how comparatively civilized the life has become, at any rate in British Malaya, as compared with the island life of the end of last century, which has been inimitably described by Joseph Conrad. He has found so many things to mention that he proposes to devote a second volume to a completion of his impressions. The sketches are written in conversational style which makes for easy reading, and only one small criticism need be suggested, that it is a rather irritating plan to make the first word of his first chapter begin with " A," and so on through the alphabet to the end of the book, a trick rather reminiscent of the playful schoolmaster. WILLIAM MORRIS. By HOLBROOK JACKSON. Jonathan Cape. 5s. net. New Edition. A NEW edition of Mr. Holbrook Jackson's monograph on William Morris will be valued. Within the space of a conveniently small volume the author gives a complete sketch of Morris's life and ideals, with particular reference to the craftsman and the Socialist. (The THE INDIA OFFICE. By SIR MALCOLM C. C. SETON, K.C.B., Deputy Under-Secretary of State in the India Office. Whitehall Series.) Putnam, 7s. 6d. net. THE DOMINIONS AND COLONIAL OFFICES. BY SIR GEORGE V. FIDDES, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., Permanent Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1916-1921. (The Whitehall Series.) Putnam. 7s. 6d. THE latest additions to Messrs. Putnam's "Whitehall Series," which is to contain a volume on each of the important Departments of State, are concerned with the India, Dominions and Colonial Offices. Each volume is written by an experienced Civil Servant, and provides the reader, in handy form, with all the information he is likely to require about the history, growth and functions of the department under consideration. 8s. 6d. net. By THE SHADOW OF MOUNT CARMEL: A Pilgrimage. WILLIAM FORCE STEAD. Cobden Sanderson. THIS is an account of a spiritual pilgrimage told in essays and verse, in the course of which the author travels in the flesh to Paris, Nancy (where he visits M. Coué), Lourdes, Rome, Sicily and Assisi. It is at Assisi that he reaches the end of his quest with a re-statement of the idealistic philosophy of St. Francis. Apart from the interest of the author's spiritual adventure, which binds together the various episodes, each experience in itself is told in an impressive way. CHARLES BULLER AND RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT. By E. M. WRONG, M.A. Oxford University Press. 15s. net. IN reprinting Buller's "Responsible Government for the Colonies,' Mr. Wrong is attempting to fill a gap in colonial history. Most of the important documents of the revolution in British colonial policy are available in Sir Charles Lucas's edition of Lord Durham's Report and other published works, but Buller's work is an important unofficial appendix to Durham's Report. Mr. Wrong also includes a sketch of Buller's life, and E. G. Wakefield's article on "Sir Charles Metcalfe in Canada." THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR MORTIMER DURAND, P.C., G.C.M.G., K.C.S.I., K.C.I.E. A Biography. By Brigadier-General Sir PERCY SYKES, K.C.I.E., Č.B., C.M.G. With Eight Plates and Three Maps. Cassell. 25s. net. THIS biography has been written in order to do justice to the memory of a great Civil Servant, whose official career ended under a cloud through no fault of his own. Sir Mortimer Durand's name is mainly associated with his great work in delimiting the boundaries of Afghanistan, and the greater part of his work in India was directed to the achievement of a stable boundary on the Indian North-West Frontier, and the establishment of better relations between Russia and the British Empire. After many years' devoted service in India, Sir Mortimer Durand entered the Diplomatic Service and finally became British Ambassador in Washington during the presidency of Roosevelt. It was after three years' successful service there that his career was abruptly ended by his recall on the official ground that his temperament would not allow him to work successfully with Roosevelt and Root. The bitterness occasioned by this treatment never left Sir Mortimer, and now Sir Percy Sykes is able to bring evidence to prove that his recall was caused by a discreditable intrigue on the part of Roosevelt, who wished-but failed-to obtain, as ambassador, a personal friend of his own. Not only is the book valuable as clearing the reputation of an Englishman who deserved better of his country than he got, but it adds to our knowledge of recent history in India, and contains an able character-sketch of another great servant of the Empire. SEA-GIRT JUNGLES; The Experiences of a Naturalist with the "St. George" Expedition. By C. L. COLLENETTE, F.E.S. With a Frontispiece, Map and 34 other Illustrations. Hutchinson. 18s. net. IN this straightforward account of his experiences as a member of a scientific expedition to the Pacific Islands, the author describes in detail the incidents of the voyage and the features of interest in the islands visited. He disclaims any thrilling adventures, and yet is successful in describing " the little things, trivial in themselves, which, when combined, make the islands of the Pacific so truly wonderful." The illustrations from photographs taken by the author and his colleagues are remarkable, and many are also beautiful, the modern scientist being frequently also an artist. No. 499 will be published in January, 1927. INDEX Titles of Articles are printed in heavy type Abyssinia-elephant hunting, 93 et seq.; Aeronautics-Air Problems of the Africa-elephant hunting, 87-104 Asiatic question, 41 Colour Bar Act, 34, 41 Elephant hunting, 91-104 Franchise statistics of European and non-European voters, 37 ;- Jewish immigration, 38 Labour party, 40 Mines changed conditions on the Native Problem in South Africa, The, Agriculture The Agricultural Prob- mental Committee's reports, 49 411 Ashley, Sir Wm., An Introduction Asia-elephant hunting, 101 Athill, Major, 94 Australia :- Disruptive Tendencies in the Austra- Immigration policy, 401 |