4 FEBRUARY 1928, page 20

Some Books Of The Week

ENEMIES of the baby bird are legion—cats, late frosts, stoats, and the unscrupulous bird-nester, but happily understanding of and interest in birds have become more general in......

Across Asia's Snows And Deserts (putnam, Illustrated,...

really admirably written narrative, full of excitement and particularly interesting information, of a journey under- taken by two American naturalists, Mr. W..J. Morden (the......

Mr. G. C, Allen's Modern Japan And Its Problems (allen

and Unwin, 10s.) is an important contribution to the right understanding of a country which, by reason of its geo- graphical position, must play a conspicuous part in the......

We Have Received The Advance Programme Of The Aldershot...

to be held as usual during Ascot week, June 19th to 23rd. There will be five thousand soldier-actors : mail- clad Crusaders, Marlborough's men returning from the Netherlands,......

A Shooting Man's Calendar, By Mr. Leslie Sprake (allen And

Unwin, 10s.), whose writings in Country: Life and The Field as " Middle Wallop " have long been known to us, is a very pleasant year-book of the seasons which we can Confidently......

Readers Interested In Time Theories, Astronomy, And Cognate

• inatters should not miss the remarkable article by Professor de Sitter in Nature of January 21st. In the years 1897 and again 1918, either suddenly or within a few months, .......

In Contrast With This Authoritative Account Of One Aspect •

of bird-life, Mr. William Coles Finch's massive volume on " nature " (The Lure of the Countryside, C. W. Daniel, 21s.) is not attractive. It needs pruning. The very phrase "......

A Political Competition

THE Editor offers two prizes of ten guineas each for the most practicable programme for the next Unionist Government. One prize will be given to women of under twenty-five years......

General Knowledge Questions

The prim of £1 Is. which the Editor offers each week for General Knowledge Questions is awarded to Lord Meath this week for the following :— • I. Who wrote " Dear, droll,......