Seen Natio, Nobleman. By K. G. Ossiannikson. (r. Fisher Unwin.
3s. 6d. net.)—This" open letter " from a Swedish friend of the Allies, translated by Mr. H. G. Wright, is an effective exposure • of Mr. Sven Hedin as a pro-German of a virulent type, who furthered reaction at home before the war and tried to bring his country into the conflict on the side of Germany, besides publishing absurd books in glorification of German methods in Belgium and Turkish methods in Armenia. Mr. Sven Hedin owed a- groat doal to the courtesy of the Russian and Indian Governments during his travels in Central Asia, but none of his German friends has shown. mere zeal or worse taste in abusing Russia and Great Britain. The author assures us that the Swedish people as a whole repudiates Mr. Sven Hodin's opinions; but lie has still, we fear, some sym- pathizers in high places in Sweden.
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