A CATALOGUE OF BOOKS
AND ANNOUNCEMENTS OF METHUEN AND COMPANY PUBLISHERS : LONDON 36 ESSEX STREET W.C.

CONTENTS

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FORTHCOMING BOOKS, 2

POETRY, 11

ENGLISH CLASSICS, 13

ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, 13

HISTORY, 14

BIOGRAPHY, 16

GENERAL LITERATURE, 19

SCIENCE, 22

PHILOSOPHY, 22

THEOLOGY, 23

LEADERS OF RELIGION, 25

FICTION, 26

BOOKS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS, 34

THE PEACOCK LIBRARY, 35

UNIVERSITY EXTENSION SERIES, 35

SOCIAL QUESTIONS OF TO-DAY, 36

CLASSICAL TRANSLATIONS, 37

EDUCATIONAL BOOKS, 38

MARCH 1897

March 1897.

Messrs. Methuen’s
ANNOUNCEMENTS

Poetry

GEORGE WYNDHAM

SHAKESPEARE’S POEMS. Edited, with an Introduction and Notes, by George Wyndham, M.P. Crown 8vo. 6s.

W. E. HENLEY

ENGLISH LYRICS. Selected and Edited by W. E. Henley. Crown 8vo. Buckram. 6s.

Also 15 copies on Japanese paper. Demy 8vo. £2, 2s.

Few announcements will be more welcome to lovers of English verse than the one that Mr. Henley is bringing together into one book the finest lyrics in our language. The volume will be produced with the same care that made ‘Lyra Heroica’ delightful to the hand and eye.

Travel and Adventure

SIR H. H. JOHNSTON, K.C.B.

BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA. By Sir H. H. Johnston, K.C.B. With nearly Two Hundred Illustrations, and Five Maps. Crown 4to. 30s.

Contents.

(1) The history of Nyasaland and British Central Africa generally, with a detailed account of events during the last seven years.

(2) A detailed description of the various races considered anthropologically and ethnologically.

(3) The languages of British Central Africa.

(4) The European settlers, their mode of life; coffee, cultivation, etc.

(5) The Missionaries.

(6) The fauna of Nyasaland, with much information concerning its big game.

(7) The flora and the minerals.

(8) The scenery (copiously illustrated to show the remarkable natural beauty of the country), and

(9) A concluding chapter on the future prospects of the country.

CAPTAIN HINDE

THE FALL OF THE CONGO ARABS. By Sidney L. Hinde. With Portraits and Plans. Demy 8vo. 12s. 6d.

This volume deals with the recent Belgian Expedition to the Upper Congo, which developed into a war between the State forces and the Arab slave raiders in Central Africa. Two white men only returned alive from the three years’ war—Commandant Dhanis and the writer of this book, Captain Hinde. During the greater part of the time spent by Captain Hinde in the Congo he was amongst cannibal races in little-known regions, and, owing to the peculiar circumstances of his position, was enabled to see a side of native history shown to few Europeans. The war terminated in the complete defeat of the Arabs, seventy thousand of whom perished during the struggle.

BADEN-POWELL

SCOUTING SKETCHES IN RHODESIA. By Lieut. Colonel Baden-Powell. With numerous Illustrations, Maps, etc. Demy 8vo. Cloth. 15s.

PRINCE HENRI OF ORLEANS

FROM TONKIN TO INDIA. By Prince Henri of Orleans. Translated by Hamley Bent, M.A. With over 100 Illustrations and 4 Maps. Demy 8vo. 21s.

The travels of Prince Henri in 1895 from China to the valley of the Bramaputra covered a distance of 2100 miles, of which 1600 was through absolutely unexplored country. No fewer than seventeen ranges of mountains were crossed at altitudes of from 11,000 to 13,000 feet. The journey was made memorable by the discovery of the sources of the Irrawaddy. To the physical difficulties of the journey were added dangers from the attacks of savage tribes. The book deals with many of the burning political problems of the East, and it will be found a most important contribution to the literature of adventure and discovery.

L. DECLE

THREE YEARS IN SAVAGE AFRICA. By Lionel Decle. With an Introduction by H. M. Stanley, M.P. With 100 Illustrations and 5 Maps. Demy 8vo. 21s.

Few Europeans have had the same opportunity of studying the barbarous parts of Africa as Mr. Decle. Starting from the Cape, he visited in succession Bechuanaland, the Zambesi, Matabeleland and Mashonaland, the