16 APRIL 1937, page 36

The Late Renaissance

A Cardinal of the Medici. By Mrs. Hicks Beach. (Cambridge University Press. 15s.) THE Medici were a remarkable family. By dexterous use of their wealth, and by skilfully......

Medieval Burma

She Was a Queen. By Maurice Collis. (Faber. 15s.) IT was in the year 1829 that King Bagyidaw of Burma, Sovereign of the Umbrella-holding Kings and Master of the White Elephant,......

The Site Of Troy

Controverses autour de Trole. Par Charles Vellay. (Paris : Societe d'Edition " Les Belles Lettres.") WHEN Schliemann plunged his spade into the mound of Hissarlik in •the Troad,......