amavnss Ovex Traer.—By Theodore Tilion. Hider, London.
On the jacket of this small volume fa" imprinted the information: "Sunday Times says 'It is impossible not to like Mr. Iition'
'The writer of this particular review which, at any rate, emanates from the glamorous and' mysterious Far East, having no knowledge of the personality of the worthy Mr. JTheodore Tilion, candidly admits that he. neither likes nor dislikes the gentleman, but he is quite clear and definite about one thing, namely, that he has no use whatever for the ingenious concoction called "Darkness Gver Tibet," and recommends it only and solely to the attention of schoolboys and schoolgirls who have not yet reached the age of fourteen. But it not anything like as good as "Robinson Crusoe."
Furthermore, as the publisher's re~ marks on the' fly-leat of its jacket opine: and Tide" sal: wove of the Of Me. Illon's rst ook, "Time continuing (so modestly):
We as publishers regs: lates love light in her eyes, complete and unalloyed, Tender Romance gecopuing fe, "Yee "hss may ting Nouches for it as Being tie, Mr, Hllion loses little time in introduling the note of tender romance i that appears to have radiated around hhis adventures in Tibet whilst per= colating "in the disguise of a native"
Well, if Messrs. Rider & Ca, feel inclined to put their name to a swoeping statement of that description, those tiresomely inaccessible re-Blons. Hence on page 80: who am Ito say them nay?
I happened to be, in one of the fofomant "row "and tried e, Bow a Many Marvels Therefore, let there be quoted excerpls rom the preface of this "remarkable" book, duly signed by the redoubtable Mr, Theodore Tillon: eiitaty, Bog, I Seoret Tet t have Tibetan Bho' of a native. journey in ths most live the genuine Tibetan hermits wis fend people's thoughts and ponscas selves young almost. indefinitely.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.