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OUR JOURNEY ARoUNDTHE
WORLD.
Rev. Francis E. CIark's New Book.

n0Ns FTdHCIS e. SidIh view BOOK
This highly instructive and entertain
ing volume is a record of a recent Jour-
ney around the world, such as, owing to
the peculiar circumstances attending it.
does not often fall to the lot of man to
make. 1t was undertaken under espec-
tally favorable conditions by Rev. Fran
els E. Clark, D. D., President of the
United Society of Christian En-
deavor, and his wife, and throughout the
long journey, which occupied more than
year, and covered nearly fl tty thousand
miles by sea and land, they enjoyed Ire
opportunities for observation and study.
The reader is personally condu d
| through Australia, India, China, JAP ",
Egypt, Palestine, Turkey, and many
other lands. We see these countries
through American eyes, and obtain per-
fectly clear view of them and their peo-
pie, supplemented by two hundred and
twenty splendid illustrations from pho
tographs, most of which were taken by
DR.. Clark himself; for he carried COM
plete Photographic outfit with him.
The daily life of a Chinaman in his own
country; his favorite food and odd dish
es; the singular rites witnessed in the
| temples; Chinese farms and farming;
the seamy side of Chinese life; Jap. 4
acrobats and Their wonderful per, IT
ances; the burning CHATS of India, where
the bodies of the dead are consumed on
huge piles of wood "a ceremony DR..
Clark wituessed); the Towers of Silence
where the dead are exposed to be {
voured by thousands of waiting vultur~s
that constantly sit on the walls; native
| jugglers, snake charmers, and fakirs-
| these are but few of hundreds of topics
presented.
Their route led across the land that
| Joseph gave to his father and brethren;
past the very fields where the Israelites
made bricks without straw, and Gong
| the highways where once rolled the chal-
| lots of the Pharaohs.
Mrs. Clark conpanied her husband
everywhere. She draws vivid picSu 9
of life in far-off lands, Gas seen THROUGH
Woman's Eyes" Her narrative is
packed with anecdotes, incident, a-d
personal experiences. Her story of the
| long journey in the wagon is highly en-
| tertaining, its privations and perils, es-
| pecially to woman, being many. She
was the only woman in the party, which
consisted of herself and seven men.
The name of Rev. Francis E. Clark is
a familiar household word, and his Fl >
has extended to every corner of the
WOIlu. MduJ uloblllSS pCIJO >
| urged him to write this book.
1t contains steel-plate portraits of , j..
Clark and his wife, from recent photo
graphs; a large map, exhibiting t
whole world at a single glance, showing
the authors journey from the beginning
to the end, and 220 fine illustrations,
from photographs from life. TIL Q
| must be seen to be appreciated.
We do not know when $40 pages haye
given us more genuine pleasure. If we
speak warmly of the book, it is b .
it richly deserves it. 1t is sold Only by
| agents, and is meeting with an enormous
sale. Agents who introduce frs u" q;
work like this ought to be cordially W /
coined We believe that the best way
to keep out poor books is by introducing
good ones, and better one than this
| has never been brought to our notice.
Put it into your homes. 1t will be read
over and over again by old and young,
with pleasure and lasting profit.
The work is published by the old and
well-known firm of A. d. Worthington Il
Co., Hartford, Conn, whose imprint is
sufficient guarantee of excellence of the
volume.
An agent will canvas Bennington for
] this work.