29 JULY 1922, Page 25

Persia. By Sir Percy Sykes. (Clarendon Press. 7s. M. net.)

Into this little volume of less than two hundred pages Sir Percy Sykes has compressed an outline of the long and eventful history of Persia, which he has related at large in his well-known work. As a sketch, nothing could be better. The story is so full of interest, especially in the pre-Christian era, that readers will assuredly go on to the author's standard history.