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The Dangerous Islands By Clifford Gessler

Mr. Gessler's account of his three- months' stay on a remote Pacific island is better than most books of a popular type on this subject. The Dangerous Islands (Michael Joseph,......

At Grips With Everest By Stanley Snaith

At Grips With Everest (The Percy Press, .3s. 6d.) should find its way into many school libraries. Mr. Snaith retells the story of the five Everest expeditions, and of the......

The Road To India By Paul Morand

The French book, of which this is a translation (Hodder and Stoughton, I2S. 6d.), appeared a little more than a year ago, and was reviewed in these columns. Like all M. Morand's......

Newsgirl In Palestine By Barbara Board

Miss Board is a bright young newsgirl of twenty who stayed some months in Palestine picking up the varied assort- ment of impressions and facts which make up this book (Michael......

The Story Of Twentieth Century Exploration By Charles Key...

sum total of exploration work achieved since Iwo is surprisingly large, including as it does discoveries in every continent, from the Poles to Ruwenzori. Mr. Key's book (Harrap,......

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THE NATIONAL ROAD BOOK, VOL. II. By R. T. Lang' On one page of Mr. Lang's most admirable and original guide to the roads and scenery of East Anglia (Methuen, r5s.), opened......

Man-hunters By George Dilnot Mr. Dilnot Knows How To Make

a true crime story as fascinating and exciting as fiction—which in these days is saying a lot. InMan-Hunters (Robert Hale, 2 s 6c1.) he retells some. of the most celebrated......

Charniina' On The Riviera By E. Keble Chatterton

In his latest book (Hurst and Blackett, its. 6d.) Mr. C.hatterton completes the trilogy of the voyage of his yacht, Charmina,' from England to Genoa and back. In his last book......