A DIPLOMATIST IN EUROPE. By the Rt. Hon. Sir
Arthur Hardinge. (Jonathan Cape. 16s.)--Sir Arthur Hardinge had a long and distinguished diplomatic career which began as long ago as 1880, ended in 1920, and was only interrupted by a brief three years during which he was the great Lord Salisburs.'s secretary. His present book of re- miniscences covers his sojourns en poste in most of the capitals of Europe. But he also takes us to India, which he visited with the Tsareviteh, and he recounts to us in great detail the grave diplomatic . incident which arose on the question of whether the Tsarevitch should sit on the right hand or on the left of the Governor of Bombay in the official carriage. The most interesting chapter in the book is the last, which deals with Sir Arthur Hardinge's ambassadorship at Madrid in the critical years of 1913-1919.
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