12 NOVEMBER 1921, Page 24

SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK.

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The Geographical Journal for November contains the latest information about the reconnaissance of Mount Everest, with some remarkable photographs of the peak and its neighbourhood. Mr. E. M. Dowson contributes some " Further Notes on Aeroplane Photography in the Near East," showing how rapidly the new method of mapping from the air has been developed. Dr. A. Hamilton Rice describes an adventurous journey from Manaos, in Brazil, up the Rio Negro, through the natural Casiquiare " canal " to tho Upper Orinoco, and thence down stream through Venezuela. His map is noteworthy.