30 NOVEMBER 1929, Page 32

Four Months' Camping in the Himalayas, by Dr. W. G.

N. Van Der Sleen (Philip Allan, 21s.) tells of the tour of a Dutch scientist and his wife in the mountains. surrounding Simla, under the shadow of Kailas, Nanda Devi and other giants. There is something here about shooting, camping, devil dances, the sacrifice of goats; and useful geographical and . geological information ; it is not a thrilling bobk, but well illustrated, simple, sincere. Its theme will find for it a certain class of reader, such as this reviewer, to 'whose mind and eyes the Great White Brethren are a constant lure. _ –