11 JANUARY 1952, page 22

An Epic Fragment

Lost City of the Incas. by Hiram Bingham. (Phoenix House. 2 is.) WHEN, in about the year 1630, Fernando Montesinos was gathering material for his history of Peru, he obtained......

The Indian Princes

Kingdoms of Yesterday. By Sir Arthur Lothian. (John Murray. 2 s.) No one is better qualified than the writer of this book to depict the princely States of India, large and......

Talk From America

Letters from America. By Alistair Cooke. (Rupert Hart-Davis. i 21. 6C1.) THE publication of these two books illustrates very well the perennial interest of the theme and the......