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Out Of The Saddle

This, Way Southward. By A. F. Tschiffely. (Heinemann. 15s.) Mn. TSC.HIFFELY will be gratefully remembered by lovers of adventure for his great ride with Mancha and Gate from......

Tudor_ Translations

Tudor Translations : An Anthology. Chosen by Judge Clements. (B3sil Blackwell. 12s. 6d.) THE Tudor translators have been compared to the voyagers of that age, and it is an apt......

The Matterhorn Disaster

Edward Whymper. By F. S. Smythe. (Hodder and Stoughton 21S.) IT is doubtful whether the time has yet come when an ade- quate life of Edward Whymper could be written, for the......