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t pleasantly of the Malay Peninsula, its inhabitants, their customs and their manners." _Pall Mall Gazette._--"Altogether a book of quite unusual ability, displaying exceptional powers of observation and description." _Scotsman._--"The story is powerfully told." _Academy._--"A very careful interpretation of Malayan life and character." =STUDIES IN BROWN HUMANITY.= Crown 8vo, Cloth. 6s. _Guardian._--"His new book is quite as entertaining and thrilling as his last. Mr. Clifford's Malay friends have in no way lost their interest." _Daily News._--"These vivid and powerful pictures of the wild life of the Malayan Peninsula are of the deepest interest." _Morning Post._--"Mr. Clifford approaches his subject with the sympathy inspired by a country which he 'knows intimately' that is 'very dear to him,' and the scene of the best years of his life. His descriptive powers are considerable, his pictures accurate and full of colour." _The World._--"He draws further upon his memory for sketches of Eastern life, of which the vigour and colour may be compared with those of Mr. Kipling himself ... His pages 'palpitate with actuality,' if we may use a slang phrase of the day; not one of them is dull."' _Pall Mall Gazette._--"Mr. Clifford is a born artist, who scrupulously draws the thing as he sees it." 48 LEICESTER SQUARE, LONDON, W.C. * * * * * =Price 33. 6d. net each.= _GRANT ALLEN'S HISTORICAL GUIDES._ =PARIS.= By GRANT ALLEN. Second Edition. =FLORENCE.= By GRANT ALLEN. Second Edition. =THE CITIES OF BELGIUM.= By GRANT ALLEN. Second Edition. =VENICE.= By GRANT ALLEN. Second Edition. =CITIES OF NORTHERN ITALY.= By G. C. WILLIAMSON, Litt.D. =THE UMBRIAN TOWNS.= By J. W. and A. M. CRUICKSHANK. _Times._--"Good work in the way of showing students the right manner of approaching the history of a great city.... These useful little volumes." _Birmingham Gazette._--"Not only admirable, but also, to the intelligent tourist, indispensable.... Mr. Allen has the artistic temperament.... With his origins, his traditions, his art criticism, he goes to the heart of the matter, is outspoken concerning those things he despises, and earnest when describing those in which his soul delights.... Both books are eminently interesting to the ordinary reader whether he has travelled or not." _Scotsman._--"Those who travel for the sake of culture will be well catered for in
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