Austria in Europe, and Austria make common cause with England in the event of Turkey being attacked in Asia Minor." Having a French, Austrian, and Turkish alliance, England can send her home troops both to India and Asia Minor by the Eastern Railway in a very short space of time, and can strengthen both countries and also help in the Balkans if required, and a firm and lasting alliance would be made. Why cannot Italy join this alliance? It is a matter of necessity and advantage, both geographically and strategically, to do so, and if an alliance in Southern Europe could thus be made, the safety of the Balkans, Asia Minor, Persia, and Afghanistan might be assured, even if Germany joined Russia, and the lofty hopes of Russia would be dashed to the ground. THE END. T The AdBenture Series. Averaging 400 pp. each. Large crown 8vo., cloth, 5s. each, fully Illustrated. HE desire of the English people for genuine accounts of the adventures or their fellows has at present chiefly called forth the ingenious absurdities of writers who have always stopped at home. To dispel the idea that adventures are confined to Africa, Mr. T. FISHER UNWIN has in hand a Collection which will include the narratives of Travellers, Soldiers, Seamen, Prisoners who have escaped from Captivity, early Emigrants, Famous Robbers, Pirates and Buccaneers, Adventurers for Profit, and Adventurers for Pleasure. While most of the volumes published will be necessarily reprints, with full introductions by various Eminent Hands, the publisher designs to include in his Series the exploits of contemporaries, English and Foreign. Of the first four volumes in the Series it is superfluous to speak, the names of Trelawny, the friend of Byron and Shelley; of Robert Drury, the early authority on Madagascar; of John Shipp, the soldier who twice rose from the ranks to a commission; of Pellow, the undaunted Cornishman who lived for twenty-three years a captive among the savage Moors ;-these names speak for themselves. But of volumes to come a word may be said. Professor Vambéry has in preparation a volume on the life of a man whose adventures are even more entertaining and interesting than those of the celebrated Professor himself; an eminent American, known for his dealings with Pirates, has a volume in preparation on The Buccaneers; an Englishman of equal celebrity is giving his attention to the claims of an English, a Scotch, and an Irish Robber; these and many other subjects will find a place. Taking for his motto Lord Beaconsfield's aphorism "Adventures are to the Adventurous," the publisher launches the Series, assured that though his undertaking be of Adventure, the public will not deem it venturous. 1. The AdBentures of a Younger Son. By E. J. TRELAWNY. With an Introduction by EDWARD GARNETT. Second Edition. Illustrated with several Portraits of Trelawny, Cuts illustrating his Greek Adventures, and an Autograph Letter. II. Robert Drury's Journal in Madagascar. With Preface and Notes by CAPT. S. P. OLIVER, Author of "Madagascar, III. Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp. With Introduction by H. MANNERS CHICHESTER. Illustrated. IV. The AdBentures of Thomas PelloB, of Penryn, Mariner. (Three-and-Twenty Years in Captivity among the Moors.) Written by Himself; and Edited, with an Introduction and Notes, by DR. ROBERT BROWN. Illustrated from Contemporaneous Prints. V. The Buccaneers and Marooners of America: Being an account of the Famous Adventures and Daring Deeds of certain notorious Freebooters of the Spanish Main. Edited by HOWARD PYLE. Illustrated. (Others in the Press. Prospectus forwarded on application.) Catalogue of Select Books in Belles Lettres, History, Biography, Theology, Travel, Miscellaneous, and Books for Children. G Belles Lettres. ypsy Sorcery and Fortune Telling. Illustrated by numerous Incantations, Specimens of Medical Magic, Anecdotes and Tales, by CHARLES GODFREY LELAND ("Hans Breitman "), President of the Gypsy Lore Society, &c., &c. With numerous Illustrations and Initial Letters drawn by the Author. Small 4to., cloth, 16s. Limited Edition of 150 Copies, numbered and signed, demy 4to., price £1 11s. 6d. nett, to subscribers only. This volume is one of the most important contributions of late years to the study of Folk Lore, and is drawn from the most interesting and curious sources, setting forth the magical practices of the Romany in different Countries, and their strange beliefs. Dreams. By OLIVE SCHREINER, Author of "The Story or With Portrait. Fcap. 8vo. an African Farm." buckram, gilt, 6s. -4. CONTENTS:-1. The Lost Joy.-2. The Hunter.-3. The Gardens of Pleasure In a Far-off World.-5. Three Dreams in a Desert.-6. A Dream of Wild Bees.-7. In a Ruined Chapel.-8. Life's Gifts.-9. The Artist's Secret.-10. I Thought I Stood.-11. The Moonlight Fell across my Bed. Gottfried Keller: A Selection of his Tales. Trans lated, with a Memoir, by KATE FREILIGRATH KROEKER, Translator of "Brentano's Fairy Keller is the greatest Swiss romancer of modern days |