Sporting and Athletic Records

i8 MESSRS. METHUEN'S LIST Southey. ENGLISH SEAMEN (Howard, Clifford, Hawkins, Drake, Cavendish). By ROBERT SOUTHEY . Edited, with an Introduction, by DAVID HANNAY. Second Edition. Crown 8vo.6s. 'Admirable and well-toldstories of our naval history.'— A rmy and Navy Gazette. *A brave, inspiriting book.'— Black and White. Travel, Adventure and Topography R. S. S. Baden-Powell. THE DOWNFALL OF PREMPEH. A Diary of Life with the Native Levy in Ashanti, 1895.By Colonel BADEN-POWELL . With 21 Illustrations and a Map. Demy Svo. 10s. 6d. ' A compact, faithful, most readable record ofthe campaign.'— Daily News. ' A bluff and vigorousnarrative.'— Glasgow Herald. K. S. S. Baden-Powell. THE MATEBELE CAMPAIGN 1896. By Colonel R. S. S. BADEN-POWELL . With nearly 100 Illustrations. Second Edition, Demy Zvo. 15^. ' Written in an unaffectedly light and humorous style.'— The World. 'A very racy and eminently readable book.'— St. James's Gazette. 'As a straightforward account of a great deal of plucky work unpretentiously done, this book is well worth reading. The simplicity of the narrative is all in its favour, and accords in a peculiarly English fashion withthe nature ofthe subject.' Times. Captain Hinde. THE FALL OF THE CONGO ARABS. By SIDNEY L. HINDE . With Portraits and Plans. Demy Svo. 12s. 6d. ' The book is full of goodthings, and of sustained interest.'— St. James's Gazette. A graphic sketch of one of the most exciting and important episodes in the struggle for supremacy in Central Africa between the Arabs and their Europeon rivals. Apart from the story ofthe campaign. CaptainHinde's book is mainly remark­ able for the fulness withwhich he discusses the question of cannibalism. It is, indeed, the only connected narrative—in English, at any rate—which has been published of this particular episode inAfrican history.'— Times. 'Captain Hinders bookis one of the most interesting and valuable contributions yet made to the literature of modern Africa.'— Daily News. W. Crooke. THE NORTH-WEST PROVINCES OF INDIA THEIR ETHNOLOGY AND ADMINISTRATION . By W. CROOKE. With Maps and Illustrations. Demy 8vo. 10s. 6d. 'A carefully and well-written account of one of the most important provinces of the Empire. In seven chapters Mr. Crooke deals successively with the land in its physical aspect, the province under Hindoo and Mussulman rule, the province under British rule, the ethnology and sociology of the province, the religiousand social life of the people, the land and its settlement, and the native peasantin his relation to the land. The illustrations are good and well selected, and the map is excellent.'— ManchesterGuar u •an.