... unabridged form, the most eloquent and picturesque passages from the various authors selected. Dr. Livingstone in Africa, the Ashantee War, India, the Arctic Regions, Ireland and its scenery, the Rhine, Don Quixote, Faust, Chemical Experiments, Natural ...

... in the atolition or reduction of the salt tax, and in other reforms. After dealing with matters connected with South Africa and the war there, the report on native affairs, by Mr. Cecil Ashley, was warmly approved. The society opposed the confiscation ...

... 14 On Saturday the steamer Volta arrived at Liverpool, from the West Coast of Africa. She had on board the gold axe of Ashantee which had been sent by King Mensah to the Queen, and the first instalment of the fine of 2,0)0 ounces of gold- dust. A terrible ...

... place without a standard of quality and pattern having been sealed by three branches of the Executive Government, the War Office as represented at the depot here, and the Horse Guards. Sealed samples of goods and patterns of garments are, of course, carefully ...

... few readable pages a vast amount of acceptable information on a subject of much public interest. British South and the Zulu War. By JOHN NoBLE, Esq. (London: Edward Stanford, 55 Charing Cron, 8. W.) _ _ THIS is an acceptable reprint of an excellent essay ...

... W. Hall referred to the want of graving docks for ships of war on foreign stations. Mr. Robinsoa, member of the legislature of Natal, said that some of the finest coal existed in South .Africa, but. it was 200 miles distance from the sea. Mr. Kirkwood ...

... adventurous sportsman makes South Africa the base of his operations, and sends home the story of his deeds of slaughter and trophies of the big game he has found within easy reach. But whether for business or pleasure South Africa is not yet what it ought to ...

... Wales, see ship sad 17 peaseagers; to Beath Australia, as. ship and 8 paseengers; to Queensland, one and 21 passings's; to Africa, one skip (the monthly mail steamer) and 22 pas. magas; and to the West Indies one ship and 10 passengers; making a total ...

... expressive of their deep sense of the great services rendered by his Lordship to the colonies, and more especially to South Africa, during his tenure of office as Colonial Secretary. Lord Carnarvon, in the course of his reply, urged most earnestly the ...

... community of the Indian languages with Africa, and the new facts completed the case. As the matter stands, Mr. Clarke considers that it is in controversy of Professor Huxley's theory that the black races of India and Africa migrated from Australia, so far as ...

... passion, and whose love of plunder is insatiable; and earnestly implore your Majesty to avert from South Africa the horrors of another Kaffir war, with all its expenditure of treasure and blood, the speedy result, they feel assured, of such a measure ...

... is reached, when he winds up his narrative with a short description of the war on the Gold Coast, and a brief reference to the Owls now Leing made to civilise North-West Africa. When we say that the book contains only 3237 pages, and that the period embraced ...