New York and London: D. Appleton and Company, 1909. 333 p. 12mo. First edition. Brown cloth. Spine sl. cocked, scuff to bottom left corner of cover illustration.
Hyatt was a popular author of travel adventures often set in Australia and the Philippines. After an extensive and eventful life as a minor Victorian explorer he settled down in England to write prolifically about his adventures. Many of his tales appeared in pulp magazines and boy's books at the time.