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The Strategy of Providence. "He has rendered" says the NONCON- 

 FORMIST, " good service and shed a ne%u lustre on the chair of Modern 

 History at Cambridge .... He has thrown a charm around the work 

 by the marvellous fascinations of his own genius, brought out in strong 

 relief those great principles of which all history is a revelation, lighted 

 up many dark and almost unknown spots, and stimulated the desire to 

 understand more thoroughly one of the greatest movements in the story of 

 humanity" 



Kingsley (Henry, F.R.G.S.) For other Works by same 

 Author, see BELLES LETTRES CATALOGUE. 



TALES OF OLD TRAVEL. Re-narrated by HENRY KINGSLEY, 

 F.R.G.S. With Eight Illustrations by HUARD. Third Edition. 

 Crown 8vo. 6s. 



In this volume Mr. Henry Kingsley re-narrates, at the same time 

 preserving much of the quaintness of the original, some of the most fasci- 

 nating tales of travel contained in the collections of Hakluyt and others. The 

 CONTENTS are Marco Polo ; The Shipwreck of Pelsart; The Wonderful 

 Adventures of Andrew Battel ; The Wanderings of a Capuchin; Peter 

 Carder; The Preservation of the " 'Terra Nova ;" Spitzbergen; D" 1 Ernie- 

 nonviltts Acclimatization A dventure; The Old Slave Trade; Miles Philips ; 

 The Sufferings of Robert Everard ; John Fox ; Alvaro Nunez ; The Foun- 

 dation of an Empire. " We know no better book for those who want 

 knowledge or seek to refresh it. As for the ''sensational,' most novels are 

 tame compared with these narratives" ATHENAEUM. "Exactly the 

 book to interest and to do good to intelligent and high-spirited boys" 

 LITERARY CHURCHMAN. 



Macmillan (Rev. Hugh). For other Works by same Author, 

 see THEOLOGICAL and SCIENTIFIC CATALOGUES. 



HOLIDAYS ON HIGH LANDS ; or, Rambles and Incidents in 

 search of Alpine Plants. Crown 8vo. cloth. 6s. 



The aim of this book is to impart a general idea of the origin, character, 

 and distribution of those rare and beautiful Alpine plants which occur on 

 the British hills, and which are^ found almost everywhere on the. lofty 

 mountain chains of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America. The informa- 

 tion the a^^thor has to give is conveyed in untechnical language, in a 

 setting oj personal adventure, *and associated with descriptions of the 



