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Allenby: A Study in Greatness. By General Sir Archibald Wavell, K.C.B., C.M.G., M.C. 9” × 6”. Pp. 312; 16 illustrations, 15 maps and plans. Harrap. 1940. 18s. A Winter in Arabia. By Freya Stark. 9½” × 6½”. Pp. xii and 328. Illustrations and map. London : John Murray. 1940. 15s. Contributions to the Anthropology of Iran. By Henry Field. Field Museum of Natural History, Anthropological Series, Vol. 29, No. I, pp. 1–507; Vol. 29, No. II, pp. 508–706 + 144 plates. 1939. Civilization in East and West. An Introduction to the Study of Human Progress. By H. N. Spalding. Oxford University Press. 15s. net. The Story of Jericho. By John Garstang and J. B. E. Garstang. Pp. xv + 200. Frontispiece and 19 plates, 24 text figures and 2 maps. 9” × 5¾”. Hodder and Stoughton. 1940. Price 8s. 6d. Modern Turkey. By John Parker, M.P., and Charles Smith. George Routledge and Sons, Ltd. 1940. 12s. 6d. Russia Through the Ages. From the Scythians to the Soviets. By S. R. Tompkins. 9½” × 6½”. Pp. xxi and 799. Two inset maps with numerous sketches and illustrations. New York : Prentice‐Hall. 1940. The Growth of Literature, Vol. III. By H. Munro Chadwick and N. K. Chadwick. 9¼” × 6¼”. Pp. xxvi and 928. Cambridge University Press. 35s. The Margary Affair and the Chefoo Agreement. By S. T. Wang. Pp. 138 with 2 maps. Oxford University Press. 1940. 7s. 6d. The Wandering Lake. By Sven Hedin. Pp. x + 293. 9½” × 6”. London : George Routledge and Son. 1940. 18s. Journey into China. By Violet Cressy‐Marcks. Introduction by Brigadier‐General Sir Percy Sykes, K.C.I.E., C.B., C.M.G. Pp. 320. Illustrations and 3 maps. Hodder and Stoughton. 1940. 21s. Japan in China. By W. H. Chamberlin. 7” × 5”. Duckworth. 1940. 3s. 6d. A Chinese Childhood. By Chiang Yee. 8½” × 6”. Pp. xii + 304. 8 coloured plates. Methuen. 1940. 15s. Moment in Peking. A Chinese Novel by Lin Yutang. Heinemann. 15s. Abdul Hamid, the Shadow of God. By Alma Wittlin. Translated from the German by Norman Denny. John Lane, The Bodley Head. China under the Empress Dowager. Compiled from State papers and the Private Diary of the Comptroller of her Household. By J. O. P. Bland and E. Backhouse. Illustrated. Henri Vetch, Peking; William Heinemann, Ltd., London. 1939. Third Edition. La Figura e l'Opera di Marco Polo. By R. Almagià. Ramakrishna Paramahamsa. By G. Tucci. L'Oriente nella Gultura Contemporanea. By. G. Tucci. Lo Spirito dell’ Amore nella Letteratura Indiana. By M. M. Moulik. Monographs published by the Istituto Italiano per il Medieo ed Estremo Oriente, Rome. Gelawêj (Sirius). A Kurdish literary and cultural monthly magazine. 9¾” × 6¾” each number about 64 pp. Baghdad : Najah Press, December, 1939; January and February, 1940. Strade e Commercio dell’ Iran. By Elio Migliorini. Instituto Italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente. Sea Power and Central Asia. By Felix Howland. Reprinted from Vol. 66, No. 6 of Proceedings of United States Naval Institute. June, 1940. Independent Egypt. By Amine Youssef Bey. Murray: London. Price 15s.