26 NOVEMBER 1937, page 34

Seen In Passing By Sir Austen Chamberlain

The many friends of that lovable and cultured man, the late Sir Austen Chamberlain, will doubtless be glad to have this selection from his diaries or letters of travel (Cassell,......

I T Current Literature

COMMUNICATION . HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED By Astley J. H. Goodwin Mr. Goodwin, who is the lecturer in archaeology at Capetown University, covers a wide range in his scholarly book on......

I Was To Be Empress By Princess Stephanie Of Belgium

On January 3oth, 1889, Prince Rudolf, only son of the Emperor Francis Joseph, was found dead beside' the corpse of his mistress at his hunting seat at Maya-ling. That he killed......

Moments Of Memory By Herbert Asquith

His eminent father naturally dominates Mr. Asquith's agreeable volume of reminiscences (Hutchinson, 18s.). He recalls the future Prime Minister as a poor but cheerful young......

The Letters Of Tsar Nicholas And Empress Marie

The late Tsar's correspondence with his mother, as selected and edited by Mr. Edward J. Bing (Nicholson and Watson, 155.),- must excite interest and pity. The Dciwager Empress,......