24 MAY 1913, Page 25

The Statesman's Year-Book, 1913. (Macmillan and Co. 10s. 6d. net.)—This

is the jubilee issue of the Statesman's Year-Book, and in some of the statistical tables and maps the contrasts are indicated between certain aspects of the state of the world fifty years ago and to-day. The general excellence of the book for its purpose could scarcely be increased.