APRIL 1901 
Messrs. METHUEN’S 
ANNOUNCEMENTS 
Travel, Adventure and Topography 
THE INDIAN BORDERLAND: Being a Personal Record 
of Twenty Years. By Sir T. H. Hotpicu, K.C,.LE, Illustrated. 
Demy 8vo. 55. 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 8vo. 155. 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 Hosiz. With Illustrations 
anda Map. Demy 8vo. tos. 6d. net. 
A somplcte 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 IIlustrations. Crown 8vo. 65. 
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 4fo. 1s. 
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. 
