Mr. Jepson has produced a handy pocket guide (Times of
India, Bombay, 6s.) for the use of travellers by the overland route from Bombay to London. Few regular travellers use this route from choice, and most of those who have to apparently fmd it tiring and tedious. Of course, Mr. Jepson is not thinking of tourists, but simply of those whose jobs take them to and from India. His object is simply to show them that the over- land journey can be as interesting as a sea-voyage and to act as pointer-out of sights to the train-traveller. It seems strange that anyone should need persuading that a journey that takes you through twelve countries can be interesting. However, so it is; so Mr. Jepson sets down the snippets of history and description that such a person may be expected to need to keep his mind off deck-quoits and bridge-parties, and many will be grateful to him. The journey can be done in two weeks and apart from a gap in the Iraq railway (due to be completed next year) entirely by train. The most generally useful sections of the guide are those dealing with prices and similar practical points. •
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