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Small. Iayuard 5 Co» Boston. .

The war correspondent, so Richard Hardinz
Davis and his stories manifested. was put-cl)‘
American. In passing. Davis often speaks of his
English comrades. Particularly does he give the
impression of a certain quiet Englishman whose
style was perfect under the most wearing cir-
cumstances. whose copy was meticulous even
when smuggled on cigarette papers and who.
without effort, seemingly. was always just a
small step ahead of his fellows.

This must have been Ernest Smith, who, in
this volume. gives “some recollections of forty
years of newspaper life." The pu‘rely English
type of war correspondent, or special corres-
pondent, is here telling his anecdotes in a clear.
unencumbered style, here and there infusing a
slow hum_3r which is loath to leave one’: per-
ception because it is so pleasant.

' "adventures" might

storm in Jerusalem, and an ice ‘crash on the
Volga. '

He has numberal among his‘ friends per-
sons who have made literavio Political and re-
ligious history. Among his acquaintances are
practically all the political giants of this day.
He has spoken to Pope Leo XIII, " d with
Tolstoy. dined ith Renan, Zola and Dumas.
one has known Bernhard
in well as any. has ‘co
Wilde. with Sienltiesricz (who, he thought, had
died long before), and with Lomhroso, probably
the world’: best-known criminologist.

He has gone 2,000 in’ over snowbound.

tarnished Russia. watched. and given a striking ..

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description of “L'Afl’aire Dreyfus"; and de-
scribed the old Latin Quarter in Paris in a
rather exquisite character study of some of the

old habitues.
' in this volume are the photographed
writer has received from

‘same disconnected, jetty. ems
lonn they originally had. And it is highly in-

the “fields” of ad-

   
  
   
         

 

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PLACS ND NA TIVES or "
THE SOUTHEASTERN SEAS

“Wanderings in Sootistern Sea"
By Charlotte Cameron
smu. mm a (24).. am.

It is true. as the jacket on this book asserts,
that Mrs. Cameron is one of the best authors
of travel books. but this volume is certainly not
an example. In beauty and description it does
not approach “The Imperial Durbar at Delhi" or
"rwentysseven Thousand Miles in Africa."
From the reading one is inclined to believe that
' Mrs. Cameron was too

ing of "odd" and striking social contacts.
Whichever of the places vi its. we are
certain to hear of the discotnforts of the place
first.
comfortably to the body and are given
feeling of all sorts of crawling creatures-on
the ceilings of the hotel rooms. the streets and

' the jungles.

The white persons are meet are all very
"sweet" and take their lots courageously. The)’,
of course. do not have the comforts of London
but they 1
vert and keep good

~ None ot the outstanding persons encountered is

really "out of the.Iray" exceptdor the Sultan.
educated in England. who spends his time hunt-
ing tigers and elephants. and has. according to
the author. no less than eight titles, which gives
him the right to an entire chapter! She calls
him "the elusive Sultan.” '
hlrs..Cameron is close to the natives. by all

 ,1-ights her outstanding characters in her wjork.
but she is close to the

thing of a
“one wonders what will be
No doubt her ultimate ‘late
will be as net-epted and right. and perhaps more
useful. than that of some of the author's com-
patriots.

By the vra)‘. Sire. Cameron is a most British
I-Znglishwornam She delights in narrating that
English conquest and Englishmen secured most
of the places visited. And American readers
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