The Portland daily press., 1898-12-10
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

OF q Journey lubO 1lBSC, Oitpburc NY uiO
Tibe an Lamas and Soldiers, Imprison-
ment, Torture, and Ultimate Release,
brought about by Dr. Wilson and the
Political Peshkar Karak Sing-Pal. BY
A. Henry Savage Landor. With the
Government Inquiry and Report and
other official Documents by J. Larkin,
ESQ.,, Deputeds by the Government of
India. With One Photogravure, Eight
Colored Plates, Fifty full-page and about
One Hundred and Fifty Text Illustrations
ard map from Surveys by the Author.
3 Vols. Vo. Cloth uncut edges and gilt
tops In this book the author has set
down the record of journey in Tibet
undertaken by him in the spring, sum
mer and autumn of 1897 The work is
illustrated partly from photographs and
partly from sketches made by the author
on the spot. The map Is his own made
entirely from his surveys of an area of
twelve thousand five hundred square
miles in Thibet proper. The author says
81 submit with oil Difference the follow
ing geographical results of my expedition.
the division of the Mansarowar and Rak-
astal Lakes; the ascent to SO great an alti-
tude as %, 900 feet, and the pictures OF
some of the great Himalayan glaciers;
the visit to and the fixing of the position
of the two principal sources of the Brah-
maputra, never before reached by Euro
pean; the fact that with only two men
was able to travel for so long in the most
populated part OF Tibet, etc., etc.
While exploring Southern Thibet and
the source of the upper Brahmaputra MIR.
Landor and his two companions suffered
terrible hardships. With only two
men, his faithful servants, he entered the
borders of savage, cruel and cowardly
people; and from the South. the quarter
regarded by them most suspiciousiy, adj
vanced boldly into the interior towards
the sacred city which no alien is allowed
to enter. Doubtless Mr.. Landor's re-
markable courage and the daring OF his
undertaking are responsible for the cruel
treatment he received from the Tibetans.
When within a short distance of the sa-
cItu Clby I'll AIu0cHos AO e1Ah Aa@o wv cSA~-
panions were seized and subjected to the
most cruel tortura. In the Forbidden Land
is an exceedingly interesting work. 1t Is
printed in large tpye on heavy paper and
is handsomely illustrated and bound. The
covers are in green cloth with a design in
gold and blue. New York: Harper q
Brothers; Portland: Loring, Short &
Harmon.
The New Biographical Edition of VIM.
M. Thaokeray's Complies Works. With
Biographical Introd uction by his daugh-
ter. Anne Ritchia This edition is printed
rom new tpye, and contains numerous
illustrations by the Author, Richard
Doyle, George du Maurier, Frederick
Walker, George Cruikshank, Sir j. Il.
Millais, p. r. A., Luke Fildes, Il. A,
Charles Reeve, Frank Dicksee, e. A. and
l.. Barnard These illustrations are re-
productions Of wood and steel engravings.
together with new drawings and sketch es
by the author and several facsimiles of
his manuscripts as well as portraits OF the
author hitherto unpublished. Volume
VII, The Newcomes, is the last one pub
lished. New York and London: Harper q
Brothers; Portland: Loring, Short q
Harmony
Roundabout Ramhles in Northern
Europe. By Charles E. King. Author of
g The Land We Live In, This Continent
of Ours, etc Cloth. In this beautifully
illustrated volume the author gives an
account OF the travels of the Cartmell
family, consisting of Mr. and Mrs. Cart
NELL, their four children, and goyerness,
through Great Britain Norway, Sweden,
Denmark, and Russia Great Britain,
being SO closely connected with our
country by language, history, and ances-
try, possessed unusual attractions for
them, and they spent nearly year in
visiting that country. They are natural
travellers in search OF the beautiful, the
and the wonderful, their
great object in journeying being pleasure
and education. The work ia written in
the narrative form and no effort has been
spared to have the information given cor
rect and up to date. SO that the book may
be a safe guide to travellers. The illus
trations, of which there are two hundred
and thirty eight, are half-tones reproduced
from photographs. A list of the best
books to be consulted, as well as list OF
poems connected with the places de-
scribed is given at the close of the vol
ume. (Boston: Lee q Shepard; Portland;
Loring, Short Il Harmony
A Young v olunteer in Cuba, or Fight
ing for the Single Star. BY Edward
Stratemeyer. The career of Larry Rus
sell, as recorded in Under Dewey at
Manila, has been the hit OF the season
among juveniles, the publishers having
been unable to keep pace with their orders
and now comes companion volume
which bids fair to rival lite predecessor in
All who have followed the
fortunes of Larry will be interested
enually In the adventures of Ben. his