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Two books of travel of which, if circumstances permitted, we

would gladly give an extended notice must be dismissed with a few words of appreciation. These are Algiers and Beyond, by M. W. Hilton Simpson (Hutchinson and Co., 12s. net), likely to be helpful to the visitor to Algiers who wishes to extend his acquaintance with that most interesting country, and From Fiji to the Cannibal Islands, by Beatrice Grimshaw (Eveleigh Nash, 12s. 6d. net). Here we are taken much further afield. We are introduced to the New Hebrides, about which so much is being said just now and so little is known, and to Norfolk Island. Miss Grimshaw is not content with observing and describing. She has opinions about social and political matters, and expresses them on occasion.