19 FEBRUARY 1927, Page 32

LIFE AND LAUGHTER 'MIDST THE CANSIB By Clifford W. Collinson.

(Hurst and Blackett. 18s. Mr. Collinson's lively book about the South Seas deals the comparatively unknown Solomon Islands, as well as the tiny Lord Howe group and with the phosphate no Nauru, the deposits on which are owned by Great Bin Australia and New Zealand. The Solomons used to he cessible to missionary and trader alike, but the fierce can who inhabit them are now somewhat tamed, and the au found them uncommonly amusing. In his unconves way. Mr. Collinson gives an attractive account of a t daily experiences in the Solomons, where earthquakes. alligators are now, perhaps, more dangerous than the nat The photographs are good.