21 MARCH 1914, Page 24

A Woman in the Antipodes. By Mary Hall. (Methuen and

Co. 16e. net.)—M:es Hall won her spurs as a traveller by accomplishing a trek from the Cape to Cairo. In this volume she recounts a less adventurous but interesting journey round the world by way of New Zealand, Australia, New Guinea, China, and Siberia. The most attractive part of her book is that which deals with her eighteen months in New Zealand, where she visited all the wonderful and diversified scenes which make those antipodal islands an ideal spot for the tourist in search of the picturesque. From Milford Sound- " the finest walk in the world "—to the weird scenery of Rotorua is such a fascinating trip as perhaps only Japan can parallel. Miss Hall's journey is well worth reading about, and still better worth imitating.