PREFATORY NOTE TO FIRST EDITION . INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER TO THE BOYS OF ENGLAND. IV. FROM TREBIZOND TO ERZERUM. V. FROM ERZERUM TO THE PERSIAN FRONTIER. VI. FROM THE PERSIAN BORDER TO TEBRIZ. XI. THE SALT DESERT OF DESHTI-KUVIR. XIII. FROM ISFAHAN TO THE SUPPOSED TOMB OF CYRUS. XVI. PREPARATIONS FOR MY JOURNEY TO CENTRAL ASIA. XVII. FROM TEHERAN TO THE LAND OF THE TURKOMANS. XIX. FROM GOMUSHTEPE TO THE BORDER OF THE DESERT. XXVIII. FROM MESHED TO TEHERAN. XXIX. FROM TEHERAN TO TREBIZOND. The "Lives Worth Living" Series OF POPULAR BIOGRAPHIES. WITH INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER Portrait and Seventeen Illustrations London FIFTH AND POPULAR EDITION. ARMINIUS VAMBÉRY: His Life and Adventures. Written by Himself. With Portrait and 14 Illustrations. Square Imperial 16mo, cloth extra, 6s. "A most fascinating work, full of interesting and curious experiences."—Contemporary Review. "It is partly an autobiographic sketch of character, partly an account of a singularly daring and successful adventure in the exploration of a practically unknown country. In both aspects it deserves to be spoken of as a work of great interest and of considerable merit."—Saturday Review. "We can follow M. VambÉry's footsteps in Asia with pride and pleasure; we welcome every word he has to tell us about the ethnography and the languages of the East."—Academy. "The character and temperament of the writer come out well in his quaint and vigorous style.... The expressions, too, in English, of modes of thought and reflections cast in a different mould from our own gives additional piquancy to the composition, and, indeed, almost seems to bring out unexpected capacities in the language."—AthenÆum. "Has all the fascination of a lively romance. It is the confession of an uncommon man; an intensely clever, extraordinarily energetic egotist, well-informed, persuaded that he is in the right and impatient of contradiction."—Daily Telegraph. "The work is written in a most captivating manner, and illustrates the qualities that should be possessed by the explorer."—Novoe Vremya, Moscow. "We are glad to see a popular edition of a book which, however it be regarded, must be pronounced unique. The writer, the adventures, and the style are all extraordinary—the last not the least of the three. It is flowing and natural—a far better style than is written by the majority of English travellers."—St. James's Gazette. *** Over Eighty other English and Foreign periodicals have London: T. FISHER UNWIN, 26, Paternoster Square. |