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Show LIST OF VALUABLE AND POPULAR BOOKS. YEARS IN NORTHfRN AND CfNTRAl AfRIU. Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa, being a Journal of an Expedition undertaken under the auspices of H. B. Majesty's Government, in the Years 1849-1855. BY ITENRY BARTII, PH.D., D.C.L., Follow of tllo RoylLl Ooogmphioal nnd Aslalio Sooletles, oto., oto. Price, $1.25 BARTH's TRAVELS IN NonTm~RN AND 0ENTRAT.. . AFRTOA should be rend by evrry one who hns LIVINGSTONE's TRAVELs-by mn,ny it is considered sLill more interesting. NOTICES OF TilE PRESS. The roson.rchos of Dr. Barth n.ro of tbo hlgh C'~;t lutorost. Fow mou h1wo oxlstod 110 qunl ifi1•d, both iu lutEillootual ability n.nd o. vigor·ons bodily COnlltilntiou, l'ot· tho peril· ou11 part of n.u AfriciUI tl iscovoror as I>r-. Ba rth .- ~onrton T iuuw. Evllry chnptor proRont11 maltor of moro origin11L int rnxt thau ttn ordinary volnmo of trlw 1:·. 1I'hltl iH high pra.lso, bnt it is uno to tho i ntolli i(O llCO and ZNll of Dr Barth who vurRtH'd. hiH n.dvootur s with untlinchlug courn go, and negloel<'d uo O]l]H>rtuui tif'f!~ Jl !s dibcuvori os, in f11.ct, are Jlltmll ol with th m;o of Dr. J~iv i nK~to o e iu tho 'outh. Wo confOH11 liY !l.t such n. relation haH for Ul! ILlL lutonse intoro:;t; wo aro H\ll'O thn.t uo 110rioul! rt!h'i<'r will l)O di~mppoinlt'd in tho n:1.rmtivo of Dr. BILrth, which, Hpriuklod with n.uocc{,llOA, variotl by gl ittori ug tlet~cri ptiOUti of l:1.nd '-Cil.})OH and tll a uuorM, \Hitton with vii-(Or aud Rimplic!ty, nod tlir.clo~inl{ n.mid tho gloo ~n of Afri ctt tho H<'Cret~; of contul"ios, 111 a rich ropC'rtory of l<n owledgo, and dollerves to Ltl.ko it~; }Jiaco amoug the cl:ts~icl'! of trttvot.-Lnndon Lrt~o<.lrr. Thill voluASle coutaiul! ll.U ll.ccouut or tho j ourn(lyin~s. dh;cov orles, nut! n.dvontnres of ouo of the most out<'rpriHing trn.volors of tho ng-o, coudenllPd frotn hi~o~ C'xlrndod no.rmtivo, recently publi.~hed in thr<'o lltrge octu.vo volume!'!. 'l'ho work IM i ntond!'tl fM many 'vho ft'ol n. d(lrp Interest in Dr. B:1.nh'R l{l"<'ll.t <'XJlNiition, who would know whnto,·or 1s wot·th knowing iu rexp<'ct to tho coudition, tho civili:r.atiou, n.nd prospoctH of mou In Afrlc11., but who htw o neithrr timo nor money to prucuro and n'au tho sl'il'n tillc, minuto anti bulky volunt<'H from which tho pn,xout ha>< h<'Oll 11bridgod. 'l'Le w urk is woll priulod a.nJ illusLmtod.-C'll?·i,vfi<.:n ObsPJ.Vf'?·, PhilarLP.!phin. lloro wo h1wo tho outire Huhjcet-rnn.tt r issu <'d in a l:lingfo v olnmo, with maps and lllnt~Lrations, n.nd 11t a very low pr-ico ; whiln from tho dt'OP iutcwo~o;t of H11 pagt>s, we pr('dict that it will comrn,Lod. wh:tt lwokHolforl.l n•joico to calf a. "run." Tho hook ia also enriched with notrH from tho expedition~; of Richardson, Donb ttm :trHl Clapperton. -Peunsy/vunia lnqnirer. It is got up in .Mr. Bmdtoy'a mmnl Htylo of ol og-n.nco and beauty. It iR pleasant to lock at, to ha.ndto, and to rcttd .-Colurn.bio (Prt.) Dl'mocrat. Wo oornmt'nd tho volume to a.ll who doxirn a porfPct comhiuntion of inRtructive and lntoroHliiJI{ rt'IHiing. Bosidl'fltho contPntR, tho typogrnphi cal 1\.JlJlOtLI'ttuco of tho work Ia alike crt'uitiLhll' and a.ltractivo.-Sehool Journnl, Philr/(l i!I}Jhin. Mr. Bradlt•y d<'.~<'rvcs tbo thn.ni<M and JHtlr-onago of tho public for ofl'l>r·ing tho rNmlt of recent (1Xploratlonll ilL 11. ch<'a.p ltnd vory h:IIHlsomo furm. F w puhli~;}l(1rs oqm\1, and nono excC'I him iu the mechanical ex ocutioc of his publicatioux.-Record of Time~, WilkP80a?Te, Prt. Like ttll of 1\ir. Bmdloy's pnl)!icatlooA, It I& ologn.Jrtly got up, n.nd contftlolog, as It doof:j, I!O large nn amount of matter, 5:!8 pages, oxcftv•ivo of rnapi! aud ougmviugs, Is one of tho choapofit books ever pulJiiHIIod iu tlli~ 1:oun t t·y. Wo I!LrOn!fly urgo our reader~ M !Klnd f,lr it l'dt.:.3 :tl1 .2D.-PiUston Gazelle. J>u.. |