13 JANUARY 1939, page 27

News From Tibet

Salween. By Ronald Kaulback. (Hodder and Stoughton. 15s.) MONGOLIA has gone ; and Sinkiang is in a state of anarchy. But Tibet still stands, anomalous in its external relations......

" Beastly Skelton "

John Skelton. An Account of his Life and Writings. By L. J. Lloyd. (Blackwell. iros. 6d.) WHEN Erasmus came to England in 1499 Skelton appeared to him as the British Homer. Nine......