Mr. Murray's List of New and Recent Publications July, 1890 by John Murray
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attractive. Then we have some striking pictures of the war between
Federals and Confederates, and of the tremendous results. But the main charm of the book is the character of Thomas Dabney himself, who might, as a reality, be compared with some famous characters in fiction, with the Doctor Primrose of Goldsmith, or the Père Madelon of Victor Hugo.... Mr. Gladstone has done well in drawing attention to his character and his story."--_Literary Churchman_. * * * * * _FOUR YEARS' TRAVELS IN AUSTRALIA._ AND CAMP LIFE WITH THE ABORIGINES OF QUEENSLAND. By CARL LUMHOLTZ, M.A., Member of the Royal Society of Science of Norway. _With Maps, Coloured Plates and 120 Illustrations. Medium 8vo. 24s._ "Mr. Lumholtz has a very pleasant and modest style of narrative, so that the whole book is as agreeable as it is instructive; but the portion most attractive from its novelty is that which details his proceeding when, for nearly a year, he lived alone among 'a race of people whose culture--if, indeed, they can be said to have any culture whatever--must be characterised as the lowest to be found among the whole genus _homo sapiens_.' The volume is one of the most complete of its kind in all respects, and a worthy record of the steadfast enterprise of a hardy |
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