14 FEBRUARY 1920, Page 20

A Kut Prisoner. By H. C. W. Bishop. (Lane. Gs.

6d. net.) —Mr. Bishop, a subaltern in the Indian Army, was taken prisoner at Kut and sent to'Kastamuni, in Anatolia. Thence, with three comrades, he made his escape, only to be retaken near the Black Sea coast. The author and two of his companions were, however, rescued by Turkish outlaws and conveyed across the Black Sea to the Crimea. Mr. Bishop describes his adventures simply and clearly, and his book is worth reading.