Publications, Newspaper Cuttings, Photographs and Correspondence about Persia and the Persian Gulf [‎366r] (736/879)

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April, 1908.
Travel
A Resident’s Wife in Nigeria. By Constance Larymore. 82 x 51, 300 pp.
7s. 6d. net. Copies in Class B, 6s.
[A bright and simple narrative, gathered from journals of everyday life during five years—the first
part, experience of places and travel; the second taking the home and household, " the garden,”
. " the stable,” “ camp life,” and “ What to wear.”]
The Rhine, its Valley and History. By H. Ja Mackinder, With Illustrations in
colour after Mrs. James Jardine, 92 x 61, 226 pp, 20s. net,
[This belongs to a now considerable series of" Books with Coloured Illustrations,” devoted to travel
and topography, and is uniform with Mr. W. J. Lof tie’s " Colour of London,” Professor Margoliouth’s
" Cairo, Jerusalem, and Damascus,” &c. Mr. Mackinder, who is Director of the London School of
Economics, and is a well-known authority on geography, gives—not an account of a tour—but an
instructive and trustworthy description of the country and its past; of the river and its tributaries,
and the part they have played in history. There are over fifty effective water-colour illustrations ;
and maps.]
Things Seen in Egypt, By Clive Holland, 6 x 41, 253 pp 4 2Si net,
[A little book, with fifty capital photographs, by the author of " Things Seen in Japan,” &c.]
Three Voyages of a Naturalist. By M. J. Nicoll. With an Introduction by the
Right Hon. the Earl of Crawford, K.T, 82 x 52, xxvi + 246 pp. 7s. 6d. net.
- [Lord Crawford explains that, with Mr. Nicoll, he has sailed down the East Coast of South America,
across the Southern Pacific; in the West Indies and the Gulf of Mey .co; through the Southern
Indian Ocean, and the islands of the Southern Atlantic, and has explored throughout many little-
known islands. The result was the addition of many hundreds of specimens to the national collec
tion, and some new species, particularly about a dozen species of birds new to science, were dis
covered. Mr Nicoll gives an interesting and simply told narrative of the trips and of his natural
history experiences.]
Through Persia in a Motor-Car. By Russia and the Caucasus. By Claude Anet.
Translated by M. B. Ryley, 91 x 64, 281 pp. 16s. net. Copies in Class B.
12s, 10d.
[Prince Emmanuel Bibesco, with M. Anet, three other men, and two ladies, performed the rather
remarkable feat of penetrating to Ispahan, mainly by motor car. The story of the expedition is
well told and well illustrated.]
FICTION.
“Act of God.” By Robert Elliott, 71 x 5, 438 pp. Published, 6s, ; our
price (new copies), 4s. 6d. Copies in Class B, 8s. 11d. ; Class C, 8s.;
Class D, 1s, 10d,
[The story of an old-fashioned emigrant ship, which we board on the high seas and leave a charred
hulk in the South Atlantic. When it catches fire an interesting drama is being enacted between
a beautiful Irish girl emigrant who sings and speaks in real Gaelic; an amorous ship’s officer,
who once got a scholarship at Oxford; the two saloon passengers, an effeminate artist and an
outrageous flirt, his sister ; other officers and emigrants, and a cosmopolitan crew.]
An Actor’s Love Story. By Alice M. Diehl. 72 x 51, 293 pp. Published 6s, ;
our price (new copies), 4s, 6d, Copies in Class B, 8s. 11d.
[A story of an unworldly naive girl, who is miserable at leaving, for a life of wealth and fashion, the
convent where she has been living while her mother and stepfather were in the East; who (though
a Protestant) longs to be a nun, and whose one love is for Mother Aloysia. Later on, however, the
actor comes on the scene and captures the heart of the sentimental Betty, with tragic results.]
Ancestors. By Gertru le Atherton, 71 x 5, 658 ppi Published, 6s, ; our
price (new copies), 45, 6d, Copies in Class B, 3s, 11d, ; Class C, 3s, ; Class D,
1s. 10d. •
[Mrs. Atherton’s " Rezanov ” and " The Californians ” are previous links with this history of the
transformation of Elton Gwynne, a young Liberal politician (baulked of his career by his elevation
to the peerage) into an ardent American citizen. Scenes: " Capheaton," 1904 ; San Francisco
and surrounding country, 1905-1906.]
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