By AGNES HERBERT. With numerous
Illustrations. Demy 8vo. Price, 12_s._ 6_d._ net.
Postage 6_d._ extra.
_SOME PRESS OPINIONS._
_The Sportsman._—“A more delightful book—nay, so delightful a book—is not
met with once in a generation. It is sui generis; we know of none that
can pretend to compare with it. There is not a line in it that cannot be
read with pleasure, while the whole volume contains such a record of
interesting and thrilling adventure as one rarely meets with.”
_The Field._—“The story is told with great animation throughout, and with
a sense of humour that carries one on attentively to the end. We shall be
much mistaken if this very attractive volume on big game shooting is not
soon in a second edition.”
_The Athenæum._—“That most attractive book, ‘Two Dianas in Somaliland,’
which shows the author to be almost as skilful with her pen as with the
rifle; and that is saying a great deal. The book is exceptionally
interesting.”
_The County Gentleman._—“Miss Herbert’s light, breezy style in dealing
with the humours of camp life is highly entertaining. We have never read
a more piquantly written narrative of big game shooting.”
_Country Life._—“This sprightly and amusing book, full of wild life and
adventure, of difficulties and dangers pluckily overcome is a welcome
change after the innumerable recitals of ‘mere man’ in Africa.”
_The World._—“Miss Herbert wields her pen to good purpose. She has a keen
sense of humour, she goes straight to the point, she scorns padding in
purple patches, and yet so vivid is her style that she at once interests
the reader in her subject. No man, and few women, will fail to follow her
to the end of her adventures.”
_The Liverpool Post._—“It is a most chatty and vivacious account. The
book can be enjoyed by all, sportsmen or not, and it will assuredly take
an honoured place among its kind.”
_The Daily News._—“Certain to receive a friendly welcome from the general
reader. A keen eye for the humorous side of things, a fluent and lively
pen, and occasionally the display of a somewhat caustic wit, make the
volume most amusing reading. We congratulate the authoress on the lively
narrative. One can only hope that she will once again go a-hunting, and
once again tell its story.”
_The Birmingham Post._—“This is a book to read, if only for its
delightfully unconventional vein; and there is a subtle suggestion of
romance about it too.”
_The Dundee Advertiser._—“The book in some respects is marvellous. It is
the revelation of a sportswoman’s mind. Miss Herbert has a facile pen.”
_The Manchester Courier._—“Miss Herbert’s book is written
light-heartedly. It is a delightfully humorous and witty record. It is
also an assuming one.”
_The Daily Telegraph._—“This finely-printed and well-illustrated volume
is a thoroughly entertaining and amusing record. Every sportsman will
find this brisk and vivacious narrative to his taste.”
_The Daily Mail._—“‘Two Dianas in Somaliland’ is a book out of the common
run . . . very attractive reading.”
_The Scotsman._—“Certainly no one who reads this narrative will fail to
be keenly interested and amused.”
_The Daily Chronicle._—“You need not be a sportsman—or a sportswoman—to
enjoy this book, because it has a vivacity which would carry any reader
along. It it written with the merry heart that goes all the day, and it
has much to record besides lion killing.”
_The Evening Standard._—“We are sure that no such story was ever related
with greater charm or incisiveness. The volume is very welcome.”