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A NARRATIVE OF A YEAR'S JOURNEY THROUGH CENTRAL AND EASTERN ARABIA,
1862-3. By _William Gifford Palgrave_, late of the Eighth Regiment Bombay
N.I. Fourth and cheaper Edition. With Maps, Plans, and Portrait of Author,
engraved on steel by Jeens. Crown 8vo. 7_s_. 6_d_.

"_Considering the extent of our previous ignorance, the amount of his
achievements, and the importance of his contributions to our knowledge, we
cannot say less of him than was once said of a far greater discoverer. Mr.
Palgrave has indeed given a new world to Europe._"--_Pall Mall Gazette_.




Parkes (Henry)
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AUSTRALIAN VIEWS OF ENGLAND. By _Henry Parkes_. Crown 8vo. cloth. 3_s_.
6_d_.

"_The following letters were written during a residence in England, in the
years 1861 and 1862, and were published in the_ Sydney Morning Herald _on
the arrival of the monthly mails.... On re-perusal, these letters appear
to contain views of English life and impressions of English notabilities
which, as the views and impressions of an Englishman on his return to his
native country after an absence of twenty years, may not be without
interest to the English reader. The writer had opportunities of mixing