13 APRIL 1918, Page 17

The April number of the Geographical Journal (2s.) contains an

excellent and timely paper by Dr. E. W. G. Masterman on " The Jordan -Valley and its Lakes," dealing with country in which General Allenby is now operating. There is also an account, by Lieutenant Wordie, with a chart, of " The Drift of the' Endurance,' " Sir E. H. Shackleton's Antarctic ship, in the Weddell Sea in 1915.