BY THE SAME AUTHOR. WITH KITCHENER TO KHARTUM. With 8 Maps and Plans. Twenty-first Edition. Crown 8vo, 6s. "This book is a masterpiece. Mr Steevens writes an English which is always alive and alert....... The description of the battle of Omdurman reaches, we do not hesitate to say, the high-water mark of literature."-Spectator. IN INDIA. With a Map. Third Edition. Crown 8vo, 6s. "To read this book is a liberal education in one of the most interesting and least known portions of our Empire."-St James's Gazette. THE LAND OF THE DOLLAR. Crown 8vo, 6s. Fourth Edition. "One of the smartest books of travel which has appeared for a long time past.. ..Brings the general appearance of Transatlantic urban and rural life so clearly before the mind's eye of the reader, that a perusal of his work almost answers the purpose of a personal inspection. New York has probably never been more lightly and cleverly sketched."-Daily Telegraph. WITH THE CONQUERING TURK. Cheaper Edition. Demy 8vo, 6s. With 4 Maps. "This is a remarkably bright and vivid book. There is a delicious portrait of the jovial aide-de-camp, plenty of humorous touches of wayside scenes, servants' tricks, dragoman's English, and vagaries of cuisine."--St James's Gazette. EGYPT IN 1898. With Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 6s. "Set forth in a style that provides plenty of entertainment. ..... Bright and readable."-Times. WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS, EDINBURGH AND LONDON. Thorved - 13 Alober, 1988 CONTENTS. First impressions-Denver with a dash of Delhi-Govern- ment House-The Legislative Assembly-A wrangling 1 A little patch of white tents-A dream of distance-The 19 10 |