A Survey of the Lands and Peoples of the Globe as seen in Travel and Commerce. By A. R. Hope Moncrieff. Complete in 6 imperial octavo volumes.

This is a new work which, within comparatively narrow compass, presents a comprehensive survey of all the countries of the world.

Every volume contains much material of the greatest interest at the present time. Thus, in the first volume, which deals with Asia, the reader will learn much about China; of the strange Tibetans, with their mechanical religion and their repugnance to foreigners; of the vast empire which Russia has built up in central and northern Asia; of the "hermit kingdom" of Korea; of Manchuria; of the vast Indian Empire, with its great variety of races, languages, and religions; and of Japan, which has successfully claimed a place among the Great Powers.

There are numerous illustrations in half-tone and four beautiful coloured plates in each volume. Each volume also contains a series of carefully-prepared maps in the text, besides large coloured maps.

By means of a full, well-arranged index the work will be found to supply in large measure the purposes of a gazetteer. In fact it is at once a description of the world, a dictionary of commerce, an atlas, and a gazetteer.