Through Arctic Lapland . PECIMEN OF ILLUSTRATIONS By WILLIAM SCOTT This book will deal with, some of those picturesque and out-of-the-way hamlets whichvisitors to the South may have seen perched on hill-tops or hidden in the valleys, away fromthe beaten track of tourists. The district referred to is that part of Liguria which commencesat the French frontier ; and a brief historical outline traces the origin and development of theselittle Ville —as they were called—from the early days of the Genoese Republic, through theinteresting period when some of them, revolting from the oppression of Vent
Through Arctic Lapland . PECIMEN OF ILLUSTRATIONS By WILLIAM SCOTT This book will deal with, some of those picturesque and out-of-the-way hamlets whichvisitors to the South may have seen perched on hill-tops or hidden in the valleys, away fromthe beaten track of tourists. The district referred to is that part of Liguria which commencesat the French frontier ; and a brief historical outline traces the origin and development of theselittle Ville —as they were called—from the early days of the Genoese Republic, through theinteresting period when some of them, revolting from the oppression of Ventimiglia, formedthe Community of the Otto Luoghi, and proceeded to carry out their ideas of Home of the Villages still possess a number of their old documents, account-books, and otherrecords, and these are now laid under contribution for the first time. London : A. & C, BLACK, Soho Square L ni-ii miM M\\\ Demy %vo. Cloth, i^^fipages. Price 2is. IN NORTHERN SPAIN Containing Map and 89 Illustrations. ^. SPECIJIiiN ILLL-STliATIO. By Dr. HANS GKDOW, , , Some years back Wild Spain, one of the best books of its kJnH r,,,^you desirous of knowing more of the country. And HanVrn^;,!! , ^^^\this feeling in his excellent volume In\orthern SnaS n ni^^l^f ^^^^enormous extent. Dwelling at inn or farm, or in their ownt;n?^>, ° Tcountry as it has been seen but rarely, and hey came to know the inLTv jas they can be known in no other iA\A^ W^Ue. ^^ i^^.T-*^-l°T-*^ ^^ P^Ses with shrewd and kindly observation of thopeople, their habits and ways of living, with vivid rernrrk ZTZ\ ujoyed in the mountains, andwith mucg^ncidentaTinf:rmatlo°n •^-^nmT conditlns™: i::^^^°THTltk,nT ^ ^^°-= ^ ^« P^^^To persons visiting the provinces with whifh tJ,». !j„fi,„ j 1 .t- , ,will be invaluable, and will do more to po nt afefr attention tn f^ f ?• y°°\than existing guide-books of Spain, mo^t of whfch a^eout o/dat^-lrlrJ^W^A most comprehensive and pra
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