2 Mr. Edward Arnold's Spring Announcements 



ACROSS THE SAHARA. 



3fcom irripoK to :Sotnu. 

 By HANNS VISCHER, M.A. 



Political Service, Northern Nigeria. 



With Illustrations and a Map. Demy ivo. I3S. 6d. net. 



In his adventurous and interesting journey, the author traversed 

 a region practically unexplored by any white man since the days 

 of Barth. Starting with a large and somewhat unruly caravan, 

 one of his great difficulties was to keep the peace between the 

 Arabs and Negros who composed it : as the expedition advanced 

 farther south they had to encounter terrible desert tracts where 

 no water could be found for days, and where oases were few and far 

 between. At a later stage the hostility of certain native tribes with 

 a taste for brigandage caused serious trouble, and some severe 

 fighting. The author, however, accepted his mischances with 

 philosophy, and imparts to the reader the pleasure and excite- 

 ment that each day's journey brought forth. The narrative is 

 graphic and picturesque, and much information is conveyed 

 incidentally as to the resources of the country and the life of its 

 inhabitants. 



WITH A PREHISTORIC PEOPLE: 



Zhc a=W=ftu=BU ot 3i3rtt(8b East atrica. 



By W. SCORESBY ROUTLEDGE, M.A., Oxon, 



and KATHARINE ROUTLEDGE, M.A. 



Trin. Coll., Dublin. 



With 176 tages of Illustrations and a Map. Medium 8fo. 

 2 IS. net. 

 This is the first published account of one of the most interesting 

 of African peoples, previously unknown to white men, who have 

 lately come under British rule. The object of the authors, who 

 have recently returned from a prolonged sojourn amongst them, is 

 to describe primitive life as it really exists, and the book should 

 be of great value to those who are interested in our Empire 

 and its responsibilities as well as to those of more scientific tastes. 

 It should also prove of material assistance to Government 

 officials, settlers, and travellers in the country described, enabling 

 them to understand native thought and custom. 'The great 

 interest of the subject,' say the authors, ' lies in the fact that the 

 A-ki-ku-yu of to-day are at the point where our ancestors stood in 

 earliest times.' There are nearly two hundred pages of illus- 

 trations from the authors' photographs. 



