22 MARCH 1968, page 20

Arabia Infelix

DONALD WATT South Arabia: Arena of Conflict Tom Little (Pall Mall 35s) ' An Account of the British Settlement of Aden in Arabia Captain F. M. Hunter (Frank Cass 70s) • Yemen :......

Shorter Notices

The Unromantic: Jon Kimche (Weidenfeld and Nicolson 25s). An accurate and concise account of the origins of the Balfour Declara- tion, though Mr Kimche doesn't make clear how......

Tour Manager

DAVID WILLIAMS A yen to get somewhere south of the fiftieth parallel of latitude seems ineradicable in the English. As soon as their purses and the political situation allow......