18 JULY 1925, Page 23

The Statesman's Year-Book for 1925 (Macmillan and Co. 20s. net)

keeps up its very high reputation as the best book of reference in its sphere. Without increasing to an unwieldy size, it seems to have brought up to date all the old information that we are accustomed to seek in it and to have added more. There are some specially interesting tables at the beginning concerning the League of Nations and the world's output of ships, coal, oil, iron and steel.