TRAVELLING in the Middle East is still a picturesque affair, abounding in material for the traveller with an eye for contrast and the power of reproducing experience in words. Miss Victoria Sackville-West is undoubtedly such a one, as readers of her 'Passenger to Teheran' will agree. A poet and writer of distinction, she will this evening, and in her second talk next week, describe a journey through some of the Eastern countries where the inroads of Western civilization, contrast strangely with the traditions and customs of the past.