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Show 12 MR. COLBURN'S LIST OF VII. CAPTAIN SPENCER'S TRAVELS IN TH.E WESTERN CAUCASUS; INCLUDING A TOUR 'l'IIROUOU lMElllTIA, MINGRELIA, TURKEY, MOLDAVIA, GALICIA 8 1L.E8fA, AND MORAVIA. Forming a Sequel to th~ Author's" TnAvELS IN CmcASSIA," &c. 2 vols. 8vo, with Illustrations. Price 28s. bound. "Upon all points ofintercst connected with the Ch·cassians Mr. Spencer furnishes information, both specific and authentic, and we earnestly recommend the perusal of tllis work to every person who desires to obtain an accurate view of the real state of those interesting tribes, and of the monstrous aggressions and grasph1g policy of the Muscovites. "-Atlas. VIII, EXCURSIONS IN TI-IE MOUNTAINS OF RONDA AND GRANADA; WITH CHARACTERISTIC SKETCHES OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE SOUTH OF SPAIN, BY CAPT. C. ROCHFORT SCOTT, Author of ''Travels in Egypt and Candia," &c. 2 vols. 8vo, with Illustrations. Price 28s. bound. " Captain Scott is as pleasant a guide and companion over the vinous hills and through tlie romantic forests of Spain as can be imagined ; for his eye catches at a glance what is most worthy of observation, and his wit and his enjoying heart put us into the right way to distil as much satisfaction from it as is possible. He has introduced into his travels a story and a legend or two, which vary the nature of the wor~, aud increase, therefore, its interest. Upon tile whole, Captain Scott's Excursions form one of the most entertaining books we have read for many years, while there is much in it that gives valuable information upon the present state of Spain, and the condition of its political affairs."-Court Joumal. IX. TRAVELS IN EGYPT AND CANDIA; WITH DETAILS OF THE MILITARY POWER AND RESOURCES OF THOSE COUNTRIES, AND OBSERVATIONS ON THE GOVERNMENT, POLICY, AND COMMERCIAL SYSTEM OF MOHAMMED ALI. BY CAPT. C. R. SCOTT, H.P. Royal StaffCorps. 2 vols. 8vo, with Illustrations, price 28s. " One of the most sterling publications of the season. There is a freshness in Captain Scott's narrative that affords a new desire respecting the events of this most interesting country. The habits and customs of the people are sketched with considerable spirit and talent, and U1ere is much novelty in the gallant author's details."-Naval and lllilitary Gazette. THE x. SPAS 0 F GERMANY. BY DR. GRANVILLE, Author of" Travels to St. Petersburg," &c. New and Cheaper Edition, in 1 vol. 8vo, with Thirty-nine Illustrations. Price only 18s. bound. " This attractive work presents the narrative of a grand tour to all the celebrated and fashionable mineral watering places of Germany-a tour in which amusement is blended wiili information, and descriptive sketches of the humours and fancies of each Spa are mixed up with all the accurate details of everything that is valuable in a medical or social point of view. "-Globe. NEW PUBLICATIONS. 13 XI. GUIDE THROUGH NORTH WALES. BY G. J. BENNETT, ESQ. In 1 vol., with 20 ETCHINGs of the most INTERESTING ScENEs, by ALFRED CI.JNT. Price ISs. bound • . "This is a beautiful work-as delightful a one as we have met with for many years. It abounds ~lth sketches, admirably executed, of many of those charming vales and mountains in the beautiful countrr of which it treat~. and affords us also specimens of the national airs of Wales, giving us the mus1c of them a~ well as the words. It is a book of travels written with a poet's love of nature and a humorist's cheerfulness."-Cow·t Jou1•nal. xu. THE FAN QUI IN CHIN A. BY C. T. DOWNING, ESQ., M.R.C.S. 3 vols. post Svo, with Iiiustrations, price 3ls. 6d. bound. ". Tbis l?t.I_blication ~s not to be considered as a mere traveller's book ; its scope is wider and mo1 e ~lllb1t10ns. It 1s emphatically an account of the habits, manners, manufactures, and laws of Chma, as far as personal observation, aided by personal industry, can bring them within the kn?wlc~gc o~ a Fanqui, or foreigner. In this point of view, putting aside even its familiar d~hneatJ_ons, 1ts episodes, and pictw·es, which are all excellent, it is the best book on the subject With wluch we are acquainted."-Atlas. XIII. THE RIVER AND THE DESART. BY MISS PARDOE, Author of " THE CITY oF THE SuLTAN," &c. 2 vols. post 8vo, with Illustrations, price 18s. fo~~~~~ru~~o~;~~t~:!!~ble to the author, (Jiscovering more mind than any of Miss Pardoe's " There are few pages of this work in which it would be difficult to trace that power, whether of abstract r~fiection or of graphic description, that gives so much earnestness, force, and varied beauty to M1ss Pardoe's series of pictures of • The City of the Sultan.' "-Court Journal. XIV. A JOURNEY ACROSS THE PAMPAS AND THE ANDES, FROM BUENOS AYRES TO VALPARAISO, LIMA, PANAMA, &c. BY THE HON. P. CAMPBELL SCARLETT. 2 vols. post 8vo, with Illustrations, 25s. bound. " These volumes abound with anecdotes and descriptions which will afford both information and amusement to all classes of readers. The whole of the work will be read with pleasure ; but the great commercial and political interests connected with the statements in it respecting steam navigation on the Pacific require the public attention to be particularly drawn to its considera-tion."- 7'imes. ... XV. SIR JAMES ALEXANDER'S TRAVELS IN WESTERN AFRICA, AND NARRATIVE OF THE KAFFIR WAR IN 1836. 2 volumes, 8vo, Illustrated with numerous Plates, by MAJOR C. C. MICHELL, K.H. " This is a very interesting account of the colonies of Western Africa. Very little is known of the new settlements on the African frontier, and it is a matter of surprise to us that no work, except Mr. Martin's, has been published descriptive oftheestablishmentand rapid progress of these acq1lisitions. The volumes before us contain a great deal of valuable and interesting intelligence, and a very animateu description of the proceedings of the British and native forces."-Jolm Bull. |