19 MAY 1967, page 18

East Is East

FRANCIS 'WATSON The West in Asia. 1850-1914 by Michael Ed- wardes (Batsford 42s) Retreat from China by Nicholas Clifford (Longmans 42s) • Orbit of China by Harrison E. Salisbury......

Lifelines

WILLIAM BUCHAN My Life and Times : Octave Six Sir Compton Mackenzie (Chatto and Windus 35s) The Powys Brothers Kenneth Hopkins (Phoenix House 50s) E. Nesbit Doris Langley Moore......