In this work, the plan of which is similar to “The American Railway” published a year ago, are to be found elaborately illustrated papers by ten writers who were selected for their expert acquaintance with every phase of this important subject. Acknowledged authorities in their respective fields, these writers have described both the theoretical and practical aspects of the different branches of electrical science in a singularly entertaining and instructive manner. The scope and importance of the work are shown by the following list of topics and eminent authors:

With 125 illustrations, Square 8vo, $3.00.

CHARLES SCRIBNER’s SONS, PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK.

BRIEF LIST OF BOOKS ON TRAVEL, EXPLORATION AND ADVENTURE, PUBLISHED BY CHARLES SCRIBNER’s SONS, 743 & 745 BROADWAY, NEW YORK CITY.

Rev. James Bassett.
PERSIA; The Land of the Imams (With Map. 12mo, $1.50.)
“Scarcely inferior, in general interest, to O’Donovan’s “Merv,” or Stech’s two volumes on Persia, and superior to either in interest for a reader concerned in the evangelization of the country. His pages are crowded with facts and replete with indications of intelligent observations and natural interpretations. We have not found a dull page in it. It is a small book with much in it, and that much good.”—New York Independent.

Capt. John G. Bourke.
THE SNAKE DANCE OF THE MOQUIS OF ARIZONA. With a Description of the Manners and Customs of this Peculiar People (With Colored Plates. 8vo, $5.00.)
“A valuable contribution to the study of native American ethnology, while its vivid descriptions of weird scenes, stirring incidents of travel, and characteristic anecdotes, make it very agreeable reading.”—London Academy.

William T. Brigham.
GUATEMALA; The Land of the Quetzal (With 26 full-page Illustrations. 8vo, $5.00.)
“Mr. Brigham made a very extensive trip through Guatemala, and he brought to all that met his eye a trained intelligence which detected everything, revealed and promised. He discerned and comprehended much more than any of the natives have divined or hoped for, and his book is the only one extant in any language which discloses what the Guatemalan Republic is or might be.”—New York Sun.

Henry W. Elliott.
OUR ARCTIC PROVINCE, ALASKA AND THE SEAL ISLANDS (Illust. 8vo, $4.50.)
“Nothing so complete and satisfactory has ever before appeared in print in this country as this absorbingly interesting and minutely accurate account of the great Alaskan Seal Islands, and the book must now be regarded as the standard authority on ‘Our Arctic Province.’”—Chicago Herald.

Rev. Henry M. Field, D.D.
FROM THE LAKES OF KILLARNEY TO THE GOLDEN HORN (8vo, $2.00). FROM EGYPT TO JAPAN (8vo, $2.00). ON THE DESERT (8vo, $2.00). AMONG THE HOLY HILLS (With a Map. 8vo, $1.50). THE GREEK ISLANDS, and Turkey after the War (With Illustrations and Maps. 8vo, $1.50). OLD SPAIN AND NEW SPAIN (With Map. 8vo, $1.50). BRIGHT SKIES AND DARK SHADOWS (With Maps. 8vo, $1.50). GIBRALTAR (Illustrated. 4to, $2.00).
“Dr. Field has an eye that sees very clearly. He knows also how to describe just those things in the different places visited by him which an intelligent man wants to know about. He has, besides, a singularly clear and pleasing style, so that the attention of his reader is never for a moment detained over any obscurity or infelicity of expression, but is at once rewarded by the clear perception of his meaning.”—Dr. Wm. M. Taylor.

Henry T. Finck.
THE PACIFIC COAST SCENIC TOUR (With 20 full-page Illustrations. 8vo, $2.50). SPAIN AND MOROCCO; Studies in Local Color (12mo, $1.25.)
“The writer combines very happily the faculty of close observation and minute description with real literary skill. Thus while his book contains details which make it eminently useful and a source of exact information, it is also a pleasurable work for the reader.”—The Christian Union.

James Anthony Froude.
THE ENGLISH IN THE WEST INDIES (Illustrated. 8vo, $1.75). OCEANA: England and Her Colonies (Illustrated. 8vo, $1.75.)
“Mr. Froude is the master of an exquisite prose style, and if not a foremost master he is very near to that rank among living Englishmen. Not since ‘Eothen’ captivated all its readers, not since Waterton narrated the story of his wanderings, has the romance of travel been treated with happier, abler, or more entertaining hands.”—New York Times.

William H. Gilder.
SCHWATKA’s SEARCH (Illustrated. 8vo, $3.00). ICEPACK AND TUNDRA (Illustrated. 8vo, $4.00.)
“No recent book gives so vivid an idea of the perils and hardships which necessarily accompany all attempts at arctic exploration, as this of Mr. Gilder’s. The accounts of the people of the various places visited, and their peculiar customs, show keen powers of observation as well as skill of description.”—Boston Transcript.

Gen. A. W. Greely.
THREE YEARS OF ARCTIC SERVICE. An Account of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition of 1881-1884 (With over 100 Illustrations, Maps, and Charts. 2 vols., 8vo). Sold only by subscription.
“In every respect—the interest of the narrative, the fullness and accuracy of the departments of ethnology, of natural history, of meteorology, geology, auroral displays, of all matters of scientific interest—this work is incomparably the most valuable one on the subject ever published.”—Chicago Interior.

William Elliot Griffis.
COREA; THE HERMIT NATION (With Maps and Illustrations. 8vo, $2.50.)
“The work bears witness to a vast amount of well directed labor; and while it is clothed with a rare charm for the general reader, whose curiosity regarding a long isolated nation will for the first time be satisfied, it is also sure of a respectful and grateful reception from the student of history, ethnology, and philology.”—New York Sun.

William T. Hornaday.
TWO YEARS IN A JUNGLE (New Edition. 8vo, $3.00.) TAXIDERMY AND ZOOLOGICAL COLLECTING (Illustrated. 8vo, $2.50 net.)
“He describes with skill and fidelity. Here we have the hunter’s sport, the naturalist’s descriptions, and the traveler’s observations. We need not say that the combination is rare and very inviting.”—Chicago Interior.

A. J. Mounteney-Jephson.
EMIN PASHA AND THE REBELLION AT THE EQUATOR (8vo). Sold only by subscription.
“You have commenced your story where a great gap occurred in my own narrative, a gap which you alone could fill up. There is within the covers of your volume much matter that is quite new to me, much that is extremely thrilling and exciting, and the whole is related with very enviable literary tact and skill. With all my heart I commend to American and English readers this true tale of work manfully and nobly done and so modestly told.”—Henry M. Stanley.

Carl Lumholtz.
AMONG CANNIBALS (Fully Illustrated. 8vo, $5.00.)
“We have all read the book with immense interest. It is a work which will have a very long life, for it is full of wisdom and useful knowledge; besides, it represents everything so lively before the reader’s eyes that he forgets he is reading a mere description, and thinks he is at the author’s side, and shares with him the hardships, dangers, and joys of a life among cannibals in the wilderness of Australia. The whole civilized world must be grateful to you for this really wonderful work.”—Dr. Henry Schliemann.

Selah Merrill.
EAST OF THE JORDAN (With Illustrations and Map. New Edition, 8vo, $2.50.)
No other American is so much at home in the East Jordan country as Mr. Merrill, and there does not exist in any other language so much fresh and valuable information respecting it. The illustrations which embellish the book are fresh and original, and the style of the narrative is graphic and entertaining. The work is exceedingly interesting as an account of exploration in this field, rich in historic associations.

William Agnew Paton.
DOWN THE ISLANDS (Illustrated. Square 8vo, $2.50.)
“An exceedingly entertaining book of travels, containing nearly seventy illustrations, including sixteen full-page plates. Mr. Paton relates what he has seen in the Windward Islands, from St. Kitt’s to Trinidad, and with this he interweaves a vast amount of official and historical information, yet without making the book a formal affair. The story is highly romantic and makes good reading.”—Boston Beacon.

W. S. Schley and Prof. J. R. Soley.
THE RESCUE OF GREELY (With Maps and Illustrations. 8vo, $2.00.)
“The work has been singularly well done. The whole story is told in plain facts, plainly and intellectually stated, and the adjectives are few. Rarely is a great story narrated so simply and yet so effectively.”—N. Y. Times.

Dr. Henry Schliemann.
ANCIENT MYCENÆ (Illustrated. 4to, cloth extra, $7.50). TIRYNS (Illustrated. Royal 8vo, $10.00).
“Dr. Schliemann has made the most important contribution of the present century to Greek archÆology.”—The Nation. “The interest of the work is not confined to either England or America. Every enlightened nation will welcome it, for it opens up a new world to the modern generation. No work of the time has attracted wider attention.”—Boston Post.

Eugene Schuyler.
TURKISTAN (New Edition. 2 vols., 8vo, $5.00.)
“One of the most valuable and fascinating of publications. The author has the eye and pen of a journalist, and sees at once what is worth seeing, and recites his impressions in the most graphic manner.”—N. Y. World.

Herbert H. Smith.
BRAZIL; THE AMAZONS AND THE COAST (Illustrated. 8vo, $5.00.)
“Mr. Smith, an American who has lived and traveled for the greater part of eight years in Brazil, gives so excellent an account of that country that we cannot regret this addition to the already extensive literature of the subject. The book is a very successful attempt to present a comprehensive picture, drawn both from the experience of the author and from that of previous Brazilian and foreign writers, of the present state of Brazil.”—London Academy.

Henry M. Stanley.
IN DARKEST AFRICA (With Maps and Illustrations. 2 vols., 8vo, $7.50.) Sold only by subscription. HOW I FOUND LIVINGSTONE. (With Maps and Illustrations. 8vo, $3.50.)
“This is the noblest record of the achievements of a man of action which this generation has known. Mr. Stanley writes his book very much as he marches through Africa—with the irresistible energy of an imperious will. These volumes have descriptive passages of singular excellence; the style is trenchant, vigorous and clear; and the literary workmanship is markedly superior to that of any of his previous work.”—New York Tribune.

Thomas Stevens.
AROUND THE WORLD ON A BICYCLE (200 Illustrations. 2 vols., 8vo, $8.00.)
“This book will be found very interesting. All wheelmen will want to have the history of the greatest bicycle journey ever accomplished; the lover of adventure will find it richly to his taste; and the general reader will find in the descriptions of persons, places and customs in far-off lands, much to please and interest.”—The Boston Times.

Bayard Taylor.
ILLUSTRATED LIBRARY OF TRAVEL—TRAVELS IN JAPAN, ARABIA, SOUTH AFRICA, CENTRAL ASIA, CENTRAL AFRICA, SIAM (Six volumes, each Illustrated. 12mo, $1.25.)
“Authenticated accounts of countries, peoples, modes of living and being, curiosities in natural history, and personal adventure in travels and explorations, suggest a rich fund of solid instruction combined with delightful entertainment. The editorship, by one of the most observant and well-traveled men of modern times, at once secures the high character of the ‘Library’ in every particular.”—The Sunday School Times.

Edward L. Wilson.
IN SCRIPTURE LANDS (With 150 Illustrations from photographs. Large 8vo, $3.50.)
“Here we have a man with the courageous spirit of an explorer, a good pair of eyes, a good camera, and a good literary style. We have seen no work of exploration and travel in those lands which gives so clear an idea of them and of the historic remains and scenes as this.”—Chicago Interior.