The Travels and Adventures of Sidi Ali Reis. Translated by
A. Vambery. (Luzac and Co. 5s.)—This is an episode of Turkish history in the days when the Ottoman Power was still the terror of Europe. Sidi All was sent to take the command of the Turkish fleet in the Persian Gulf. He had to give up his naval enter- prise and travelled overland from Gujarat to Bagdad. In his volume are his experiences of naval warfare and of travel. He attacked the Portuguese and got the worst of it. Indeed, he does not leave the impression of having been a skilful sailor, but he was certainly a man of some gift of observation.--My Tour in Palestine and Syria, by F. H. Deverell (Eyre and Spottiewoode), does not tell us anything new, but it may be read with interest, and its illustrations (from photographs) ere interesting.
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