Part 4 — SELECTIONS FROM MR. EDWARD ARNOLD'S LIST OF NEW AND RECENT BOOKS.
Reading edition
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE RIGHT HON. CECIL JOHN RHODES.
By the HON. SIR LEWIS MICHELL. Illustrated. Two volumes, demy 8vo., 30s. net.
This important work will take rank as the authoritative biography of one of the greatest of modern Englishmen. Sir Lewis Michell, who has been engaged upon the work for five years, is an executor of Mr. Rhodes' will, and a trustee of the Rhodes Estate. He was an intimate personal friend of Mr. Rhodes for many years, and has had access to all the papers at Groote Schuur. Hitherto, although many partial appreciations of the great man have been published in the Press or in small volumes, no complete and well-informed life of him has appeared. The gap has now been filled by Sir Lewis Michell so thoroughly that we have in these two volumes what will undoubtedly be the final estimate of Mr. Rhodes' career for many years to come.
THE REMINISCENCES OF ADMIRAL MONTAGU.
With Illustrations. One volume, demy 8vo., cloth, 15s. net.
The Author of this entertaining book, Admiral the Hon. Victor Montagu, has passed a long life divided between the amusements of aristocratic society in this country and the duties of naval service afloat in many parts of the world. His memory recalls many anecdotes of well-known men, and he was honoured with the personal friendship of the late King Edward VII. and of the German Emperor, by whom his seamanship, as well as his social qualities, were highly esteemed. As a sportsman he has something to say about shooting, fishing, hunting, and cricket, and his stories of life in the great country houses where he was a frequent guest have a flavour of their own.
LONDON: EDWARD ARNOLD, 41 & 43, MADDOX STREET, W.
NOVELS.
HOWARDS END.
By E. M. FORSTER, Author of 'A Room with a View,' 'The Longest Journey,' etc. 6s.
BY THE SAME AUTHOR.
A ROOM WITH A VIEW. 6s.
THE RETURN.
By WALTER DE LA MARE. 6s.
'The Return' is the story of a man suddenly confronted, as if by the caprice of chance, with an ordeal that cuts him adrift from every certain hold he has upon the world immediately around him. He becomes acutely conscious of those unseen powers which to many, whether in reality or in imagination, are at all times vaguely present, haunting life with their influences. In this solitude—a solitude of the mind which the business of everyday life confuses and drives back—he faces as best he can, and gropes his way through his difficulties, and wins his way at last, if not to peace, at least to a clearer and quieter knowledge of self.
THE GRAY MAN.
By JANE WARDLE. 6s.
The writer is one of the very few present-day novelists who have consistently followed up the aim they originally set themselves—that of striking a mean between the Realist and the Romanticist. In her latest novel, 'The Gray Man,' which Miss Wardle herself believes to contain the best work she has so far produced, it will be found that she has as successfully avoided the bald one-sidedness of miscalled 'Realism' on the one hand, as the sloppy sentimentality of the ordinary 'Romance' on the other. At the same time, 'The Gray Man' contains both realism and romance in full measure, in the truer sense of both words.
BY THE SAME AUTHOR.
MARGERY PIGEON. 6s.
THE PASQUE FLOWER. 6s.
THE PURSUIT.
By FRANK SAVILE. 6s.
That the risk of being kidnapped, to which their great riches exposes multi-millionaires, is a very real one, is constantly being reaffirmed in the reports that are published of the elaborate precautions many of them take to preserve their personal liberty. In its present phase, where there is the great wealth on one side and a powerful gang—or rather syndicate—of clever rascals on the other, it possesses many characteristics appealing to those who enjoy a good thrilling romance. Mr. Savile has already won his spurs in this field, but his new tale should place him well in the front ranks of contemporary romancers.
BY THE SAME AUTHOR.
SEEKERS. A Romance of the Balkans. 6s.
THE DESERT VENTURE. 6s.
ANNE DOUGLAS SEDGWICK'S LATEST NOVEL.
FRANKLIN KANE.
By ANNE DOUGLAS SEDGWICK, Author of 'Valerie Upton,' 'Amabel Channice,' etc. Second Impression. 6s.
'Anne Sedgwick is in the first rank of modern novelists, and nobody who cares for good work can afford to miss one line that she writes.'—Punch.
'A figure never to be forgotten.'—Standard.
'There are no stereotyped patterns here.'—Daily Chronicle.
'A very graceful and charming comedy.'—Manchester Guardian.
AN ADMIRABLE NOVEL BY A NEW WRITER.
A STEPSON OF THE SOIL.
By MARY J. H. SKRINE. Second Impression. 6s.
'Mrs. Skrine's admirable novel is one of those unfortunately rare books which, without extenuating the hard facts of life, maintain and raise one's belief in human nature. The story is simple, but the manner of its telling is admirably uncommon. Her portraits are quite extraordinarily vivid.'—Spectator.
LONDON: EDWARD ARNOLD, 41 & 43, MADDOX STREET, W.
BOOKS ON COUNTRY LIFE.
FLY-LEAVES FROM A FISHERMAN'S DIARY.
By CAPTAIN G. E. SHARP. With Photogravure Illustrations. Crown 8vo., 5s. net.
This is a very charming little book containing the reflections on things piscatorial of a 'dry-fly' fisherman on a south country stream. Although the Author disclaims any right to pose as an expert, it is clear that he knows well his trout, and how to catch them. He is an enthusiast, who thinks nothing of cycling fifteen miles out for an evening's fishing, and home again when the 'rise' is over. Indeed, he confesses that there is no sport he loves so passionately, and this love of his art—surely dry-fly fishing is an art?—makes for writing that is pleasant to read, even as Isaac Walton's love thereof inspired the immortal pages of 'The Compleat Angler.'
MEMORIES OF THE MONTHS.
By the RIGHT HON. SIR HERBERT MAXWELL, Bart., Author of 'Scottish Gardens,' etc. SERIES I. to V. With Photogravure Illustrations. Large crown 8vo., 7s. 6d. each.
Every year brings new changes in the old order of Nature, and the observant eye can always find fresh features on the face of the Seasons. Sir Herbert Maxwell goes out to meet Nature on the moor and loch, in garden and forest, and writes of what he sees and feels. This is what gives his work its abiding charm, and makes these memories fill the place of old friends on the library bookshelf.
COLONEL MEYSEY-THOMPSON'S HANDBOOKS.
A HUNTING CATECHISM.
By COLONEL R. F. MEYSEY-THOMPSON, Author of 'Reminiscences of the Course, the Camp, and the Chase.' Fcap. 8vo., 3s. 6d. net.
A FISHING CATECHISM. 3s. 6d. net.
A SHOOTING CATECHISM. 3s. 6d. net.
A GAMEKEEPER'S NOTE-BOOK.
By Owen Jones and Marcus Woodward. With Photogravure Illustrations. Large crown 8vo., cloth, 7s. 6d. net.
In this charming and romantic book we follow the gamekeeper in his secret paths, stand by him while with deft fingers he arranges his traps and snares, watch with what infinite care he tends his young game through all the long days of spring and summer—and in autumn and winter garners with equal eagerness the fruits of his labour. He takes us into the coverts at night, and with him we keep the long vigil—while poachers come, or come not.
The authors know their subject through and through. This is a real series of studies from life, and the note-book from which all the impressions are drawn and all the pictures painted is the real note-book of a real gamekeeper.
TEN YEARS OF GAME-KEEPING.
By Owen Jones. With numerous Illustrations from Photographs by the Author. One volume, demy 8vo., cloth, 10s. 6d. net.
'This is a book for all sportsmen, for all who take an interest in sport, and for all who love the English woodlands. Mr. Jones writes from triple view-points—those of sportsman, naturalist, and gamekeeper—and every page of his book reveals an intimate knowledge of the ways of the English wild, a perfect mastery of all that the word "woodcraft" may stand for, and a true instinct of sportsmanship. This book at once takes its place as a standard work; and its freshness will endure as surely as spring comes to the woods that inspired it.'—Evening Standard.
REGINALD FARRER'S GARDENING BOOKS.
IN A YORKSHIRE GARDEN.
By REGINALD FARRER. With numerous Illustrations. Demy 8vo., 10s. 6d. net.
MY ROCK-GARDEN.
Fully Illustrated. Large crown 8vo., 7s. 6d. net. Third Impression.
ALPINES AND BOG-PLANTS.
Fully Illustrated. Large crown 8vo., 7s. 6d. net.
A BOOK ABOUT ROSES.
By the late Very Rev. S. Reynolds Hole, Dean of Rochester. Illustrated by G. H. Moon and G. S. Elgood, R.I. Twenty-fourth Impression. Presentation Edition, with Coloured Plates, 6s. Popular Edition, 3s. 6d.
A BOOK ABOUT THE GARDEN AND THE GARDENER.
By the late Very Rev. S. Reynolds Hole, Dean of Rochester. Popular Edition. Crown 8vo., 3s. 6d.
LONDON: EDWARD ARNOLD, 41 & 43, MADDOX STREET, W.
BOOKS OF TRAVEL.
FOREST LIFE AND SPORT IN INDIA.
By Sainthill Eardley-Wilmot, C.I.E., lately Inspector-General of Forests to the Indian Government; Commissioner under the Development and Road Improvement Funds Act. Fully Illustrated. Demy 8vo. 12s. 6d. net.
The Author of this volume was appointed to the Indian Forest Service in days when the Indian Mutiny was fresh in the minds of his companions, and life in the department full of hardships, loneliness, and discomfort. These drawbacks, however, were largely compensated for by the splendid opportunities for sports of all kinds which almost every station in the Service offered, and it is in describing the pursuit of game that the most exciting episodes of the book are to be found. Tigers, spotted deer, wild buffaloes, mountain goats, sambhar, bears, and panthers, are the subject of endless yarns, in the relation of which innumerable useful hints, often the result of failure and even disasters, are given.
IN FORBIDDEN SEAS: Recollections of Sea-Otter Hunting in the Kurils.
By H. J. Snow, F.R.G.S. Illustrated. Demy 8vo. 12s. 6d. net.
The Author of this interesting book has had an experience probably unique in an almost unknown part of the world. The stormy wind-swept and fog-bound regions of the Kuril Islands, between Japan and Kamchatka, have rarely been visited save by the adventurous hunters of the sea-otter, and the animal is now becoming so scarce that the hazardous occupation of these bold voyagers is no longer profitable.
SPORT AND NATURE IN SPAIN.
By Abel Chapman and Walter J. Buck, British Vice-Consul at Jerez. With 200 Illustrations by the Authors, E. Caldwell, and others, Sketch Maps, and Photographs.
In Europe Spain is certainly far and away the wildest of wild lands—due as much to her physical formation as to any historic or racial causes. Naturally the Spanish fauna remains one of the richest and most varied in Europe. It is of these wild regions and of their wild inhabitants that the authors write, backed by lifelong experience. The present work represents nearly forty years of constant study, of practical experience in field and forest, combined with systematic note-taking and analysis by men who are recognized as specialists in their selected pursuits. These comprise every branch of sport with rod, gun, and rifle; and, beyond all that, the ability to elaborate the results in the light of modern zoological science.
TWENTY YEARS IN THE HIMALAYA.
By Major the Hon. C. G. Bruce, M.V.O., Fifth Gurkha Rifles. Fully Illustrated. With Map. Demy 8vo., cloth. 16s. net.
The Himalaya is a world in itself, comprising many regions which differ widely from each other as regards their natural features, their fauna and flora, and the races and languages of their inhabitants. Major Bruce's relation to this world is absolutely unique—he has journeyed through it, now in one part, now in another, sometimes mountaineering, sometimes in pursuit of big game, sometimes in the performance of his professional duties, for more than twenty years; and now his acquaintance with it under all its diverse aspects, though naturally far from complete, is more varied and extensive than has ever been possessed by anyone else.
RECOLLECTIONS OF AN OLD MOUNTAINEER.
By Walter Larden. Fully Illustrated. Demy 8vo., cloth. 14s. net.
There are a few men in every generation, such as A. F. Mummery and L. Norman Neruda, who possess a natural genius for mountaineering. The ordinary lover of the mountains reads the story of their climbs with admiration and perhaps a tinge of envy, but with no thought of following in their footsteps—such feats are not for him. The great and special interest of Mr. Larden's book lies in the fact that he does not belong to this small and distinguished class. He tells us, and convinces us, that he began his Alpine career with no exceptional endowment of nerve or activity, and describes, fully and with supreme candour, how he made himself into what he very modestly calls a second-class climber—not 'a Grepon-crack man,' but one capable of securely and successfully leading a party of amateurs over such peaks as Mont Collon or the Combin.
THE MISADVENTURES OF A HACK CRUISER.
By F. Claude Kempson, Author of 'The Green Finch Cruise.' With 50 Illustrations from the Author's sketches. Medium 8vo., cloth. 6s. net.
Mr. Kempson's amusing account of 'The Green Finch Cruise,' which was published last year, gave deep delight to the joyous fraternity of amateur sailor-men, and the success that book enjoyed has encouraged him to describe a rather more ambitious cruise he undertook subsequently. Mr. Kempson is not an expert, but he shows how anyone accustomed to a sportsman's life can, with a little instruction and common sense, have a thoroughly enjoyable time sailing a small boat. The book is full of 'tips and wrinkles' of all kinds, interspersed with amusing anecdotes and reflections. The Author's sketches are exquisitely humorous, and never more so than when he is depicting his own substantial person.
LONDON: EDWARD ARNOLD, 41 & 43, MADDOX STREET, W.
THE COTTAGE HOMES OF ENGLAND.
Charmingly Illustrated in Colour by Mrs. ALLINGHAM.
With 64 Full-page Coloured Plates from Pictures by HELEN ALLINGHAM, never before reproduced. 8vo. (9-1/2 in. by 7 in.), 21s. net. Also a limited Edition de Luxe, 42s. net.
A HISTORY OF THE LONDON HOSPITAL.
By E. W. MORRIS, Secretary of the London Hospital. With Illustrations. 6s. net.
'Besant long ago wrote "All Sorts and Conditions of Men," and won and built thereby the People's Palace. Here is a better book. Its people are real, its romance is facts, its palace is a hospital of a thousand beds.'—Daily Telegraph.
THE BOOK OF WINTER SPORTS.
With an Introduction by the Rt. Hon. the EARL OF LYTTON, and contributions from experts in various branches of sport.
Edited by EDGAR SYERS. Fully Illustrated. Demy 8vo., 15s. net.
THE DUDLEY BOOK OF COOKERY AND HOUSEHOLD RECIPES.
By GEORGIANA, COUNTESS OF DUDLEY. Handsomely printed and bound. Third Impression. 7s. 6d. net.
COMMON-SENSE COOKERY:
Based on Modern English and Continental Principles worked out in Detail. By Colonel A. Kenney-Herbert. Over 500 pages. Illustrated. 6s. net.
BY THE SAME AUTHOR.
FIFTY BREAKFASTS. 2s. 6d.
FIFTY LUNCHEONS. 2s. 6d.
FIFTY DINNERS. 2s. 6d.
LONDON: EDWARD ARNOLD, 41 & 43, MADDOX STREET, W.
Transcriber's Notes
Pages 148 and 149: The words noted below are transliterations of the original Greek characters.
Then spoke a Greek, 'The Isles of Greece! What can compare with those? [Greek: Thalassa]! and [Greek: Eurêka]! [Greek: Rhododaktylos êôs]!' 'But the country of my childhood Is the best that man may know, Oh [Greek: didêmi] also [Greek: phêmi], [Greek: Zôê mou sas agapô]!'