28 APRIL 1939, page 32

The Greatest Sea Raider

The Cruise of the Raider 'Wolf.' By Roy Alexander. (Cape. 8s. 6d.) THE ' Emden ' everyone has heard of ; her name has become a byword, and is even now upon the lips of our......

Lord Midleton's Memories

Records and Reactions, 1856-1939. By the Earl of Midleton. (Murray. I2S. 6d.) AT the age of 82 Lord Midleton, as a politician, belongs largely to .a past generation. In......

The Romany Rye

THERE have been various attempts to solve the riddle of George Borrow. His writings are autobiographical ; and yet it might almost have been easier to write his life if they had......