17 APRIL 1915, Page 22

"Eleven short visits to Russia, all within the last five

years," form the basis of Mr. John Hubback's volume of Ilvasian Realities (John Lane, 5s. net). Mr. Hubback does not show any very deep knowledge of Russia, but he records pleasantly enough the impressions of an observant traveller. His experiences are limited to South Russia, with a chapter upon Moscow, and others upon the Caucasus, the Crimea, and Poland. The book concludes with an account of the author's return from the shores of the Volga and passage through Germany at the end of July, 1914, when he travelled in the last train that made the journey from Warsaw to Berlin.