CURRENT LITERATURE
The English police have a reputation for being wonderful. Mr. Roger Courtney's book (Jenkins, los. 6d.) should earn similar praise for the Palestine Police Force, in which the author has recently done eighteen months' service. His experiences as a big-game hunter proved invaluable when it came to dealing with Arab snipers, and he soon earned a name as a stalker of those pests. The story of his midnight expeditions into the no-man's land outside the Jewish settle- ments, on which he was liable to be shot at by both sides, makes one of the best chapters of the book. Even more useful are his accounts of the routine jobs of the force: dealing with rioters, searching villages for arms, escorting convoys, guarding settlements, and generally trying to keep law and order against a cleverly organised and often ruthless opposition. Without approving of the prestent policy—the author has his own ideas on the subject—this book leaves no doubt that those who have the actual task of trying to carry it out act withremarkable patience and fairness. Mr. Courtney writes without bias, which most more serious writers on the subject seem unable to do.
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