11 MAY 1929, page 23

By Air To India

The Third Route. By Sir Philip Sassoon. (Heinemann. 15s.) The Baghdad Air Mail. By Wing-Commander Roderic Hill. (Arnold. 18s.) WE read Wing-Commander Hill's book first,......

Wit And Reformer The Letters Of Peter Plyntley ; And

Other Writings. By Sydney Smith. Edited by G. C. Heseltine. (Dent. Os.). IT was not all wit and good companionship that made a name for the Rev. Sydney Smith. He was......