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Twelfth-century Traveller

The Travels of Ibn Jubayr. Translated and edited by R. J. C. Broadhurst. (Cape. 42s.) DISCERNING readers of this most human book will enjoy the experience of gazing upon Mecca......

Kind Lady And Cruel Sea

The Wreck of The Maid of Athens.' By Emily Wooldridge. Edited and illustrateeLby Laurence Irving. (Bles. 12s. 6d.) FOR a maritime nation, as Mr. Laurence Irving reminds us in a......

The 'trent' Incident

Atlantic Impact, 1861. By_Evan John. (Heinemann. 15s.) NOT since the appearance of Great Britain and the Civil War, by Professor E. D. Adams, a quarter of a century ago, have I......