From 1879, a rare clothbound volume of a scarce British periodical, The Contemporary Review, published by Strahan and Company, London. Sized 10x8 inches, 810 pages, bound in period cloth. Note the British label on the front board from Mudie's Select Library, New Oxford St., London. Great Victorian travel material, outlined below.

1) Woman in Turkey, by Sir Walter C. James, Baronet.

2) Contemporary Life in Russia, by T.S., St. Petersburg.

3) Afghanistan and the Punjab, by Prof. Monier Williams.

4) The Alcohol Question, in 9 parts, by 6 doctors.

5) The Phoenicians in Greece.

6) On the Migration of Birds.

7) Ancient Egypt, in several parts.

8) New Planets Near the Sun.

9) New Guinea and its Inhabitants, etc.