26 DECEMBER 1914, Page 26

Colonel L. W. Shakespear has written a most excellent history

of Upper Assam, Upper Burmah, and North-Eastern Frontier (Macmillan and Co., 10s. net), which he fitly dedicates to his old companions in arms, the Assam Military Police, " the Wardens of our long stretch of North-Eastern Marches." The district with which he deals, though little known to English readers, is full of interesting peoples and places, and his book is a valuable contribution to the local history of our Indian Empire.