THE TIGER HUNTERS By Bei . gadier-General R. G. Burton The
Tiger Hunters (Hutchinson, 13s. 6d.) can best be described as a synthetic autobiography based on actual experience or knowledge. To make it a continuous personal narrative " a few liberties have been taken in relatiOn to time and person." The author need not have bothered. Only those who enjoy reading of the hunter's prowess will !Midi the book ; and they will probably skip the intermediate passages. Except in the early chapters, in which Brigadier-General Burton tells of his childhood's days in a remote military cantonment in India of which his father. was in command, and of his schooling in England, he never attempts to draw any other aspect of himself than that of the hunter surrounded by his trophies, with the faithful Subudar, shikaris and beaters in the background. - Some readers may reserve their greatest admiration for beaters like Nathu, who drove a tiger " single-handed on to the guns when, it attempted to escape." That was very well done, Nathu, but we don't want you to be killed," was the hunter's kindly reproof. One must draw the line somewhere.
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