BEING A SELECTION FROM MY JOURNAL DURING THE YEARS 1884-8.

By THE MARCHIONESS OF DUFFERIN AND AVA.

_Fourth Thousand. With Portrait & Map. 2 Vols. Crown 8vo. 24s._

"All who understand and sympathise with Indian life will hasten to read
these two pleasant volumes. The journal is a running commentary on the
multitudinous events which must crowd into such years as she passed in
India, and is none the less pleasant for its simplicity and
unpretentiousness. Perhaps the visit which Lady Dufferin paid to Burmah
three years ago will attract as much attention as any other part of her
travels."--_Daily Telegraph_.

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_A SOUTHERN PLANTER._

By SUSAN DABNEY SMEDES.

_Crown 8vo. 7s. 6d._

"The book is eminently worthy of the great attention it has received. It
puts the case of the Southern planters in a very rational and most
interesting light. It may be described as the very antipodes to 'Uncle
Tom's Cabin.' The picture of the rich, affluent patriarchal life, with
woodlands, pastures and countless flocks, the master exercising paternal
care over the slaves, and the planter's wife, working harder for her
slaves than any slave could work, is extremely interesting and