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SIR SAMUEL WHITE BAKER
CYPRUS AS I SAW IT IN 1879
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WORKS BY SIR SAMUEL W. BAKER. ISMAILIA : A Narrative of the Expedition to Central Africa for'the Suppression of the Slave Trade, organized by Ismail, Khedive of Egypt. With Portraits, Maps, and fifty full-page Illustrations by ZWECKER and DURAND. New and Cheaper Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s. " A book which will be read with very great interest. "—Timts. I " Well written and full of remarkable adventures. "—Pall Mall Gaiette. I " Adds another thrilling chapter to the history of African adventure. "—Daily Arcuis. " Reads more like a romance . . . incomparably more entertaining than books of African travel usually are. "—Morning Post. THE ALBERT N'YANZA Great Basin of the Nile, and Exploration of the Nile Sources. Fifth Edition. Maps and Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 6s. " Charmingly written, " says the Spectator, " full, as might be expected, of incident, and free from that wearisome reiteration of useless facts which is the drawback to almost all books of African travel. " THE NILE TRIBUTARIES OF ABYSSINIA, AND THE SWORD HUNTERS OF THE HAMRAN ARABS-With Maps and Illustrations. Sixth Edition. Crown 8vo. 6J. The Times says : " It adds much to our information respecting Egyptian Abyssinia and the different races that spread over it. It contains, moreover, some notable instances of English daring and enterprisingskill ; it abounds in animated tales of exploits dear to the heart of British sportsman; and it will attract even the least studious reader, as the author tells a story well, and can describe nature with uncommon power. " CAST UP BY THE SEA ; OR, THE ADVENTURES OF NE D GREY. With Illustrations by HUARD. Sixth Edition Crown 8vo, cloth gilt. 6J. " An admirable tale of adventure, of marvellous incidents, wild exploits, and terrible dénouements. "—Daily News. " A story of adventure by sea and land in the good old style. "—Pall Mall Gazette. MACMILLAN AND CO., LONDON.

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