28 OCTOBER 1911, Page 24

The Irrigation of Mesopotamia. By Sir W. Willcocks. (P. and

F. N. Spon. 20s.)—Sir W. Willcocks, who is adviser to the Ministry of Public Works at Constantinople, describes the work of irrigation in the Mesopotamian plains and illustrates his descriptions with plans. The radical fact which distinguishes the Delta of the Euphrates and Tigris from that of the Nile is that in the former the rivers are in flood during March, April, and May, in the latter in August, September, and October.