportsman; and it 

 will attract even the least studious reader, as the author tells a story well, 

 and can describe nature with uncommon power." 



Barante (M. De). ^GUIZOT. 



Baring-Gould (Rev. S., M.A.) LEGENDS OF OLD 



TESTAMENT CHARACTERS, from the Talmud and other 

 sources. By the Rev. S. BARING-GOULD, M.A. Author of 

 " Curious Myths of the Middle Ages," " The Origin and Develop- 

 ment of Religious Belief," " In Exitu Israel," &c. In Two Vols. 

 Crown 8vo. i6s. Vol. I. Adam to Abraham. Vol. II. Mel- 

 chizedek to Zechariah. 



Mr. Baring- Gould^s previous contributions to the History of Mythology 

 and the formation of a science of comparative religion are admitted to be 

 of high importance ; the present work, it is believed, will be found to 

 be of equal value. He has collected from the Talmud and other sources, 

 Jewish and Mohammedan, a large number of curious and interesting 

 legends concerning the principal characters of the Old Testament, com- 

 paring these frequently with similar legends current among many of the 

 Peoples, savage and civilized, all over the world. " TJiese volumes contain 

 much that is very strange, and, to the ordinary English reader, very 

 novel." DAILY NEWS. 



Barker (Lady). s& also BELLES LETTRES CATALOGUE. 



STATION LIFE IN NEW ZEALAND. By LADY BARKER. 

 Second and Cheaper Edition. Globe 8vo. 3.5-. 6d. 



