to Java; 1897, by Arthur Keyser.

Java; 2 vols., 1861, by J. W. Money.

Java; 1830, by Sir Stamford Raffles.

Fuehrer auf Java; 1890, by L. F. M. Schulze.

The Conquest of Java; 1815, by William Thorn.

A Visit to Java; 1893, by W. B. Worsfold.

Rambles in Java; 1853, (anon.).

The Hindu Ruins in the Plain of Parambanan; 1901, by Dr. I.
Groneman.

The Tjandi-Baeraebudur in Central Java; 1901, by Dr. I. Groneman.

Boro-Boedoer op het Eiland Java; 1873, by F. C. Wilsen, 2 vols.

In addition to a selection from the above-named, the intending visitor
should read "Java: The Garden of the East" by Miss E. R. Scidmore, 1898,
and the Rev. G. M. Reith's "A Padre in Partibus" will be found
entertaining.

Much must depend upon the notions of the tourist as to the cost of a
trip in Java, but our experience is that Java is the cheapest country we
have ever visited. The hotels are superior to those found in the
interior of Japan, and, as the guilder, which has a value of 70 cents in
Singapore currency or about 1s. 7 3/4d. in English currency, may be taken
as the unit of value for travelling purposes, our readers will see at a
glance what a fortnight or three weeks' trip is likely to cost from the
following hotel rates:--

Hotel des Indes, Batavia 6 guilders per day

Hotel Bellevue, Buitenzorg 6 " "

Hotel, Sindanglaya 6 " "

Hotel Garoet 6 " "

Gov't. Hotel, Maos 4 " "

Hotel Mataram, Djocjakarta 5 " "

Hotel Simpang, Sourabaya 6 " "

Sanitorium, Tosari 7 " "

Hotel du Pavilion, Samarang 5 " "

There are a few extras, and the servants are civilised enough to expect
small tips. Charges for liquors are invariably reasonable.

The hotels are scrupulously clean and the accommodation excellent, and
in a tropical country one appreciates the facilities for bathing.

In his delightful poem of "Lucile," Owen Meredith wrote:--

We may live without poetry, music and art;
We may live without conscience, and live without heart;
We may live without friends; we may live without books;
But civilised man cannot live without cooks.
He may live without books,--what is knowledge but grieving?
He may live without hope,--what is hope but deceiving?
He may live without love,--what is passion but