22 NOVEMBER 1957, page 56

The Emperor's Clothes

The Market of Seleukia. By James Morris. (Faber, 25s.) THE literature of Middle Eastern travel in English is rich and rewarding. But in the last few decades a blight has......

Travellers' Tales

Arabesque and Honeycomb. By Sacheverell Sitwell. (Robert Hale, 35s.) A Reed Shaken by the Wind. By Gavin_Maxwell. (Longmans, 21s.) IN these days of astringent, laconic reporting......