descriptions of Leghorn, Lucca, Pisa, Volterra, and Elba, which are treated very differently from what we find in Baedeker or Murray. The book is abundantly enlivened with historical incidents, local traditions, and personal observations, which secure the attention of the reader, and provide a welcome variety of interest. The illustrations are of pictures not usually accessible to ordinary readers, and there is a good map. Sur la frontière Indo-Afghane. Par A. FOUCHER. Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie., 1901. This work does not pretend to be one of geographical research; it is rather intended for the archeologist or student of Buddhist remains. During two years, between 1895 and 1897, M. Foucher made an expedition into North-Western India, Le. into the tract that lies north-east and north-west of Peshawar, under the auspices of L'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres of Paris, and the work now before us is a réchauffée of his notes and of articles published elsewhere. He went over no new ground, and his expeditions in search of Buddhist remains seem always to have ended in failure, because he went to places the treasures of which had been removed, or as he would call it, rifled by amateur collectors or by officers of the Public Works Department of the Government of India. Thus even for the archaeologist there is little or nothing new to be learned from this work. On the other hand, it is a pleas intly written account of a delightful tour in a very interesting country. The author as usual received every facility and courtesy and much hospitality from British officers wherever he went, which he very heartily acknowledges. His sketches of some incidents of frontier campaigns are lively and clever, and it is a welcome pleasure to come across a volume written by a Frenchman, dealing with a part of our Eastern empire, in which there is neither a sneer nor a reproach against England. Mes Grandes Chasses dans l'Afrique Centrale. Par ÉDOUARD FOÁ. Paris: Librarie Plon. Plon, Nourrit et Cie., 1901. Prix 10 francs. Apparently this work by M. Édouard Foá, which we reviewed in June 1895, has lost none of its popularity in France, for a ninth edition has been called for and is now before us. This volume, Mes Grands Chasses, we are told, is merely a reproduction of Vol. 1. of Les Chasses des grands Fauves, and is worth reading as a vivacious and graphic account of two or three years' sport in South Africa some years ago, when big game was more plentiful than it is now. The excitement and dangers of the sport lose nothing in the telling of M. Foá. The work is well illustrated, and contains many useful hints and much information, which even now will be of value to any one who cares to follow M. Foá's example. NEW MAPS AND CHARTS. ENGLAND AND WALES. Bartholomew's Reduced Ordnance Survey. Scale 2 miles = 1 inch. Sheet 23-Hereford. Sheet 13-Derby and Notts. John Bartholomew and Co., Edinburgh. SCOTLAND. Chart No. 1403. West Coast. Loch Ryan. Surveyed by StaffCaptain W. F. Maxwell, R.N., 1898-99. The Hydrographer, Admiralty. AFRICA. AFRICA, Investor's and Newspaper Reader's Pocket Map of Price 1s. colo W. and A. K. Johnston, Edinburgh and Londe EGYPT. Aufnahmen in der Östlichen Wüste von Ägypten. Von Georg Schy furth. 1 Serie (10 Blätter). Zweite Lieferung, Blatt 4 und 5, 1900. AMERICA. 170 Dietrich Reimer, Berl UNITED STATES, Geological Atlas of the Folios of Colorado, Ten Mile Dist UNITED STATES Topographic Atlas. Physical Geography of the Texas Re POLAR. 52 SPITZBERGEN. Océan glacial Arctique. Spitzberg (Côte N.O.). Baie Red. 1 levé en Juillet et Août 1899, à bord de la "Princesse Alice," commandée S. A. S. Le Prince Albert 1er de Monaco. Par M. Guissez, Lieutenant. Éckau 30,000. Presented by H. S. H. The Prince of Monac NEW ATLASES. ATLAS UNIVERSEL DE GÉOGRAPHIE. No. 24-Italie. No. 40-Russie, orient W. and A. K. Johnston, Limited, Edinburgh and London. "THE TIMES" ATLAS. Containing 132 pages of Maps, and comprising 196 May and an Alphabetical Index to over 150,000 Names. Price £1, 14s. 6d. Published at the Office of "The Times," London. 278 106 28 PHILIP'S LONDON SCHOOL BOARD ATLAS. A Series of 40 coloured Plates, contain'ha ing over 90 Maps and Diagrams, with 8 pages of introductory letterpress Specially prepared for the London School Board. Edited by George Philip jun., F.R.G.S. Price 1s. net. George Philip and Son, London and Liverpool. THE LONDON SCHOOL ATLAS. An Atlas of General Geography for use in Schools.. Forty-eight Plates of Maps and Diagrams, with 8 pages of introductory letterpress. Edited by H. O. Arnold-Forster, M.A. Price 2s. The London School Atlas Company, Limited. |