Tour to Austria and Yugoslavia 1955

EUROPE

The Third Statistical Account of Scotland. Vol. 6. The County of Dunbarton. Edited by Margaret S. Dilke and A. A. Templeton. 8½×5½. Pp.333. 28 figs. 21 plates and folding map at back, Glasgow: Collins, 1959, 42s.

Ayrshire at the Time of Burns. Edited by John Strawhorn. 8½×5½. Pp.380. Frontispiece. 14 figures and separate set of reproductions of Armstrong's Map of Ayrshire, 1775, 1 : 63,360, in 6 sheets each 21.8×19.9. Kilmarnock: Ayrshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, 1959, 30s.

Géographie Universelle Larousse. Tame premier, L'Europe Peninsulaire. Ouvrage publié sous la direction de Pierre Deffontaines avec la collaboration de Mariel Jean‐Brunhes Delamarre. 11½×8½. Pp.IX+420. 14 colour relief maps. 74 black and white maps. 11 full colour photographs. Numerous diagrams, tables, etc., Paris : Librairie Larousse 1958, 7,570 Fr.

Geological Excursion Guide to the Glasgow District. By D. A. Bassett. 8½×5½. Pp. XV + 104. 5 Plates and 16 Figures. Glasgow: The Geological Society of Glasgow, 1958, 7s 6d.

Scotland before History. An Essay by Stuart Piggot with Illustrations by Keith Henderson. 5½×8½. Pp. VIII + 112. Edinburgh : Thomas Nelson &; Sons, 1958, 15s.

The Port Traffic of the Oslofjord Region. By Tore Ouren. Publications of the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration. Geographical Series, No. 6. 10½×7½. Pp.168. 53 figures. Bergen: J. W. Eides, Forlag, 1958.

Yugoslavia, Geographical Survey. By B. Z. Milojevic, translated by M. V. Isailovic. 9½×6½. Pp.114. 8 Plates. 21 maps. 10 drawings and diagrams. One folded, coloured end‐paper map. Beograd : Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries, 1959.

The Island of Elba. A Report of Geographical Field Work carried out during April, 1958, by The Geographical Field Group. 9½× 8. Pp.IV + 113. 30 maps, and diagrams. Department of Geoography, Nottingham University, Duplicated, 1958.

Groundwork Geographies, The British Isles. By N. Jackson &; P. Penn. 8½×5½. Pp.VII+230. Numerous maps and diagrams and photographs. London: George Philip &; Son Ltd., 1959, 8s 6d.

Groundwork Geographies, Europe. By N. Jackson &; P. Penn. 8V2X5V2. Pp.VI+200. Numerous maps and diagrams and photographs. London : George Philip &; Son Ltd. 1959, 8s 6d.

Groundwork Geographies, The Southern Continents. By N. Jackson &; P. Penn. 8½×5½. Pp.VII+226. Numerous maps and diagrams and photographs. London : George Philip &; Son Ltd, 1959, 8s 6d.

AFRICA

A geography of Ghana. By E. A. Boetang. 6½×8½. Pp.XVI+205. 46 figs. 41 plates. Cambridge University Press : London, 1959, 21s.

AMERICA

Industrial Evolution of Columbus, Ohio. By Henry L. Hunker. 6×9. Pp.XXV+260. 24 tables. 14 maps and diagrams. Bureau of Business Research: Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A., 1958, $4.00

NEW ZEALAND

The Exploration of New Zealand. By W. G. McClymont. 8½×5½. Pp.VIII+125. 6 plates. 3 maps. 2nd edition. London : Oxford University Press, 1959, 21s.

GENERAL

Rivers and Man. By Robert Brittain. Pp.288, 5½×8. 2 maps. 2 drawings. 13 plates. London : Longmans, Green &; Co, Ltd., 1959, 21s.

The Challenge of Landscape, The development and practice of Keyline. By P. A. Yeomans, 9½×7½. Pp.271. 21 figs, and 32 Plates. Sydney : Keyline Publishing Pty Ltd, 1958.

World Political Patterns. By L. M. Alexander. 9X6. Pp.XII+516. 101 maps and 17 tables. Chicago : Rand McNally &; Co, 1957, 55s.

MAPS AND ATLASES

Atlas Général, Larousse. 20×29 cms (7×11). 431 maps and insets. 183 plans. 250 statistical tables. 30 historical notes, index of 55,000 names. 456 pages. Paris : Librairie Larousse, 1959.

Ordnance Survey Quarter Inch (Fifth Series) Special Sheet — Wales and the Marches. 1 : 250,000. S8i/sX32V?. Ordnance Survey, Chessington, 1959. Paper flat 3s 6d. Paper folded 6s. Mounted and folded 8s 6d. Outline edition 3s 6d.     

Beach ridges and other shore deposits in south‐west Jura

EUROPE

Planning Research. Edited by W. Pearson. 9¾ × 7¼. Pp XVI + 158. London: The Town planning Institute, 1961. 18s. 6d.

Highland Folk Ways. By I. F. Grant. 8½ × 5½. Pp. XIII + 377. 77 figures. 3 maps. London: Routledge &; Kegan Paul, 1960. 40s.

British Landscapes Through Maps. Edited by K. C. Edwards. No. 1. The English Lake District. By F. J. Monkhouse. 9¾ × 7½. Pp. 19. 18 plates. 3 figures. 1960. No. 2. The Yorkshire Dales. By C. A. M. King. 9¾ × 7½. Pp. 24. 18 plates. 3 figures. 1960. No. 3. Guernsey. By H. J. Fleure. 9¾ × 7½. Pp. 20. 16 plates. 4 figures. 1961. Sheffield: The Geographical Association. 4s. 6d. each.

ASIA AND AFRICA

Nepal. By P. P. Karan. 10¾ × 13¾. Pp. 101. 60 illustrations. 35 maps. Folded map in two colours. Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1960. $10.00.

Physical Geography of Asiatic Russia. By S. P. Suslov. Translated by N. D. Gershevsky. Edited by J. E. Williams. 10¼ × 7½. Pp. XIV + 594. 50 maps. 11 diagrams. 16 drawings. 1 end‐paper map. London: W. H. Freeman, 1961. 105s.

Transportation in Ghana. Northwestern University Studies in Geography No. 5. By P. R. Gould. 9 × 6. Pp. X + 163. 13 tables. 4 plates. 113 figures. Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Department of Geography, 1960.

CLIMATOLOGY

Précis de Climatologie. By C. P. Peguy. 9¾ × 7¼. Pp. 347.097 diagrams and maps. 3 folding maps. Paris: Masson, 1961. N.F. 42.

PHOTOGRAMMETRY

Photogrammetry. By F. H. Moffitt. 9¼ × 6¼. Pp. XI + 455. Numerous figures and tables. Scranton, Pennsylvania: International Textbook Co, 1959. $ 12.00.

Photogrammetry, Basic Principles and General Survey. By B. Hallert. 9¼ × 6¼. Pp. IX + 340. Numerous figures and tables. New York: McGraw‐Hill Book Co, 1960. $ 12.00.

GENERAL

Britain and Beyond: People of the World. Book one. By R. W. Morris. 7¾ × 5½. Pp. 209. 129 photographs. 18 maps. 24 diagrams. Glasgow: Blackie &; Son Ltd., 1960. 8s. 6d.     

Shorter notices

The City and the Region. By R. Grieve and D. J. Robertson. 8 ½ × 5 ½. Pp. iv + 39. Edinburgh and London: Oliver & Boyd, 1964. 5s.

Edinburgh. By George Scott‐Moncrieff. Pp. 135. Illustrations and plans. Oliver and Boyd, 1965. 25s.

Inverewe: a Garden in the North‐West Highlands. By May Cowan. Pp. 152. 31 illustrations. Geoffrey Bles, 1964. 35s.

The Scottish Peaks. By W. A. Poucher. Pp.442. 200 illustrations. 31 maps. Constable & Co. Ltd., 1965. 25s.

On Ski in the Cairngorms. By V. A. Firsoff. Pp.98. 17 illustrations. 4 sketch maps. W. & R. Chambers Ltd., 1965. 8s. 6d.

The Fortified House in Scotland. By Nigel Tranter. Vol.3. South‐West Scotland. Pp.185. Oliver & Boyd, 1965. 30s.

The Coastline of England and Wales. By J. A. Steers. Pp. xxviii + 750. Maps and diagrams. Second edition. Cambridge University Press, 1964. £5 5s.

Europe: a Regional Geography. By M. R. Shackleton. Pp. xvi + 572. Maps and illustrations. 7th edition. Longmans, Green & Co. Ltd., 1964. 45s.

Heidelberg und die Rhein—Neckar—Lande. By Gottfried Pfeifer and others. Pp. 292. Published for the 34th German Geographical Congress 1963.

Fundamentals of Economic Geography. By William Van Royen & Nels A. Bengston. Pp. xxv + 613. 5th edition. Constable & Co. Ltd., 1964. 80s.

An Intermediate Commercial Geography: Part 1. Commodities and World Trade. By L. Dudley Stamp. Pp.292. 12th edition. Longmans, Green & Co. Ltd., 1965.     

Educational and other books received

SCOTLAND

A Development Plan for Scotland. By G. McRobbie. Planning. Vol. XXIX No. 476. 8 ½×5 ½. Pp. 30. London: Political and Economic Planning, 1963. 4s. 6d.

The Contour Road Book of Scotland. By H. R. G. Inglis, revised and extended by R. M. G. Inglis. 6 ½ × 3 ½. Pp. 28 + xx + 288 + 16. 4 pages of black and white maps. 24 pages of coloured maps. 146 pages of profile diagrams. Edinburgh: Gall &; Inglis, 1963. 8s. 6d.

The Highlands and Islands of Scotland. By A. C. O'Dell and K. Walton. 9 ¾ × 6 ¼. Pp.xii+ 353. One folding coloured map. 49 plates. 94 figures. Edinburgh: Thomas Nelson &; Sons Ltd., 1962. 50s.

Scotland's Eastern Coast. By L. Scott‐Moncrieff. 8 ¾ × 5 ½. Pp. xiv + 214. 41 plates. 2 end‐paper maps. Edinburgh: Oliver &; Boyd, 1963. 25s.

The Fortified House in Scotland. Volume Two, Central Scotland. By N. Tranter. 8 ½ × 5 ½. Pp. 183. 97 drawings. Edinburgh: Oliver &; Boyd, 1963. 25s.     

Glasgow university library Sölch collection : A note

EUROPE

The Soils around Jedburgh and Morebattle. By John W. Muir. 9 ¾×6 ¾. Pp. 878. 2 maps. 20 tables. 11 diagrams. 32 plates. 8 colour plates. Edinburgh : H.M.S.O., 1956. 30s.

The British Moorlands : A problem in land utilisation. By John Fraser Hart. 8 ½×5 ½. Pp. viii+98. 25 figures. University of Georgia Monograph, No. 2. Athens (U.S.A.) : Georgia University Press, 1955. $2.00.

European Refugees : A Study in Forced Population Movement. By Malcolm J. Proudfoot. 5 ½×8 ½. Pp. vi+542. 49 tables. 2 maps. London: Faber &; Faber Ltd, 1957. 52s 6d.

East Norway and its Frontiers. By Frank Noel Stagg. 8 ¾×5 ¾. Pp.285. 15 plates. 6 maps. London : Allen and Unwin Ltd, 1956. 18s.

La Yougoslavie : Aperçu Géographique. By B. Z. Milojevic. Translated by Mila Dordlvic. 9 ¼×6 ½. Pp. xi+89. I folded end map and numerous figures and plates. Beograd : La Commission pour les relations culturelles avec l'étranger, 1956.

ASIA

The Pakistani Way of Life. By I. H. Qureshi. 8 ¾×5 ¾. Pp. xi+81. 23 plates. London : William Heinemann Ltd, 1955. 12s 6d.

Indian Climatology. By S. B. Chattergee. 9 ½×6 ¼. Pp. 417. 36 tables. 80 diagrams. Calcutta : Commercial Printers, 1955. 20s.

Asia : Sketch Map and Exercise Books for upper forms. Book VII. By Thomas Pickles. 7 ¼×9 ¾. Pp.48. London : John Murray Ltd, 1956. 3s.

AMERICA

The Industrial Structure of American Cities : A geographic study of urban economy in the United States. By Gunnar Alexandersson. 10×7 ½. Pp. 134. 40 figs. 13 maps. London : Allen and Unwin Ltd, 1956. 40s.

CARTOGRAPHY

Topographical Maps and Photographic Interpretation. By P. T. Silley. 9 ½×6 ½. Pp. vii+76. 8 maps with 8 plates. 3 plates. 53 figs. London: George Philip and Son Ltd, 1955. 10s 6d.

Map and Photo Reading. By T. W. Birch. 10×7 ½. Pp.64. 24 maps and photos. London: Edward Arnold and Co., 1956. 16s.

Mapping the World. By Erwin Raisz. 6 ½×9 ½. Pp. 112. 72 figs and 7 plates. London : Abelard‐Schuman, 1956. 12s 6d.

GEOLOGY AND GEOMORPHOLOGY

Introduction to Physical Geology. By Chester R. Longwell and R. Foster Flint. 9 ¼×6 ½. Pp.vii+432. Plates and figs. 2 end paper maps. London: Chapman and Hall Ltd, 1955. 40s.

Geology and Ourselves. By F. H. Edmunds. 9 ¼×6 ½. Pp. 256. 12 plates. 15 figs. London : Hutchison's Scientific and Technical Publications, 1955. 21s.

Der Bodenfrost als Morphologischer Faktor. By Josef Schmid. 9 ½×7 ½. Pp. viii+144. 27 figs. 5 plates. Heidelberg : Dr Alfred Huthig Verlag, 1955.

Vocabulaire Franco‐anglo‐allemande de Geomorphologie. By Henri Baulig. 9 ½×6 ¼. Pp. xxv+230. Publications de la Faculte des lettres de l'Université de Strasbourg. Fasc. 130. Paris: Société d'edition: Les Belles Lettres, 1956. 1,200 fr.

ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY

World Economic Geography. By Earl B. Shaw. 8 ¾×6 ½. Pp. vii+582. Maps, diagrams and plates. New York : John Wiley and Sons Inc. London : Chapman and Hall Ltd, 1955. 52s.

Chisholm's Handbook of Commercial Geography. Re‐written by L. Dudley Stamp and S. Carter Gilmour. 15th Edition. 8 ¾×6. Pp. viii+915. 30 maps and diagrams. London : Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd, 1956. 70s.

La Pêche maritime el le Pêcheur en Mer. By Auguste Dupouy. 6 ½×4 ¼. Pp. 216. [Collection Armand Colin, No. 300.] Paris : Librairie Armand Colin, 1955. 250 fr.

GENERAL

A Concise Glossary of Geographical Terms. By J. C. Swayne. 6 ¼×4. Pp. 164. London : George Philip and Son Ltd, 1956. 6s 6d.

Worlds Beyond the Horizon. By Joachim G. Leithauser. Transl. by Hugh Merrick. 9 ½×6. Pp. 371. 46 plates+frontispiece. London : Allen and Unwin Ltd, 1956. 40s.

A Guide to Earth History. By Richard Carrington. 8 ½×5 ½. Pp. xvi+240. 44 figs. 16 plates, including coloured frontispiece, by Maurice Wilson. London : Chatto and Windus Ltd, 1956. 21s.

Puzzle of the Past. By Ronald Jessup. 12 ¾×9 ¾. Pp.68. Illustrations (colour/black and white). London : Rathbone Books, 1956. 15s.

ATLASES AND MAPS

The Oxford Home Atlas of the World. By Geoffrey Cumberlege. 10×7 ¾. Pp. viii+104+xxxi. London: Oxford University Press, 1955. 15s.

Map of Roman Britain : 16 miles to one inch. Third Edition. Text 11×8 ¼. Pp.43. 4 maps+Map of Roman Britain. Chessington : Ordnance Survey, 1956. 7s 6d.

Penguin Atlas. Edited by J. S. Keats. 8×5 ¾. Pp. xv+156. 80 colour maps. Harmondsworth : Penguin Books Ltd, 1956. 10s.

Oxford Regional Economic Atlas of the U.S.S.R. and Eastern Europe. Oxford : Clarendon Press. London : Cumberlege, 1956. 42.s.     

History repeats itself—flooding in moray in August 1970

GEOMORPHOLOGY

The cycle of Erosion in Different Climates. By Pierre Birot. Translated by C. I. Jackson and K. M. Clayton. 9×6. 144pp. 21 figs. Batsford, 1968. 35s.

POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY

Geography and Regional Administration. By T. W. Freeman. 8 ¼ × 5 ¼. 200 pp. 34 figures. Hutchinson, University Library, London, 1968. 13/6d.

BRITISH ISLES

Eday and Hoy: a Development Survey. R. Miller and S. Luther‐Davies. 10 × 8. 94 pp. Issued by Department of Geography, University of Glasgow, 1968. 12/6d.

EDUCATIONAL

The British Isles: a colour geography, J. B. Goodson, 10×7 ½. Pp 121, 284 illustrations. Nelson, London, 1968. 18s 6d.     

The economic transformation of Malta in the 1960s

AFRICA

Africa in Transition: Geographical Essays. Edited by B. W. Hodder and D. R. Harris. 9 × 5 ¾. Pp. XII + 378. 41 figs. London, Methuen, 1967. 50s.

Libya. By Helmuth Kanter. Geomedical Monograph Series 1. 12 × 8 ½. Text (German and English) plates and 17 maps. Springer‐Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: 1967. $12.00.

South West Africa and its Human Issues. By J. H. Wellington. 8 ¾ × 5 ¾. 452 pp. Plates, figures. Oxford U. Press, 1967, 84s.

AUSTRALIA

Australia's North‐West. Alex Kerr, 9 ¾ × 6 ¾. 439 pp. 19 figs. 71 tables. University of Western Australia Press, 1967. $8.00.

GEOMORPHOLOGY

Recherches de Geomorphologie en Ecosse du Nord‐ouest. By A. Godard. 10 ½ × 8 ¼. Pp. 685. 180 maps and diagrams, 7 folding maps. 63 photographs. Publications de la Faculté des Lettres de l'Université de Strasbourg, 1965. £7 17s.

Processes of Coastal Development. By V. P. Zenkovitch. Edited by J. A. Steers. Edinburgh: Oliver &; Boyd, 1967. 12 gns.

ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY

Readings in Economic Geography. Edited by Howard G. Roepke. 10 ¼ × 7 ¼. John Wiley, 1967. 56s.

Agricultural Geography. By Leslie Symons. 8 ¾ + 5 ¾. Bell, London, 1967, 30s.

Early Crop Production in the British Isles. Memoir No. 9, Symposia in Agricultural Meteorology, edited by J. A. Taylor. University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1966.

Quantitative Geography. Part 1 Economic and Cultural Topics. Edited by W. L. Garrison and D. F. Marble. North Western University Studies in Geography No. 13. 9 × 6. 287 pages. Evanston, Illinois, 1967. $3.75.

The Geographer and Urban Studies. By David Thorpe. 10 × 8. 24 pp. + appendix. 9 figures. University of Durham, Department of Geography Occasional Papers, No. 8. 1966. 2s.

GENERAL

Models in Geography. Edited by R. J. Chorley and P. Haggett. 9 ½ × 6 ½. Methuen, 1967. £6.

CARTOGRAPHY and SURVEY

International Yearbook of Cartography. Vol. VI, 1966. Edited by Prof. Ed. Imhof. 9 ¾ × 6 ¾. G. Philip &; Son, Ltd., London, 1966. 52/6d.

Original Survey and Land Subdivision. By Norman J. W. Thrower. 8 ½ × 5 ½. Pp. xxi + 160. Chicago: Association of American Geographers, 1966.

DISCOVERY

The Pacific Basin: A History of its Geographical Exploration. American Geographical Society Publication No. 38. 10 × 8. 457 pp. Maps and plates. Edited by Herman R. Friis. New York, 1967.

EDUCATIONAL

A Sample Geography of Great Britain. E. R. Burrell and J. Hancock. 7 ¼ × 9 ½. 176 pp. 143 maps, diagrams, tables. I.L.U.S. map. 6 O.S. maps. 4 end cover maps. Methuen Co. Ltd. Price 21s.

Africa. By Ronald Miller. 8 ½ × 5 ¾. 272 pp. 61 figures. 68 plates. Index. Nelson's Geography Texts. 1967. 15s.

General Geography Part I. By G. M. Chapman. 7 × 9. 182 pp. Index. G. Bell &; Sons Ltd. 1967. 17/6d.

General Geography. By H. R. Cain and F. J. Monkhouse. 6 ½ × 8. 216 pp. Index. Book I of Longman's Graded Geographies. 1967. 12/6d.

Sketch Map Geographies. Bk. 2. British Isles. By P. Speak and A. H. C. Carter. 7 ¼ × 9 ¾. Longman's 1967. (Limp Cover 7/‐.)

North America and Asia including U.S.S.R. By R. C. Honeybone and N. J. Graves. 8 × 5 ¼. 446 pp. Index. Heinemann. Geography for Schools. Bk. 3. 18s. (North America is published separately at 12s. 6d.). 1966.

A Geography of New Zealand. By E. J. Baggaley. 4 ¼ × 7. Pp. xii + 228. Index. 38 plates. 15 maps. Thomas Nelson (Australia) Ltd., Melbourne. 1967. $1.35.     

Specimens of Somali Tales.

A BALLAD OF KERALA. By M. D. RAGHAVAN, B.A. Reprinted from the Indian Antiquary, vol. lxi., pp. 9–12, 72–77, 112–116, 150–154, 205–211. Reviewed by F. J. R..

MYTH AND RITUAL. Essays on the Myth and Ritual of the Hebrews in relation to the Culture Pattern of the Ancient East. Edited by S. H. HOOKE. Oxford University Press, 1933. Pp. xix + 204. Illust. 20. Price 10s. 6d. Reviewed by A. M. Hocart.

THE ELIZABETHAN FAIRIES, THE FAIRIES OF FOLKLORE AND THE FAIRIES OF SHAKESPEARE. By MINOR WHITE LATHAM, Ph.D. Columbia University Press, 1930. 8½″ x 5½″. Pp. viii + 313. 18s. 6d. Reviewed by H. C. L..

INDO-EUROPEAN FOLK-TALES AND GREEK LEGEND. By W. R. HALLIDAY. Pp. vii.+ 158. Cambridge University Press, 1933. 7s. 6d. 8″ x 5½″. Reviewed by H. J. Rose.

DRAGUTIN SUBOTI?. YUGOSLAV POPULAR BALLADS, THEIR ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT. Cambridge, University Press, 1932. Price 10s. 6d. 288 pp. 8vo. Reviewed by M. Gaster.

SACRAMENTS OF SIMPLE FOLK. By R. R. MARETT, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1933. Pp. ii + 230. 10s.net. Reviewed by H. J. Rose.

PRIMITIVE ARTS AND CRAFTS. By R. U. SAYCE. Cambridge University Press. 1933. 7¾″ x 5½′ F - Pp. xiii + 291 Reviewed by M. M. B..

THE ALEXANDER BOOK IN ETHIOPIA : The Ethiopic versions of Pseudo-Callisthenes, the Chronicle of Al-Mâkin, the Narrative of Joseph ben Gorion, and a Christian Romance of Alexander. SIR ERNEST A. WALLIS BUDGE. London : Oxford University Press. 1933. i–xxix, and 1–277. 13 Plates. Price 7s. 6d. Size 7¾″ x 5¼″. Reviewed by M. Gaster.

QUILEUTE TEXTS. By MANUEL J. ANDRADE. Columbia University Contributions to Anthropology, Volume XII. New York: Columbia University Press ; Oxford : Humphrey Milford, 1931. 206 pp. 26s. 6d. Reviewed by Barbara Aitken.

TRIBES OF THE NIGER DELTA, THEIR RELIGIONS AND CUSTOMS. By P. AMAURY TALBOT, D.Sc. Illustrated. Map. London : The Sheldon Press. 1932. 9″ x 6″. Pp. xi + 350. 18s. Reviewed by Edwin W. Smith.

RECHERCHES SUR NOTRE ANCIENNE CHANSON POPULAIRE TRADITIONELLE. Exposé V. by PAUL COIRAULT. Libraire E. Droz, 25 Rue de Tournon, Paris. VIme. 1932. Pp. 321–685. 10″ x 6½″. Reviewed by M. M. B..     

Rhodesia: Report on the Administration of Rhodesia. The British South Africa Company. Impressions of South Africa. James Bryce

EUROPE

A Geography of Europe. Edited by George W. Hoffman. 9×6. Pp. ix+775. 156 figs. London: Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1953. 52s 6d.

Die Landschaften der britischen Inseln. By Johann Sölch. 9 1/2×6 1/2. Erster Band. England und Wales. Pp. xii+1–850. Figs. 1–154. Zweiter Band. Schottland und Irland. Pp. 851–1350. Figs. 155–225. Wien : Springer‐Verlag. Vol. I, 1951. Vol. II, 1952. DM 232, or £19, 17s.

Scottish Industry : An Account of what Scotland makes and where she makes it. Edited by C. A. Oakley. Foreword by The Rt. Hon. Lord Bilsland, M.C., D.L., LL.D. 8 1/2×6. Pp. xvii+332. Plates. Sketch maps. Glasgow: The Scottish Council (Development and Industry). William Collins and Sons Ltd, 1953. 25s.

Orkney Miscellany. 8×6 1/2. Pp. 104. 6 illustrations. Kirkwall: Orkney Record and Antiquarian Society Papers, Vol. 1, 1953. 8s 6d.

The Glasgow Story. By Colm Brogan. 7 3/4×5. Pp. 223. Drawings by Keir. London : Frederick Muller Ltd, 1952. 15s.

Devonshire Studies. By W. G. Hoskins and H. P. R. Finberg. 8 3/4 × 5 6/8. Pp. 470. 8 plates. 11 maps and plans. London : Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1952. 36s.

In Search of Winter Sport. By Monk Gibbon. 8 3/4×5 5/8. Pp. 223. 17 illustrations. End‐paper sketch map. London: Evans Brothers Ltd, 1953. 18s.

Three Rivers of France: Dordogne, Lot, Tarn. By Freda White. 8 1/2×5 1/2. Pp. 232. 49 illustrations. Map. London : Faber and Faber Ltd, 1952. 25s. Reprinted, 1953. 15s.

ASIA

South China in the Sixteenth Century : Being the Narratives of Galeote Pereira ; Fr. Gaspar da Cruz, O.P.; Fr. Martin de Rada, O.E.S.A. (1550–1575). Edited by C. R. Boxer. 8 3/4×5 5/8. Pp. xci+388. 8 figs. 12 plates. [Works issued by the Hakluyt Society, Second Series, No. CVL] London. 1953. 40s.

AFRICA

The Suez Canal in World Affairs. By Hugh J. Schonfield. 8 1/2×5 1/2. Pp. x+174. 9 illustrations. 2 sketch maps. [Constellation Books.] London : Vallentine, Mitchell and Co. Ltd, 1952. 15s.

AMERICA

Highland Settler : A Portrait of the Scottish Gael in Nova Scotia. By Charles W. Dunn. 9×6. Pp. xii+180. Frontispiece. 2 sketch maps. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1953. $4.00. London: Geoffrey Cumberlege. 32s.

POLAR REGIONS

John Roe's Correspondence with the Hudson's Bay Company on Arctic Exploration, 1844–1855. Edited by E. E. Rich, M.A., assisted by A. M. Johnson. Introduction by J. M. Wordie, C.B.E., and R. J. Cyriax. 9 1/2×6 1/2. Pp. cvi+401+xiv. 2 illustrations. Sketch map and 2 maps. London : The Publications of The Hudson's Bay Record Society, XVI, 1953.     

Overseas relations

EUROPE

The Making of the English Landscape. By W. G. Hoskins. 8 3/4×7. Pp. 240. 82 plates+frontispiece. 17 maps and plans. London : Hodder and Stoughton Ltd, 1955. 25s.

The Highlands in Colour. Photographed by W. S. Thomson : introduced by W. H. Murray. 10×7 1/2. Pp. 64 (7 text+54 pages of photos). Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd Ltd, 1954. 12s 6d.

Scotland. By G. S. Fraser and Edwin Smith. 12 1/4 ×9. Pp. 62+191 black and white and 3 colour plates. 1 map. London : Thames and Hudson Ltd, 1955. 42s.

Ulster Folklife. Issued by the Committee on Ulster Folklife and Traditions, 9 3/4×7 1/4. Pp. 56. 6 plates. Belfast, 1955.

Highlights of the Donegal Highlands. By H. P. Swan. 9×6. Pp. xv+186. 97 plates. 2 endpaper maps. Belfast: H. R. Carter Publications Ltd, 1955. 12s 6d.

AFRICA

Southern Africa. A Geographical Study. By John H. Wellington. Two volumes. 9 1/2 ×6 3/4. Vol. I. Pp.528. 97 photographs. 96 figures and maps. 4 maps in end pocket, 70s. : Vol. II. Pp. 283. 14 photographs. 25 figures and maps. 4 maps in end pocket. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1955.

A. MacP.

ASIA

To the Third Pole. By G. O. Dyhrenfurth. Translated by Hugh Merrick. 10×7 1/2. Pp. xxvi+233. 47 plates. London : T. Werner Laurie, 1955. 30s.

Kanchenjunga. By John Tucker. 9×6. Pp. 224. 35 plates and figs. London : Elek Books Ltd, 1955. 21s.

AMERICA

Virginia at Mid‐Century. By Jean Gottmann. 9 1/2×6 1/4. Pp. vii+584. 64 maps and graphs. 197 photos. New York : Henry Holt and Co. Inc., 1955.

CARTOGRAPHY

Die Kartographie 1943–54 (Eine bibliographische Uebersicht). By Hans‐Peter Kosack and Karl‐Heinz Meine. 8×11 5/8. Pp. 216. Lahr Schwarzwald: Astra Verlag, 1955. German marks 26.

GEOMORPHOLOGY

New Zealand Geomorphology. By C. A. Cotton. 8 1/2×51/2. Pp. 281. 16 plates. Wellington : New Zealand University Press, 1955. 42s.

BIOGEOGRAPHY

Origin and Distribution of the British Flora. By J. R. Matthews. 7JX5. Pp.176. 6 figs. London : Hutchinson's University Library (Biological Series), 1955. 8s. 6d.

BIOGRAPHY

Alicella : A Memoir of Alice King Stewart and Ella Christie. By Averil Stewart. 81/2×6. Pp. xxiv+311. 10 plates. London: John Murray Ltd, 1955. 21s.

The Seasons Return. By John R. Allan. 8 3/4×53/4. Pp. 219. 17 plates. London: Robert Hale Ltd, 1955. 15s.

GENERAL

Four Archaeological Studies

Rome Beyond the Imperial Frontiers. By Sir Mortimer Wheeler. 7 1/8×5 1/4. Pp.224. 20 figs. 30 plates. A Pelican Book. Harmondsworth : Penguin Books Ltd, 1955‐ 3s. 6d.

Roman Britain. By I. A. Richmond. The Pelican History of England, Volume I. 7 1/8×51/4. Pp‐240. 8 plates. 12 figs. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books Ltd, 1955. 2s 6d.

Roman Roads in Britain : 1. South of the Foss Way—Bristol Channel. By Ivan D. Margary. 10×1/2. Pp.253. 16 plates+frontispiece. 11 maps+1 folded end map. London : Phoenix House Ltd, 1955. 42s.

The Problem of the Picts. Edited by F. T. Wainwright. 9 1/4×63/4. Pp. xi+187. 12 plates. 16 figs. 7 maps. Edinburgh : Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, 1955. 21s.

Historical Geography. By J. B. Mitchell. 71/2×5. Pp. xvi+356. 52 figs. London: English Universities Press Ltd. [Teach Yourself Geography], 1954. 10s 6d.

The Ordnance Survey Annual Report, 1954–55. 13 1/2×81/2. Pp. 5–23. 10 plates. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1955. 5s.

ATLASES AND MAPS

A New Map of the World: The Trystan Edwards Homalographic Projection. 40×30. London : B. T. BatsfordLtd, 1953 reprinted 1955. 42s. Explanatory Brochure.     

Two Notes on the Sister's Son and the Duel.

THE IRISH COUNTRYMAN. AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL STUDY. By CONRAD M. ARENSBERG. London: Macmillan. 8½ × ½. Pp. xi + 2l6. 10s. 6d. Reviewed by J. H. H.

LIFE IN A HAITIAN VALLEY. By MELVILLE J. HERSKOVITS. Illustrated. Pp. 350 + xi + xix. A.A.Knopf. New York, London. $4.00 net. Reviewed by E. Dora Earthy.

HANDWÖRTERBUCH DES DEUTSCHEN ABERGLAUBENS, Ed. by HANNS BÄCHTOLD-STÄUBLI, Vol. VII, Walter de Gruyter &; Co., Berlin. 1935–1936. Reviewed by M. Gaster.

MOTIF-INDEX OF LITHUANIAN NARRATIVE FOLK-LORE ; by JONAS BALYS ; Folk-Lore Studies, vol. II (Publications of the Lithuanian Folk-Lore Archives); pp. xxxvii and 295 ; Kaunas, 1936 ; price not stated. Reviewed by Kenneth Jackson.

THE FOUNDATIONS OF FAITH AND MORALS. Riddell Memorial Lectures at Armstrong College, Newcastle-upon-Tyne in the University of Durham. By B. MALINOWSKI. Oxford University Press. Humphrey Milford. 2s. 6d. net. Pp. 62. 1936. Reviewed by E. O. James.

THE RENGMA NAGAS. By J. P. MILLS. Published by direction of the Government of Assam. Pp. x + 381 +17 plates. 8½ × ½. (Macmillan, London, 1937.) 25s. Reviewed by J. H. Hutton.     

A naturalists' society and its work

EUROPE

A Geography of Europe. By Jean Gottmann. 9 1/4×6 1/4. Pp. x+699. Illustrated. New York : Henry Holt and Co. Inc., 1951. London : George G. Harrap and Co. Ltd. 30s.

The Sea Coast. By J. A. Steers. 8 1/2×6. Pp. xii+276. 52 figs. 10 colour photographs. 24 photographs in black and white. [The New Naturalist, 25.] London : William Collins, Sons and Co. Ltd, 1953. 25s.

The Scottish Economy : A Statistical Account of Scottish Life by Members of the Staff of Glasgow University. Edited by A. K. Cairncross. 9×6. Pp. xvi+320. 17 figs. [Publications of the Department of Social and Economic Research, University of Glasgow. Social and Economic Studies, 2.] Cambridge : The University Press, 1954. 30s.

The Crofting Problem. By Adam Collier. Foreword by A. K. Cairncross. 9×6. Pp. xv+191. 8 illustrations. 4 sketch maps. [Publications of the Department of Social and Economic Research, University of Glasgow. Social and Economic Studies, 1.] Cambridge: University Press, 1953. 25s.

Torridon Highlands. By Brenda G. Macrow. 8 1/2×5 1/2. Pp. xii+212. 25 illustrations. Sketch map. [The Regional Books.] London : Robert Hale Ltd, 1953. 18s.

North‐East Lowlands of Scotland. By John R. Allan. 8 1/2×5 1/2. Pp. x+262. 49 illustrations. Map. [The County Books.] London : Robert Hale Ltd, 1952. 18s.

The Lowlands of Scotland : Glasgow and the North. By Maurice Lindsay. 8 1/2×5 1/2. Pp. xviii+268. 49 illustrations. Map. [The County Books.] London : Robert Hale Ltd, 1953. 18s.

Ayrshire 1745–1950 : A Social and Industrial History of the County. By James Edward Shaw. Foreword by The Rt. Hon. Sir Charles MacAndrew, M.P. 9×5 3/4. Pp. xiii+279. ‘9 plates. [Compiled for the Ayrshire Archaeological and Natural History Society.] Edinburgh and London : Oliver and Boyd, 1953. 12s 6d.

West Durham : A Study of a Problem Area in North Eastern England. By G. H. J. Daysh, J. S. Symonds, and others. 10×6. Pp. x+198. 3 figs. 7 illustrations. 8 maps. Oxford : Basil Blackwell, 1953. 45s.

Sandy Shores in South Lancashire : The Geomorphology of South‐West Lancashire. By R. Kay Gressweix. 8 1/2×5 1/2. Pp. xii+194. 46 figs. 31 illustrations. 23 tables. [Liverpool Studies in Geography.] Liverpool : The University Press of Liverpool, 1953. 30s.

A Scientific Survey of Merseyside. Edited by Wilfred Smith, 9 1/2×7 1/4. Pp. xv+299. 62 figs. 16 plates. 2 folding maps. [Published for the British Association.] Liverpool: The University Press of Liverpool, 1953. 21s.

Green Gold and Granite : A Background to Finland. By Wendy Hall. 8 1/2×5 1/2. Pp. 190. 12 illustrations. Sketch map. London : Max Parrish and Co. Ltd, 1953. 175s 6d.

Germany: A General and Regional Geography. By Robert E. Dickinson. 9×6. Pp. xxiv+700. 121 figs. 32 illustrations. [Advanced Geographies.] London: Methuen and Co. Ltd, 1953. 50s.

Paris. By André George. 9×6 1/2. Pp.239. Heliogravures. [Les Beaux Pays.] London : Nicholas Kaye Ltd, 1952. 21s.

Another Spain. By Churton Fairman. 8 1/2×5 1/2. Pp. 202. 49 plates. London : Museum Press Ltd, 1952. 18s.

ASIA

Secret Tibet. By Fosco Maraeini. Translated from the Italian by Eric Mosbacher. Introduction by Bernard Berenson. 9 1/2×6 3/4. Pp. 251. Frontispiece. 60 plates. Sketch map. London : Hutchinson and Co. Ltd, 1952. 30s.

Seven Tears in Tibet. By Heinrich Harrer. Translated from the German by Richard Graves. Introduction by Peter Fleming. 8 1/2×5 1/2. Pp. xv+288. Frontispiece. 25 illustrations. Sketch map. London : Rupert Hart‐Davis Ltd, 1953. 16s.

AFRICA

Ethiopia and Eritrea : The Last Phase of the Reunion Struggle, 1941–1952. By E. Sylvia Pankhurst and Richard K. P. Pankhurst, B.Sc. (ECON.), Ph.d. Foreword by Lady Pethick‐Lawrence of Peaslake. 8 1/2×5 1/2. Pp. 360. 4 figs. Frontispiece. 52 plates. Woodford Green : Lalibela House, 1953. 18s.

Kalahari Sand. By Frank Debenham, O.B.E., M.A., D.Sc. 8 1/2×5 1/2. Pp. 189. 16 photographs. Sketches. 5 sketch maps. London : G. Bell and Sons Ltd, 1953. 15s.

AMERICA

Southampton Island. By J. Brian Bird. 9 3/4×6 1/2. Pp. viii+84. 19 figs. 8 plates. [Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Geographical Branch Memoir 1.] Ottawa: Queen's Printer and Controller of Stationery, 1953. $0.50.

The Florida of the Inca. By Garcilaso de la Vega. Translated and edited by John Grier Varner and Jeannette Johnson Varner. 9 1/2×6. Pp. xlviii +656. Drawings and decorative end‐paper map, by Reese Brandt. Edinburgh : Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, 1951. 30s.

GEODESY

Geodesy. By Brigadier G. Bomford, O.B.E., M.A.,D.Sc., F.R.I.C.S. 9 1/2×6. Pp. xiv+452. 165 figs. Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1952. 50s.

CARTOGRAPHY

Decorative Printed Maps of the 15th to 18th Centuries. A revised edition of ‘Old Decorative Maps and Charts’, by A. L. Humphreys. By R. A. Skelton, F.S.A. 12 1/2×10. Pp. vii+80. 84 plates, including 12 in colour. London : Staples Press Ltd, 1952. 73s 6d.

Maps and Their Makers : An Introduction to the History of Cartography. By G. R. Crone, M.A. 7 1/4×4 3/4. Pp. 181. 7 figs. London: Hutchinson's University Library, 1953. 8s 6d.

The Look of Maps : An Examination of Cartographic Design. By Arthur H. Robinson. 9 1/2×6. Pp. x+105. 3 figs. Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, 1952. $2.75.

GEOMORPHOLOGY

Morphological Analysis of Land Forms : A Contribution to Physical Geology. By Walther Penck. Translated by Hella Czech, Ph.D., and Katharine Cumming Boswell, B.A., M.Sc. 8 3/4×5 5/8. Pp. xiv+429. 21 figs. 12 plates. London : Macmillan and Co. Ltd, 1953. 42s.

CLIMATOLOGY

Climatology. By A. Austin Miller, D.Sc. 8 1/2×5 1/2. Pp. x+318. 82 figs. [Advanced Geographies.] London : Methuen and Co. Ltd. New York : E. P. Dutton and Co. Inc. Eighth edition, 1953. 21s.

BIOGEOGRAPHY

The Story of the Oceans. By John Scott Douglas. 8 1/2×5 1/2. Pp. 272. 15 plates. London : Frederick Muller Ltd, 1953. 15s.

Zoogeography of the Sea. By Sven Ekman. Translated from the Swedish by Elizabeth Palmer, Ph.D. 8 1/2×5 1/2. Pp. xiv+417. 121 figs. 598 references. [Text‐Books of Animal Biology.] London: Sidgwick and Jackson Ltd, 1953. 42s.

The Geography of the Flowering Plants. By Ronald Good, M.A., Sc.D. 10×6. Pp. xiv+452. 75 figs. 25 plates. London : Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd. Second edition, 1953. 50s.

Plant Life in the Scottish Highlands : Ecology and Adaptation to their Insect Visitors. By Alexander Edward Holden. 8 1/2×6 1/2. Pp. xv+319. 64 photographs by Robert M. Adam. Edinburgh : Oliver and Boyd Ltd, 1952. 30s.

La Politique des États et leur Géographie. By Jean Gottmann. 9×5 1/2. Pp. xi+228. [Collection ‘Sciences politiques.’] Paris : Librairie Armand Colin, 1952. fr. 670.

BIOGRAPHY

The Coast of Incense : Autobiography 1933–1939. By Freya Stark. 8 3/4×5 5/8. Pp. xiii+287. 51 illustrations. Sketch map by H. W. Hawes. Wood engravings by Reynolds Stone. London : John Murray Ltd, 1953. 25s.

Arabian Adventurer : The Story of Haji Williamson. By Stanton Hope (W. E. Stanton‐Hope, F.R.G.S.). Foreword by A. H. T. Chisholm, C.B.E. 8 1/2×5 1/2. Pp. 335. 23 illustrations. London : Robert Hale Ltd, 1951. 16s.

Francis Younghusband : Explorer and Mystic. By George Seaver, LITT.D. 8 1/2×5 1/2. Pp. xi+391. 13 illustrations. 4 sketch maps by Charmian Longstaff. London: John Murray Ltd, 1952. 25s.

EDUCATIONAL

The Skin of the Earth. By A. Austin Miller, D.Sc. 8 1/2×5 1/2. Pp. ix+198. 67 figs. [Advanced Geographies.] London : Methuen and Co. Ltd, 1953. 21s.

Teach Yourself Archeology. By S. Graham Brade‐Birks. 7×4 1/4. Pp. xii+220. Frontispiece. 120 figs. [The Teach Yourself Books.] London: The English Universities Press, Ltd, 1953. 6s.

Colliery Surveying. By R. McAdam. 8 3/4×5. Pp. vii+146. 81 figs. Edinburgh and London : Oliver and Boyd Ltd, 1953. 12s 6d.

GENERAL

Geography in the Twentieth Century : A Study of Growth, Fields, Techniques, Aims and Trends. Edited by Griffith Taylor. 8 1/2×5 1/2. Pp. xii+661. 57 figs. 15 plates. New York : Philosophical Library Inc. London : Methuen and Co. Ltd. Second edition, 1953. 35s.

Le Razzf e i Popoli della Terra. By Renato Biasutti. 10 1/4×7 1/2. Vol. I. Razze, Popoli e Culture. Collaborators : M. Bartoli, R. Battaglia, R. Corso, G. Genna, P. Graziosi, S. Sergi, C. Tagliavani, G. Vidossi. Pp. xii+723. Frontispiece. 495 figs. 16 colour plates. Vol. II. Europa—Asia. Collaborators: R. Corso, R. Battaglia, M. Muccioli. Pp. 656. 565 figs. 6 colour plates. Torino : Unione Tipografico‐Editrice Torinese. Vol. I. Second edition, 1953. L 7200. Vol. II. Second edition, 1954. L 6500.

American Geography : Inventory and Prospect. Edited by Preston E. James and Clarence F. Jones. 9×6. Pp. xii+590. 33 figs. [Published for the Association of American Geographers.] Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 1954. $6.

Our World from the Air: An International Survey of Man and his Environment. By E. A. Gutkind. Foreword by G. P. Gooch, C.H. Introduction by Professor E. G. R. Taylor, 11 1/2×10 3/4. Pp. 256. 400 photographs. London: Chatto and Windus, 1952. 63s.

The Geography of Towns. By Arthur E. Smailes. 7 1/2×4 3/4. Pp. 166. 22 figs. London : Hutchinson's University Library 1953. 8s 6d.

Mountains with a Difference. By Geoffrey Winthrop Young. 8 1/2×5 1/2. Pp. ix+282. 14 illustrations. [The New Alpine Library.] Eyre and Spottiswoode Ltd, 1951. 18s.

ATLASES

Weltatlas : Die Staaten der Erde und ihre Wirtschaft. Edited by Edgar Lehmann. 9 1/2×13. Pp. viii+97 (coloured maps)+63 (gazetteer). Leipzig : VEB Bibliographisches Institut, 1952.

Atlas of the World's Resources. [University of Maryland.] 12 1/2×151/2. Vol. II. The Mineral Resources of the World. By William Van Royen, Oliver Bowles, and Elmer W. Pehrson. Pp. ix+181. 186 figs. New York : Prentice‐Hall Inc., 1952. London : Constable and Co. Ltd, 1953. 70s.     

Striped-petticoat Philosophy

THE CASSUBIAN CIVILIZATION. By FR. LORENTZ, Ph.D., ADAM FISCHER, Ph.D., and TAFEUSZ LEHR SP?AWI?SKI, Ph.D., with preface by BRONIS?AW MALINOWSKI, D.SC. Faber &; Faber. 9″ x 5½″. Pp. xxvi+407. London, 1925. 21s. Reviewed by M. E. Durham.

THE HEAD-HUNTERS OF WESTERN AMAZONAS : THE LIFE AND CULTURE OF THE JIBARO INDIANS OF EASTERN ECUADOR AND PERU. By RAFAEL KARSTEN. (Societas Scientiarum Fennica. Helsingfors). 1935. 9½ x 6½. Pp. 598. Plates, 33 illus. and map. Reviewed by Richard C. E. Long.

ANMERKUNGEN zu DEN KINDER- U. HAUSMAERCHEN DER BRUEDER GRIMM. Neu bearbeitet von JOHANNES BOLTE und GEORG POLIVKA. 5. Band. 1932. Dieterich'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Leipzig, vi, 305 pp. 8^o. Reviewed by M. Gaster.

PURO MEXICANO. Edited by J. FRANK DOBIE. Texas Folk-Lore Society Publications, Number XII. Austin, Texas. 1935. Pp. 261. n.p. Reviewed by Barbara Aitken.

THE PALESTINE POLICE CALENDAR OF EVENTS, 1936; issued by the Criminal Investigation Department, Palestine Police Force. The Central Prison Press, Jerusalem, for Official Use. 9½″ x 6¾″. Pp. 30. Reviewed by H. Coote Lake.

THE MONKS OF ATHOS. By R. M. DAWKINS, M.A., F.B.A. Pp. 408. 1936. Six plates, seven illustrations in the text, and a map of Athos. London: George Allen and Unwin, Ltd. 15s. Reviewed by F. H. Marshall.

ENGLISH FOLK-SONG AND DANCE. By IOLO A. WILLIAMS. With an Introduction by Sir John Squire. London: Longmans, Green &; Co. 1935. Price 3/6 net. Reviewed by Joan Sharp.     

Some Personal Experiences

HOMER AND MYCENAE. By M. P. NILSSON. Pp. xii x 283. 52 ill., 2 maps. London : Methuen, 1933. 21s. Reviewed by H. J. Rose.

RAGGLE-TAGGLE. By WALTER STARKIE. Adventures with a Fiddle in Hungary and Roumania. London: John Murray, 1933. 8vo. Pp. xvi. + 399. 8½″ x 5½″ 10s. 6d. Reviewed by M. Gaster.

OSTTUERKISCHE TEXTE. By GUNNAR JARRING. Reviewed by M. Gaster.

NIKOLAUSKULT UND NIKOLAUSBRAUCH IM ABENDLANDE : Eine kultgeographisch-volkskundliche Untersuchung. By KARL MEISEN. Düsseldorf: L. Schwann, 1931. 11½″ x 9″. Pp. xx.+ 558. 217 text illustrations and 2 maps. 36 reichsmarks. Reviewed by W. L. H.

THE FESTIVAL OF ADONIS, BEING THE XVTH IDYLL OF THEOCRITUS ; edited with a revised Greek text, translation and brief notes by E. H. BLAKENEY, M.A.; to which is added a rendering in English Verse of the Lament for Adonis attributed to Bion. London: Eric Partridge Limited, at the Scholartis Press. 1933. Pp. 37; 240 copies printed. Price 7s. 6d. Reviewed by R. M. Dawkins.

FOLKMINNEN OCH FOLKTANKEN. Band XX, häfte 1. 1933. 9¾″ x 6½″. Göteborg. Reviewed by A. K. Cyriax.

THE FESTIVALS OF THE YEAR IN VÄRMLAND (MID-WEST SWEDEN) ABOUT A.D. 1700. Excerpts from ERLAND HOFSTEN'S MS., with notes by HILDING CALANDER. Reviewed by A. K. Cyriax.

LES CINQUANTE JUGEMENTS DE SALOMON. By P. SAINTYVES. Paris, F. Loviton et Cie. 1933. 117 pp. 7″ x 4½″. Price? Reviewed by M. Gaster.

JOHN HENRY. A Folk-Lore Study. By Louis W. CHAPPELL. Jena, Frommannsche Verlag, Walter Biedermann, 1933. Pp. 144. R.M. 6. Reviewed by H. C. L.

THE PROGRESS or MAN : a short Survey of his Evolution, his Customs and his Works. By A. M. HOCART. London : Mcthucn &; Co., Ltd., 1933. 7½″ x 5″, pp. xvi + 316. 7s. 6d. net. Reviewed by Warren R. Dawson.

THE FEAR OF THE DEAD IN PRIMITIVE RELIGION. Lectures delivered on the William Wyse Foundation at Trinity College, Cambridge, 1932–1933. By Sir JAMES GEORGE FRAZER, O.M., F.R.S., F.B.A. 8½″ x 5½″ pp. viii + 204. London : Macmillan &; Co., Ltd. 10s. 6d. net. Reviewed by Warren R. Dawson.