3 APRIL 1926, Page 19

Dr. Sven Hedin has published a large five-hundred page book

with 168 illustrations by himself. In My Life as an Explorer (Cassell, 25s.) we find wild yaks charging, lamas devil-dancing, hyenas feasting, nomads, robbers, wolves. This random selection of a few subjects gives an idea of the scope Of-the book, which is frankly popular and not scientific. Dr. Sven Hedin is an eminent explorer, and although it is regrettable that he gave his talents to the cause of the Central Powers during the War, this need not deprive us of the pleasure of reading the record of his varied and adventurous

life.