31 MAY 1924, page 18

Galapagos: World's End.

DESERT islands with unexplored volcanoes in the centre, undiscovered bays on their coasts, gold and red and azure fishlets in the pools, thousands of great game fish in the sea......

A Book Of The Moment.

THE FABULOUS 'FORTIES, 1840-1850. The Fabulous 'Forties, 1840-1850. By Meade Minnigerode. (Putnam. 7s. 6d. net.) THIS is a very amusing book, in spite of a certain grimness and......

Books.

THIS WEEK'S BOOKS. THE rows and rows of books published this week have a dismal look : they are for the most part tracts, or compilations, or bad fiction, or, most depressing of......