Reviews of books

EUROPE

Scotland Through the Lens. By W. A. Poucher. Crown 4to. Pp.119. Illustrated. London : Chapman and Hall Ltd., 1943. Price 18s.

George Adam Smith. By Lilian Adam Smith. Demy 8vo. Pp. 272. Illustrated. London: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., 1943. Price 8s. 6d.

Survey of Russian History. By B. H. Sumner. Pp. 464. 5 Maps. 16 Illustrations. London : Duckworth and Co. Ltd., 1944. Price 16s.

ASIA

Turkey : Decadence and Re‐Birth. By Philip Paneth. Demy 8vo. Pp. 149. Illustrated. London : Alliance Press Ltd., 1943. Price gs. 6d.

Forty Tears in China. By Sir Meyrick Hewlett. Demy 8vo. Pp. 262. Map. London : Macmillan and Co. Ltd., 1943. Price 12s. 6d.

The International Development of China. By Dr. Sun Yat Sen. Crown 8vo. Pp.176. 17 Maps. London : Hutchinson and Co. Ltd., n.d. Price 7s. 6d.

China, My China. By H. B. Rattenbury. Demy 8vo. Pp. 265. 30 figs. London:Fredk. Muller Ltd., 1944. Price 15s.

Battle Hymn of China. By Agnes Smedley. Pp.365. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1944. Price 7s. 6d.

AMERICA

The Book of Small. By Emily Carr. Demy 8vo. Pp. 164. London : Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1943. Price Ss. 6d.

Mirror for Americans. By Ralph H. Brown. Crown 4to. Pp.312. Illustrated. New York : American Geographical Society, 1943. Price $4.00.

Pioneers, O Pioneers. By H. St. G. Saunders. Demy 8vo. Pp. 193. London : Macmillan and Co. Ltd., 1944. Price 8s. 6d.

Alaska Diary. By A. Hrdlicka. Crown 4to. Pp. 414. Frontispiece. 232 figs. Lancaster, Penn. : Jaques Cattell Press, 1943. Price $5.00.

Alaska Diary. By A. Hrdlicka. Crown 4to. Pp. 414. Frontispiece. 232 figs. Lancaster, Penn. : Jaques Cattell Press, 1943. Price $5.00.

West Indian Summer. By J. P. Hennessy. Demy 8vo. Pp. viii+117. Illustrated. London : B. T. Batsford Ltd., 1943. Price 12s. 6d.

Isles of the Devil. By Philip Paneth. Crown 8vo. Pp.112. Illustrated. London: Alliance Press Ltd., 1943. Price 5s.

Latin America. By Preston E. James. Royal 8vo. Pp.908. 64 figs. 144 maps. London : Cassell and Co. Ltd., 1943. Price 35$.

Built Before the Flood: The Problem of the Tiahuanaco Ruins. By H. S. Bellamy. Demy 8vo. Pp. 144. 20 diagrams, including sketch‐maps. London : Faber and Faber Ltd., 1944. Price 12s. 6d.

Journey to the World's End. By Hakon Mielche. Pp. 296. Illustrated. Edinburgh and London : William Hodge and Co. Ltd. Reprinted 1944. Price 10s. 6d.

The book was first published in 1939 and was reviewed in the S.G.M., 1940, Vol. 56, No. 1, p. 42. [Ed.]

A Handbook of the United States of America: Pertinent Information about the United States and the War Effort. U.S. Office of War Information. Demy 8vo. Pp. 225. 14 charts. London : Hutchinson and Co. (Publishers) Ltd., 1944. Price 10s. 6d.

Alaskan Backdoor to Japan. By Philip Paneth. Crown 8vo. Pp. 108. Illustrated. London : Alliance Press Ltd., 1943. Price 5s.

GENERAL

The Floor of the Ocean : Mew Light on Old Mysteries. By Reginald Aldworth Daly. Demy 8vo. Pp. x+177. 82 figs. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1942. Price 15s. 6d.

Ways of the Weather. By W. J. Humphries. 9 1/2 x 6/ 1/2 in. Pp.400. Illustrated. Lancaster, Perm. : Jaques Cattell Press, 1943. Price $4.00.

The Log of a Merchant Airman. By J. H. Lock and J. Creasey. Demy 8vo. Pp.228. 36 figs. London : Stanley Paul and Co. Ltd., 1943. Price 15s.

A Batsford Century. Edited by H. Bolitho. Royal 8vo. Pp. viii+148. Illustrated. London : B. T. Batsford Ltd., 1943. Price 10s. 6d.

EDUCATIONAL

Astronomical Air Navigation. By R. Hadingham. 8x6} in. Pp. xi+132. Frontispiece. 58 figs. London : The Technical Press Ltd., 1943. Price 5s.

A Practical Modern Geography. By Mabel Mellor. 7 1/4 x 5 1/4 in. Pp.112. Illustrated. London : Oxford University Press, 1943. Price is. 6d.

Look Up Tour Atlas. By T. C. Bridges and H. Alnwick. Crown 4to. Pp. 62. Illustrated. London : George G. Harrap and Co. Ltd., 1943. Price 6s.