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Afghanistan with an account of the seizure and defence of Jellalabad, 1839-42 M 2363 Contains a preliminary sketch of Afghanistan, its geography, climate, and history.

Hensman (H.) Afghan war of 1879-80 ... M 2364
Narrative of the capture of Cabul, the siege of Sherpur,
the battle of Ahmed Khel, the brilliant march to Candahar,
and the defeat of Ayub Khan, with the operations on the
Helmund and the settlement with Abdur Rahman Khan.

Kaye (J. W.) History of the war in
Afghanistan [1838-42]. 2 v.

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NOTE The first volume contains a history of the Afghans from the year 1800. Low (C. R., Lieut.) Afghan war, 1838-42, from the journal and correspondence of Major-General Augustus Abbott

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Male (A., Rev.) Scenes through the battle smoke NOTE Experiences in the Afghan war, and the first Egyptian campaign, the taking of the Fort Ali Musjid, the final conflict at Tel-el-Kebir, and the battle of Futtehabad.

Roberts (Lord) Forty-one years in India [1852-1893]

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Afield and afloat. By Stockton (F.R.)
Afloat. By Maupassant (G. de)

Afloat and ashore. By Cooper (J. F.)

FOR CONTINUATION, READ “Miles Wallingford." Afloat at last. By Hutcheson (J. C.)..... Afloat in the forest. By Reid (M.) Africa General:

Descriptive and Travel.

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Bompiani (S.) Italian explorers in Africa M 891

NOTE Sketches of the achievements of Miaui, Piaggia, Gessi, Matteucci and others, forming a connected account of Italian exploration in Africa.

Boyle (F.) Camp notes: stories of sport and adventure

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Eden (C. H.) Africa, seen through its explorers... History of exploration in Africa; with a history of the country.

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Junker (W.) Travels in Africa, 1875-86. 3 v. M 896-8
NOTE-Travels in the regions of the Welle, Congo, and
Nile rivers, with observations on natural history, and the
character and habits of native tribes. Might be regarded
as a continuation of the researches of Dr. Schweinfurth
which closed in 1870.

Leveson (H. A., The Old Shekarry, pseud.)
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NOTE Account of a tour in 1891-94, in which the author gives a survey of the entire continent from Morocco by Way of Algeria, Egypt. Madagascar. Zanzibar, the Transvaal, Cape Colony, Congo Free State and the West Coast.

History and Geography.

British Africa. By various authors.

CONTENTS Cape of Good Hope. Rhodesia. Bechuanaland. Transvaal. Natal. Zululand. Briton. Boer and Black. Native races and their polity. Natives under British rule. Gold era. British Central Africa. Protectorate of Zanzibar. East Africa Protectorate. Uganda. What England has done for Egypt. District of the Niger. Our West African colonies. Life in West Africa. Mauritius.

Heawood (E.) Geography of Africa
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Hughes (W., Prof.), and Williams (J. F.)
Geography of Africa

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M Physical, political, and commercial. Als contained in the "Advanced class book of modern geography" M23. Johnston (Sir H. H.) History of the colon

ization of Africa by alien races

NOTE Deals with the subject from the earliest times Written from the modern Imperialist point of view and generally speaks very kindly of the foreign rivals of Great Britain, though occasionally severe in his judg ments upon them, as well as upon some of our state-men. and the Foreign Office. In dealing with South Africa he deplores the exclusion of the Boers from the territory acquired in 1831 beyond the Great Fish River, the introduction of the English language into all courts of justice, the liberation of slaves without compensation to owners. and the incessant attacks made upon the Boers by English

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NOTE Deals with the Atlas district: the Sahara: the Soudan: the Nile valley; the Equatorial lakes; the Southern colonies; climate, population and products ; with physical diagrams illustrating the rainfall, ethnology and philology of the country. Reade (W.) Martyrdom of man

NOTE Gives a description of an African village in its primitive heathen state and of the contrast which it presents after its people have embraced Mohammedanism. Finding that the history of Africa presented many points of contact with the main current of human affairs, he was led to giving an outline of the history of the world. Strabo. Geography, vol. 3...

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NOTE Summary of the geography, geology, ethnology, history, politics, and religions of Africa. Discusses the slave trade, explorations, the future of commerce, and deals with the political partition.

Africa Central:

Baker (Sir S. W.) Ismailia. 2 v. .

NOTE Expedition of Ismail to Central Africa in 1860-73. for the suppression of the slave trade, and for the annexa tion of territory to Egypt.

Barth (H., D.C.L.) Travels and discoveries in

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North and Central Africa [in 1852-55] M Drummond (H., Prof.) Tropical Africa ... M

NOTE Describes the region traversed by Livingstone. to Lake Nyassa. Touches upon the possibility of developing the trade of Central Africa, and gives an account of the

white ant.

Foa (E.) After big game in Central Africa M ""

Records of a sportsman from August, 1894, to November. 1897, when crossing the dark continent from the mouth of the Zambesi to the French Congo.

Geddie (J.) The lake regions of Central

Africa

: a record of modern discovery... MS NOTE Contains an account of the scenery and inhabi tants of the upper part of the Nile, the Congo, and the Zambesi rivers.

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Hinde (S.L.) Fall of the Congo Arabs NOTE Deals with the Belgian expedition to the Upper Congo which developed into a forces and the Arab Slave-raiders in Central Africa war between the State Sketches the most important episodes in the struggle for supremacy in Central Africa between the Arabs and their European rivals. Discusses the question of cannibalism.

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rica Central-continued.

Africa East--continued.

Hore (E.C.) Tanganyika: eleven years in
Central Africa [1877-88]...

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NOTE Gives an account of the founding of the Central African Mission on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, of the caravan route from Zanzibar through German East Africa to Ujiji, and of the exploration there and the intercourse opened up with the various tribes dwelling upon the shores of the lake.

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Johnston (H. H.) Livingstone and the
exploration of Central Africa
Livingstone (D., LL.D.) Last journals in
Central Africa, from 1865 to his death;
continued by a narrative of his last
moments and sufferings, by Waller. 2 v. M 993
NOTE- Account of the Doctor's seven years' wandering,
18-73, describing the features of the Central Latke
region. His journey was to Lake Nyassa thence to
Tanganyika. After a stay at Lake Moero he visited Lake
Bangw colo and returned to Tanganyika and Uji, meeting
Mr. Stanley there in 1871. Touches upon the horrors of
the slave trade in Eastern Africa.

-Missionary travels and researches in

South Africa; including a sketch of 16
years' residence in the interior [1840-56] M 1020,

NOTE Records of travel in the heart of South Africa, from the Cape of Good Hope to Loanda, then across the continent and down the Zambesi, and descriptions of the inhabitants, as well as of the physical geography, and of the flora and fauna of the country.

Lloyd (A. B.) In dwarf land and cannibal
Country: record of travel and discovery
in Central Africa...

NOTE Account of the Author's mission work in Uganda
and the surrounding country.
Describes his journey
from Zanzibar over the Uganda Protectorate and thence
through the Congo forest of the Pygmies and cannibals
on his way to the Congo and the West Coast in 1894.

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Moloney (J. A.) With Captain Stairs to
Katanga
NOTE Account of Captain Stairs' Expedition to Kalan-
galand at the head of the Congo in 1891-2, the object
being to secure it for the Congo Free State before the
British pioneers from South Africa could lay hands on it.
Points out that a railway from the East Coast through
German East Africa could only end in commercial failure.

Park (M.) Travels in the interior districts of

Africa [1795-7, and in 1805]; with life M 900
Rankin (D.J.)Zambesi basin and Nvassaland M 999
NOTE Travel by land and river in Central Africa in
1883-4. Touches upon the habits and customs of the
natives, Portuguese, and Arabs, and the defects of
administration.

Schweinfurth (G., DR.) Heart of Africa. 2 v. M 902
NOTE Account of an expedition to explore the region
round the basin of the Nile, where the author discovered
a tribe of Pyginies in Central Africa. The journey lasted
from July 1868 to Nov. 1871.

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Speke (J. H., Capt.) Journal of the
discovery of the source of the Nile
NOTE--Description of the country between Zanzibar and
Victoria Nyanza, in which the author discovers the
source of the Nile, with an account of his journey to
Uganda, Karague, and Unyow in 1859-63.
Ward (H.) Five years with the Congo
cannibals [1884-89]

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NOTE Sketches the various Congo tribes and touches
upon the Emin Pasha expedition, in which the author
served as messenger and transport manager.
ALSO LOOK UNDER Nyssaland.

Africa East:

FitzGerald (W. W. A.) Travels in the coastlands of British East Africa and the islands of Zanzibar and Pemba: their agricultural resources and general characteristics

NOTE-A narrative of travel during the years 1891-3. combined with an account of the trade products and the climate and capabilities of the East Coast. The author was employed by the British East African Company to explore the coast from Port Durnford on the north and

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Mombasa on the south; the lands along the lower
courses of the rivers Tana and Sabaki and the island of
Pemba. He also journeyed through the northern half of
Zanzibar island.

French-Sheldon (M.) Sultan to Sultan ... M 978
NOTE An American lady's march from Zanzibar, and
adventures in East Africa in 1891, visiting the various
African sultans.

Gregory (J. W., D.Sc.) Great Rift valley ... M 1039
Narrative of a journey from Mombasa through the
Masai country to Mount Kenya and Lake Baringo in 1892-3;
with some account of the geology, natural history,
anthropology, and future prospects of British East Africa.
Keller (C., Prof.) Madagascar, Mauritius,

and the other East African islands, 1901 M 1059
NOTE Mainly devoted to Madagascar and the smaller
islands near it,but deals with the Mascarenes, Seychelles,
Aldabra, the Crozets, and Kerguelen. Deals with the
history, politics, physical geography, geology, climate,
fauna and flora, population, produce and commerce and
colonization.

Lugard (F. D., Capt.) Rise of our East
African Empire: early efforts in
Nyassaland and Uganda. 2 v....

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NOTE Deals with British East Africa, and the early
efforts m Uganda and Nyassalind, the various tribal
wars, lite in native villages and the jungle, slave trade,
commercial prospects, transport. Points out that in
adopting the policy of protectorate, the British are prac-
tically countenancing domestic slavery.

Selous (F. C.) Travel and adventure in

South-east Africa [in 1882-93]

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NOTE Pioneering and sport on the Zambesi and its tributaries; with an account of the settlement of the Chartered South African Company, and of the gold industry in Mashonaland.

ALSO LOOK UNDER Zanzibar.

Africa Equatorial :

Ashe (R. P., Rev.) Two kings of Uganda;

or, life by the shores of Victoria Nyanza M 984
NOTE Account of a six years' sojourn in Eastern Equato-
rial Africa, 1882-88. Gives an interesting account of the char-
acter and caprices of the two kings Mtesa and Mwanga,
and the difficulties, privations, and perils of the mission-
aries whose lives were at the mercy of these barbaric
rulers. A continuous narrative of the chief events which
led up to Uganda becoming an English protectorate.
Casati (G., Major) Ten years in Equatoria
[1880-9].and the return with Emin Pasha M 987
NOTE Account of a sojourn on the Upper Nile, and of
Emin, whom the author first joined in 1883. Does not
altogether agree with the harsh criticism passed by others
on Emin Pasha. Contains information as to the tribes
of Equatoria, and disagrees with Mr. Jephson's book as
to the causes and the conduct of the mutiny, pointing out
that Mr.Jephson was somewhat to blame in urging Emin
to deal severely with the mutineers. Remarks that Mr.
Stanley indulged his want of consideration towards Emin.

Du Chaillu (P. B.) Adventures in the great
forest of Equatorial Africa and the
country of the dwarfs

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NOTE - Story of the relief expedition, 1888-9; with the disillusions in respect to Emin. The author spent nine months with Emin, witnessed the rebellion of his troops, and shared his imprisonment at Dufile. Describes his escape, and Emin's refusal to leave.

Johnston(Sir H.H.) Kilima-njaro expedition M 970

NOTE -The author conducted a scientifle expedition to Kilima-njaro, a volcanic mountain in East Equatorial Africa, to ascertain the relationships of its fauna and flora with those of other regions of Africa. ascended 16,000 feet from the summit of Kibo in 1884, and The author describes the characteristics of the natives, the language, natural history, and commerce of the district.

Parke (T. H., D.C.L.) My personal experi

ences in Equatorial Africa, as medical officer to the Emin Pasha relief expedition M 996 NOTE -Story of the Emin Pasha relief expedition in 1887-89. Considers Emin's followers to have been a worthless set of men. Describes the anxious weeks spent at Ipoto until the arrival of Capt. Stairs saved him and his party from death by starvation. denying that he was needlessly cruel or tyrannical. Defends Mr. Stanley, Peters (C., DR.) New light on dark Africa:

narrative of the German Emin Pasha expedition [in 1889-90]; transl. by Dulcken M 997 Pruen (S. T., M.D.) Arab and the African :

experiences in Eastern Equatorial Africa M 901 NOTE Describes the daily life of the natives of tropical Africa. The author looks upon an effective occupation of the coast by the Europeans as the most efficacious means for abolishing the slave trade. Points out that the abolition of the slave trade cannot be hastened by shutting our eyes to the defects of the slave, or the good points of the Arab.

Stanley (Sir H. M.) In darkest Africa. 2 v. M 974

NOTE Account of the Emin Pasha relief expedition in 1887-89. The author describes the difficulties of the march from Banalya towards the southern end of the Albert Nyanza, the native races, the tribes of dwarfs with whom he came in contact, the dense, primeval forest through which he travelled, the geology, physical features, the natural history, the slave and ivory hunts, and the rescue of Emin.

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NOTE Exploration of Equatorial Africa the great lakes and the Congo in 1874-7.

Wissmann (H. von) My second journey through Equatorial Africa, from the Congo

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Africa South-continued.

Bigelow (P.) White man's Africa

NOTE Account of a visit in 1896 to the Transvaal, Orange Free State, Natal, and Basutoland, shortly after the Jameson Raid. Gives sketches of Mr. Kruger and other South African celebrities; with reflections upon South African polities, and upon the defects of British Colonial Administration.

Brown (W. H.) On the South African

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Bryce (Rt. Hon. J., D.C.L.) Impressions of
South Africa
NOTE Deals with the early settlement, the natives, the
Kafirs, the Europeans in South Africa till 1895; the great
trek of 1836, and with the rising of 1895.

Churchill (R. S., Lord) Men, mines, and

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NOTE Account of travel in 1891. The author gives his views of the future of Africa. Is not very hopeful about Mashonaland, either for the mining speculator or the emigrant, but Bechuanaland he looks forward to as the great ranching ground of South Africa. Considers that the young British adventurer will soon oust the obtuse Boer from the Transvaal, and estimates its wealth and resources very high.

Clairmonte (E.) The Africander: a plain tale of colonial life

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NOTE Description of South African life: with adventures in Matabeleland, Pandoland, Zululand, and the Transvaal, and personal reminiscences of the Zulu and Basuto wars, of gold prospecting, ostrich farming, hunting, and diamond mining.

Colquhoun (A. R.) Renascence of South Africa, 1900

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Cumming (R. G.) Five years of a hunter's life in the far interior of South Africa. [1844-1849.] 2 v. Cunynghame (Sir A. T., General) My command in South Africa, 1874-1878 NOTE Account of a journey from Cape Town to the Eastern frontier and Basutoland, to Pandoland and Natal, and of the threatened rebellion in the diamond fields. Describes his visit to the Transvaal, and deals with annexation with the dispute between Cety wayo and the Transvaal, and colonial industries.

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Ellis (A. B.) South African sketches Froude (J. A., LL.D.) Leaves from a South African journal [in 1874]. In his Short studies, vol. 3

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years in Kaffraria, 1882-90 NOTE. Description of missionary labours in the country.

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Gillmore (P.) Days and nights by the desert M 10

NOTE Sport and adventure in the tract of land in
Bechuanaland, known as the Kalahari desert.

Hepburn (J. D., Rev.) Twenty years in
Khama's country [in 1874-93], and
pioneering among the Batauana of Lake
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NOTE Contains an account of mission work among the people near Lake Ngami as Bamangwato tribe. Throws much light on the wars, the well as among the raids, and inter-tribal tyranny.

Hillier (A., M.D.) South African studies ... NOTE Deals with the past and future of South Africa, the native races, the Boer government, the Jameson raid and its antecedents, and the geography and climate of the country. political justice and with reference to the native liquor Represents the Outlander's claims for traffic, the author gives his reasons for prohibition.

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Little (W. J. K., Canon) Sketches and
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NOTE Account of a six months' journey to South Africa
in 1898. Recapitulates the events in South African history
between 1876-84.

Livingstone (D., LL.D.) Missionary travels

and researches in South Africa [1840-56] M 1020

NOTE -Records of travel in the heart of South Africa,
from the Cape of Good Hope to Loanda, then across the
continent and down the Zambesi, with descriptions of
the inhabitants, as well as of the physical geography,
and of the flora and fauna of the country.

Lloyd (E., Rev.) Three great African chiefs M 1021
NOTE Gives a personal account of Khama. Sebelé, and
Bathoeng, with the history of the Bechuana tribes, and
the old customs, folklore, traditions, and beliefs.

Lowndes (E. E. K.) Every-day life in South

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Macnab (F.) On veldt and farm : in
Bechuanaland, Cape Colony, Transvaal,
and Natal, 1897
Nicholson (G.) Fifty years in South Africa M 1024
NOTE Biography, sport, and travel in Rhodesia, the
Transvaal, the Zambesi, and the Kalahari desert during
the years 1844-94. Gives an account of the diamond fields;
of emigration to South Africa; Boer marksmanship: and
speaks of Mr. Kruger in bitter terms.

Phillips (Mrs. L.) Some South African
recollections

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NOTE Descriptions of travel in the Transvaal, and of the intrigues of the Boers; but mainly concerned with the Jameson Raid. The author's object has been to give a history of the Reform movement in the Transvaal, and to clear Johannesburg and the Reform leaders of the charges of cowardice and incompetency brought against them in 1896. Shows that the Boers are a difficult race to live with.

Purvis (W. F.), and Biggs (L. V.) South

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Africa: its people, progress, and problems M 1026

NOTE Political, commercial, and social state in 1896,
with special reference to the Boers.

Ritchie (J. E., "Christopher Crayon")
Brighter South Africa; or, life at the
Cape and Natal

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NOTE Picture of life at the Cape and Natal in 1891. Attempts to show that there are exquisite scenery, a delicious climate, commercial opportunities, agricultural facilities, and social interest for the settler there.

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Stanley (Sir H. M.) Through South Africa M 1027

NOTE Account of a visit to Rhodesia, the Transvaal,
Cape Colony, and Natal in 1897. Very severe on Mr.

Kruger, and lavish in his praise of Rhodesia from an agri-
cultural point of view.

Tangye (H. L.) In new S. Africa: travels

in the Transvaal and Rhodesia, 1896 ... M 1028

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NOTE Deals with Natal and Rhodesia. counts of the coach journey from Pretoria to Buluwayo, a tramp to Gwelo, and an excursion to the ruins of Zimbabwe. Considers that the British Government has been inept, and prophecies the future rise of the united states of South Africa.

Theal (G. M.) Kaffir folk-lore

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Younghusband (F., Capt.) South Africa

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Matabeleland. Natal. Orange Free State.

Cape Colony. Mashonaland.

Transvaal Zambesi. Zululand.

History and Political.

Rhodesia.

Bell (F. W.) South African conspiracy:

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or, the aims of Afrikanderdom NOTE Describes the state of feeling in South Africa before the raid and during the years 1896-1900. treme Anti-Dutch view. Gives an account of the Bond An exand its aims, and the culpability of the Bond Cabinet.

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Norris-Newman (C. L.) Boers in the Trans-
vaal and Orange Free State in 1880-1 ... M 2163
NOTE Contains an historical sketch of the Cape Colony
and the foundation of the Dutch Republies, but is mainly
a political and military history of our dealings with the
Boers with reference to the annexation of the Transvaal,
the incidents of the war and the subsequent retrocession
of the territory. Holds that there would have been no
war if the British authorities, after the annexation, had
adopted a moderate and conciliatory policy towards the
Boers. Somewhat partial towards the Boers.
Pratt (E. A.)

Leading points in South
African history, 1486-1900

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Arranged chronologically, and brought down
to March 30th, 1900. The latter part of the book forms a
diary of the events of the war.

Rae (C., Rev.) Malaboch; or, notes on the
Boer campaign of 1891, against the chief
Malaboch; to which is appended a synop-

sis of the Johannesburg crisis of 1896. M 2425
NOTE Mr. Rae is an admirer of Mr. Kruger, but points
out that the way in which the Beers crushed the native
Kaffir chief was inuch mismanaged.

Statham (F. R.) South Africa as it is, 1897. M 2426
NOTE Begins with the Transvaal annexation in 1877.
The author holds a brief for the Beers and shows a very
black case against the British. He is very hostile to Mr.
Rhodes, to Cape Colony officials, as well as to the
Chartered Company and its enterprises.

Theal (G. M.) History of S. Africa. 3 v. M 2427-9
Vol. 1.--1486-1691; vol. 2. 1691-1795; vol. 3.--1795-1834.
NOTE -The last volume of this work deals with the
relations of the early Dutch and English settlers. Gives
an account of the 6th and 7th Kaffir wars which termi-
nated under the governorship of Sir Harry Smith in 1844.

Africa South--continued.

African millionaire. By Allen (G.)

Theal (G. M.) South Africa [1486-1893] M 2430 African nights' entertainments.

NOTE Aims to give a concise account of the Border
wars, expeditions, and migrations which have estab
lishedt he dominion of the European in Cape Colony,
Natal, Orange Free State, and all other territories South
of the Zambest.

Thomas (C. H.) Origin of the Anglo-
Boer war revealed: the conspiracy of
the 19th century unmasked
Attempts to show that the Afrikander Bond was re-
sponsible for the recent war. The author was formerly
an Orange Free State burgher.

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Civil war. [Transl.]
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LOOK UNDER Tirah.
After dark. By Collins (W.)...
After London. By Jefferies (R.)
After long grief and pain. By Rita F7146,F7117.F 76

NOTE Sketches the early history of South Afrlea, the manners and customs of the native races with the successive invasion of the Portuguese, the Dutch and the English, and their struggle to maintain a foothold against the bushmen and the Kafirs; with the history of the Zulu war.

Worsfold (W. B.) History of South Africa M 2433 After school. By Overton (R.)

NOTE Summary of the history of South Africa, and the events leading up to the present war.

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Against the stream. By Charles (Mrs. E.)
Against the tide. By Dickens (M. A.)
Against wind and tide. By Lee (H.)
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Holder (C. F., LL.D.) Louis Agassiz: his
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Account of a journey in 1861-62 from Walvisch Bay, on the Western coast, through Damaraland and Bechuanaland, to Lake Ngami and the Victoria Falls.

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Agatha's husband. By Craik (Mrs.)
Aged poor in England and Wales. By Booth (C.) D
M 954 Agincourt. By James (G. P. R.)
Aglen (Anthony S., Editor) Selection from
the writings of Dean Stanley
Agnes. By Oliphant (Mrs.) ...
Agnes Grey. By Brontë (A.)
Agnes of Sorrento.
Agnosticism:

Burton (Sir R. F., Capt.) Wanderings in
West Africa from Liverpool to Fernando
Po [in 1861]. 2 v.
Ellis (A. B., Major) Ewe-speaking peoples
of the slave coast of West Africa
NOTE Description of the kingdom of Dahomey and of
the Dahomian system of religion, and the animistic beliefs
of the people,their manners, customs, laws, languages, etc.
Hutchinson (T. J.) Ten years' wanderings
among the Ethiopians: with sketches of
the manners and customs of the civilized
and uncivilized tribes, from Senegal to
Gaboon. 1861. ...
... M 955
Kingsley (M. H.) Travels in West Africa:
Congo Français, Corisco, and Cameroons M 981
NOTE Travels in the districts of Bonny and Benin,
French Conge, and Corisco, in 1893, and of the regions
Miss Kingsley passed through along the Upper Ogowé
River and through the country of the Cannibal fens.
Gives a sketch of the native life, customs, manners, reli-
gions, an dforms of religious exercise.
with the trade and labour question.
An appendix deals
-West African studies

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M 956, M 957
NOTE Deals with the present condition of our West
African possessions, their prospects political, commer-
cial, and sanitary. Points out that trade is hampered
through the ignorance and indifference of the local
authorities, who do nothing to foster mercantile expan-
sion, either on the coast or in the hinterland. Describes
the various phases of Fetishism, religion, witchcraft, etc.
Contains a strong denunciation of the crown colony
system.

Lucas (C. P.) Historical geography of the
British Colonies, vol. 3

Mockler-Ferryman (A. F., Major) British
West Africa: its rise and progress
NOTE Sketches the past, present, and future of British
West Africa, and contains chapters on Gambia, Sierra
Leone, the Gold Coast, Ashanti, Lagos, the Niger Com-
pany and the Niger Coast Protectorate, missionary work,
liquor trathe question, ete.

ALSO LOOK UNDER Ashanti. Benin,
Hausaland.

M 181

M 2403

Gold Coast.

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By Stowe (H. B.)

..... F 643: ... F 13 ...F SO Beet (J. A., D.D.) Through Christ to God C NOTE Defence of christianity from agnosticism on the

grounds of human reason.

Huxley (T. H., LL.D) Agnosticism and christianity. In his Science and Christian tradition

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... C 1 NOTE For a reply read Wace (H.) Christianity and

agnosticism, C 470.

Essays upon some controverted questions C16 Laing (S.) Religion of the future-agnosti cism and christianity. In his Problems of the future NOTE Deals with the possible future sympathy between christians and agnostics.

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Mallock (W. H.) Studies of contemporary
superstition
NOTE Incisive and argumentative essays against the
tenets of agnosticism. The author considers the new
beliefs to be less scientifle than the old, and that if the
latter were in their way superstitious, the former are
abject examples of a similar fanaticism.

Myers (F. W. H.) Charles Darwin and ag
nosticism. In his Science and a future life C
Pearson (K.) Ethic of freethought
NOTE Suggests a national enthusiasm and a possible
basis of morals.
Vigorously denies the existence of
a God hitherto put forward. Emphasizes scientific and
historical study as the sole path to knowledge, wisdom,
and right action.

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