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bination of circumstances can alone produce. His volume will indeed amply repay perusal."--_London Spectator_. McCOAN'S (J.C.) EGYPT AS IT IS. With a map taken from the most recent survey. 8vo. $3.75. "We can recommend 'Egypt as It Is' to our readers as supplying a want which is most felt--a detailed and a truthful and able account of the country as it is in its moral, material, and economical aspect "--_London Athenaeum_. _PUBLISHED BY HENRY HOLT & CO._ GAUTIER'S (THEOPHILE) WORKS. A WINTER IN RUSSIA. Translated from the French by M.M. RIPLEY. 12mo. $1.75. "The book is a charming one, and nothing approaching it in merit has been written on the outward face of things in Russia."--_Nation_. "We do not remember when we have taken up a more fascinating book."--_Boston Gazette_. CONSTANTINOPLE. Translated from the French by Robert Howe Gould, M.A. 12mo. $1.75. "It is never too late in the day to reproduce the sparkling descriptions and acute reflections of so brilliant a master of style as the present author."--_N.Y. Tribune_. JONES' (C.H.) AFRICA: the History of Exploration and Adventure as given in the leading authorities from Herodotus to Livingstone. By C.H. Jones. With Map and Illustrations. 8vo. $5.00. "A cyclopaedia of African exploration, and a useful substitute in the library for the whole list of costly original works on that subject."--_Boston Advertiser_. "This volume contains the quintessence of a whole library.... What makes it peculiarly valuable is its combination of so much material which is inaccessible to the general reader. The excellent map, showing the routes of the leading explorers, and the numerous illustrations increase the value and interest of the book."--_Boston Globe_. MORELET'S (ARTHUR) TRAVELS IN CENTRAL AMERICA. Including Accounts of some Regions Unexplored since the Conquest. Introduction and Notes by E. GEO. SQUIER. Post 8vo. Illus. $2.00. "One of the most interesting books of travel we have read for a long time.... His descriptions are evidently truthful, as he seems penetrated with true scientific spirit."--_Nation_. PUMPELLY'S (R.) AMERICA AND ASIA. Notes of a Five Years' Journey Around the World, and of Residence in Arizona, Japan and China. By RAPHAEL PUMPELLY, Professor in Harvard University, and some time Mining
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