Prince William of Sweden has given, in a volume entitled
In the Lands of the Sun (Eveleigh Nash, 16a, net), an enter- taining account of a journey to the Middle East undertaken by him at the end of 1911. The original object of the Prince's voyage having been to represent Sweden at the coronation of the King of Siam, the greater part of the book is devoted to that country, and especially to the elaborate ceremonials con. nected with the coronation. Later chapters deal with French Indo-China, with Burma, and with a rapid tour in India. There is also an interesting section written by one of the Prince's companions upon Angkor, the ancient capital of the kingdom of Cambodia. The history of this city has only recently come to light, and rests largely on a report made by a Chinese envoy on his mission to Angkor in the year A.D. 1295, from which it appears that during the eighth and ninth centuries Cambodia was a powerfal kingdom, extending far beyond the present limits of the country.
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