3 APRIL 1915, Page 23

In spite of its title, Round the World in Strange

Company, by Nicholas Everitt (T. Werner Laurie, 128. 6d. net), is concerned only with America. Mr. Everitt, who postulates in his intro- duction that " style has little to do with the worth or nnworth of a book," gives, nevertheless, a very lively account of his adventures. Re knows how to make the best of his time and to pick up entertaining acquaintances, whether in the elaborate civilization of the great cities of the Eastern States or in the primitive conditions of British Columbia and the West.