4 DECEMBER 1909, Page 9

Through the Heart of Tibet. By Alexander Macdonald. (Blackie and

Son. 6s.)—Mr. Macdonald loses no time in introducing his readers into an atmosphere of horror and mystery. A remark- able-looking traveller who steps with a masterful air into the Southampton express, closely followed by two dangerous-looking Asiatics, is seen in their hands a few hours afterwards in a London street. After this exditeonent succeeds excitement till, happier than their predecessors, the travellers reach Lhasa and are not disappointed. Tibet, which still lies, for the most part, in dark- ness, is just the scene for a story of this kind.