12 NOVEMBER 1921, Page 24

The Great White South. By Herbert G. Ponting. (Duckworth. 30s.

net.)-Mr. Ponting has delighted many thousands of people with his lectures on Captain Scott's South Polar expedition and with his photographs of Antarctic life and scenery. This admirably written book on the expedition, with its excellent illustrations, is thus assured of a welcome. We may commend especially the delightful chapters on seals, gulls and penguins, with the photographs that accompany them. Mr. Pouting pays a touching tribute to the memory of Captain Scott and his gallant comrades who perished on their return from the South Pole in the spring of 1912. Never was there a more harmonious company than that which Captain Scott led.