13 FEBRUARY 1948, page 22

The South American Napoleon

BEFORE Bolivar had won a battle against the Spaniards he had a,ccurately foretold the shape and characteristics of the nations that he was about to create. Before he had......

The Labour Camps Of Russia

Forced Labour in Soviet Russia. By David J. Dallin and Boris I. Nikolaevsky. (Hollis and Carter. 25s.) "THE terrible truth is that out of Russia's rich historical past the......

In Victorian Bengal

India Called Them. By Lord Beveridge. (Allen and Unwin. 18s.) THE life story of Henry and Annette Beveridge, so movingly told by their son, is typical of the vanished generation......