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A Plant Hunter's Journey

Assam Adventure. By F. Kingdon Ward. (Jonathan Cape. 125. 6d.) IN his latest book Mr. F. Kingdon Ward describes his 1937 journey of z,roo miles through north-west Assam across......

Capital Crimes

IT is perhaps Miss Marsh's chief merit that she almost succeeds at the impossible task of preserving an equilibrium between the realistic and the phantastic sides of the......

" In Easy Reach Of Town "

Chiltern Country. By H. J. Massingham. (Batsford. 8s. 6d.) MR. MASSINGHAK if his practice were as good as his theo ry, would represent an admirable change in guide-book fashion......