28 AUGUST 1920

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The Bolshevik peace terms, handed to the Polish delegates at

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Minsk on Thursday week, included a new demand, of which the British Government had not been plainly informed. The Bolsheviks proposed the formation in Poland of a " civic...

On Tuesday, it is reported, the Poles were nearing Grodno,

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a hundred and forty miles north-east of Warsaw. They had captured 70,000 Bolsheviks, with immense supplies of war material, while 30,000 Bolsheviks had crossed into East...

Mr. Lloyd George and Signor Giolitti also discussed the question

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of Danzig, where the Germans, in obvious collusion with Berlin and Moscow, sought by a simulated strike and other means to prevent supplies from reaching the Poles. The High...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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T HE Russian problem, as we write on Thursday morning, is still critical. The Bolshevik armies have been driven out of Poland in disorder, but the Bolshevik rulers are still...

The disclosure of the Bolsheviks' real intention made a strong

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impression upon Mr. Lloyd George and Signor Giolitti, who met in conference at Lucerne on Sunday. The two Prime Ministers announced on Monday that they had heard with profound...

The Polish forces which had retreated in confusion made a

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stand on the banks of the Vistula. When they began a counter-attack a fortnight ago, the enemy in turn was seized with panic and fled precipitately. So fast did the Bolsheviks...

Mr. Balfour, acting for the Prime Minister, asked M. Kameneft

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on Monday whether Mr. Lloyd George and Signor Giolitti Lae been rightly informed about the altered Bolshevik terms to Poland and, if so, whether the Bolsheviks proposed to...

NOTICE.

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Owing to the Government having taken over our old premises, we have now removed to new offices, 13 York Street, Covent Garden, IV.C. 2. where all communications should be...

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letters eubmitted to him, but when damped and addressed envelopes are sent he will do his best to return contributions in case of rejection.

TO OUR READERS.

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Should our readers experience any difficulty in obtaining the SPECTATOR during the summer holidays from Newsagents or Railway Bookstalls, will they please communicate at once...

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Mr. Lansbury announces that, having told all the facts, he

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has finished with the Government " canard," and would not return to it. That is a pity, for we should very much like to know what Mr. Lansbury's future relations with the...

It seems that if no Russian paper has arrived at

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the office of the Daily Herald, "Not a Bond. Not a Franc. Not a Rouble." has arrived either. Finally, in order to show how much he loves openness, Mr. Lansbury gives a list of...

Then Mr. Lansbury goes on to state in prominent type

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that the Daily Herald has had no Bolshevik paper. If he treated for Bolshevik paper, as he admits, and has not up to the present received any, it is impossible to understand why...

The Independent Labour Party Executive, who recently submitted a set

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of questions to the Bolsheviks, are profoundly dissatisfied with the replies which they received. The Times published on Wednesday the I.L.P. comments on the " Third...

In the Daily Herald of Friday week Mr. Lansbury developed

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his explanations about his dealings with the Russian Bolsheviks, A more unintelligible statement about a transaction oapable of being treated with a straightforward yea or nay...

The papers of Monday published a report of a speech

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by Lenin at Moscow in which he made some choice remarks about the British working man. After stating that Russia had every- where " her advanced guards " for the purpose of...

A draft agreement about the future of Egypt has been

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signed by Lord Milner and Zaghlul Pasha in London, and the latter has returned to Egypt apparently to consult his fellow Nation- alists. It is proposed that the Protectorate of...

The tribal unrest in Mesopotamia has spread from the Euphrates

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valley to the district between Baghdad and the Persian hills. A small outpost at Shahroban, held by three British officers and two serjeants with some Arab troops, was destroyed...

What would an ordinary straight-dealing man do when he discovered

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that the people with whim he had entered into "a, business transaction " . had been secretly using that transaction to deprive him of all his independence ? Surely he would say...

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It is impossible to read such a resolution as this,

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and also to takb into account the character and record of the persons who attended the Conference, without feeling that opinion in Ireland, apart from Ulster, is moving in a fit...

If that should happen, through the Government still failing to

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restore order in Ireland, it could not be helped. We can conceive circumstances in which we should simply lave to consent to the force of events and let the Simi Fekers have...

We have written upon this subject elsewhere, and here we

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need only say that if Egypt is- to have self-government, we would much rather retire altogether than share the government with Egyptians under some such form of dyarchy as is...

During the week a so-called Peace Conference has been held

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in Dublin Some six hundred persons received tickets for admission from the Irish Dominion League. No Sinn Feiners were present nor were there any Ulster Unionists, at all events...

Mr. MaoSwiney was condemned to two years' imprisonment for his

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crimes. He had.refused food from the time of his arrest. When we write on Thursday he has fasted for fourteen days and is in a serious condition. If his protest were against an...

A Sinn Fein gang went to Lisburn on Sunday and

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murdered District Inspector Swanzy, who had recently been transferred from Cork to Ulster. This foul crime in a Protestant town infuriated the inhabitants, who at once took...

Professor Herdman, of Liverpool, opened the British Associa- tion's meeting

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at Cardiff on Tuesday with a thoughtful address on the study of the sea and its inhabitants. His main conten- tion was that the fisherman must become the settled farmer of the...

The papers of Thursday published a statement from Mr. Lloyd

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George about Mr. MaeSwiney, Lord Mayor of Cork. who is hunger-striking in Brixton gaol. Mr. Lloyd George's remarks admirably express the logic of his position in returning to...

Bank rate, 7 per cent., changed from 6 per cent.

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Apr. 15, 1920; 5 per cent. War Loan was on Thursday, 84{; Thursday week, 85} ; a year ago, 94.

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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OUR ORIENTAL EMPIRE. T HE time has come when the country should demand from the Government a clear and definitely thought out policy in regard to the Oriental portions of the...

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POLAND, RUSSIA, AND OURSELVES.

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rr HERE can be few parallels, if there is any parallel, between the sudden reversal of fortune in the fighting between the Poles and the Bolsheviks. Three weeks ago the Poles...

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ORDERS FROM MOSCOW. T HE question which the nation has to

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decide now that it is threatened with another coal strike is whether or not it wishes to take its orders from Moscow. It is impossible to follow the interplay between Mr....

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THE LAMBETH CONFERENCE.

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WE can call to mind no report of a Lambeth. Con- 1 1 v ference more charged with promise or more noble for its sinking of differences in a common purpose than that of 1920...

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PISl DE TERRE IN YPRES. T HOSE of our readers, and

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we are sure they are many, who are interested in Pise de Terre will be glad to read a most interesting and important communication which we have received from the well-known...

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PROGRESS AND EDUCATION.

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M ANY attempts have been made to define the word " progress," but none of them has been conspicuously successful. It is one of those words, like " justice " or " righteousness,"...

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THE TEMPTATION OF THE TRUTH.

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T HE literary laws of supply and demand are past finding out, but it is certain that the public gets in the end very much what it wants. At present it wants secret histories...

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FINANCE—PUBLIC AND PRIVATE.

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SHOULD CAPITAL " STRIKE " [To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—The coming month seems likely to be characterized by two features of a curiously inconsistent nature, namely,...

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

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[Letters of the length of one of our leading paragraphs are often more read, and therefore more effective, than those which fill treble the space.] THE SOCIALISM OF MR. TOM...

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CHILDREN AND BOLSHEVISM.

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ITo THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") Sta,—I was greatly amused at Mary D. Waldegrave's reply to my letter. The good lady was shocked. " It is so horrible," she writes, and then...

SIR, —To judge by what one reads and hears the

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political relas tions existing between this country and France seem far from satisfactory. Suspicion is rife. The continual necessity for patching up differences of opinion does...

THE LAMBETH REUNION PROPOSALS.

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(To TM EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") Sra,—At the urgent request of my friend, the Rev. J. E. Rattenbury, head of the West London Mission, founded by my friend and former...

THE SERBIAN INVASION OF ALBANIA. [To THE EDITOR OF THIS

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" SPECTATOR.") Ste,—On August 14th the following telegram was sent to Mr. Lloyd George from Paris by Mr. M. Konitza, the representative of the Albanian Government :— " In spite...

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DEAR OR CHEAP MONEY?

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[To TIM EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR, —I am glad that Mr. Ridge-Beedle has, in your correspund- ewe -columns, taken up the cudgels on behalf of the opponents of a dear money...

[To THE EDITOR or THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—It is for experts

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to discuss our foreign politics at the present time, if experts there be in the welter of unexpected occurrences in the midst of which we live. But one result of the war is an...

THE COST OF LIVING.

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(To ras 'Borten or ram " Srzergroa."1 Sza;—When Uncle Joseph in Stevenson's Wrong Box lectured on the comparative cost of living in London, Baghdad, Spits- bergen, Cincinnati,...

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A LEAGUE OF LOYAL CITIZENS.

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[To TRE EDITOR OF THE " Sescraroa."] Sra, It seems to me the " Middle Class Union " has not a fortunate name, and does not appeal to people. We require a union to include all...

VALUE, PRICE, AND FINANCE.

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[To. Tan Emelt or THE " fintersroa."] SIR,—The questions raised by "Onlooker " in the Spectator of August 7th, and by your two correspondents in the issue of last Saturday, are...

MR. J. H. THOMAS.

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[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—The Council of Action points two morals: (1) The failure of the Labour Parliamentary Party in the House of Commons; (2) the efficiency...

PROHIBITION IN AMERICA. [To THE EDITOR or THE SPECTATOR."] STR,—Your

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correspondent from Kansas in the issue of July 17th sees a very different side of Prohibition from that which I awe in Pennsylvania. In all the years of my life, and they are...

" FAKED" BALLOTS.

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[To TRZ EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sia,—As one of your regular readers may I add to Mr. Good's excellent letter on this subject? Some months ago I ascertained that the strike...

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OUR TRADE WITH NEW ZEALAND.

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[To THE EDITOR 07 THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR, — During my trip round the world I spent some time in New Zealand, and should like to bring several matters .before your notice,...

JOHN SANCROFT HOLMES.

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[TO THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR, — The old-fashioned English country gentleman and land- lord is probably passing under modern economic conditions. Will you permit me...

TRAVEL IN SWITZERLAND.

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[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR, — I have just seen the letter of your correspondent, the Rev. H. A. Hall, in your issue of August 7th, and, while having no desire to...

HISTORIES OF THE LOWLAND REGIMENTS.

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[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR."J SIR, — May I solicit the courtesy of your columns with regard to a matter that must be of interest to all who served in the Lowland...

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DODECANESIAN DELEGATION AT THE PEACE CON- FERENCE.

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[To TEL EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Now that the Peace Treaty has been signed between the Allied and Associated Powers and Turkey, the Islands of the Dodecanese (Aegean...

CHILDREN'S COUNTRY HOLIDAYS FUND. [To THE EDITOR Or THE "

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SPECTATOR.") SIR,—May I through the medium of your columns make an appeal to all those who are enjoying in actuality or anticipa- tion their holiday to spare a donation for the...

CAPITAL AND LABOUR AT SEA.

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR, —I remember an old story which told of two men adrift at sea in a boat. They had a vessel of fresh water which should have been...

SHOOTING SEA-GULLS.

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—I beg to seek information. Some bounders armed with guns, taking their stand on private property, fire over the beach at our gulls with...

VICTOR HUGO AND POLAND.

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sia,—The following extracts from the peroration of a speech on Poland delivered by Victor Hugo on March 19th, 1846, in the Chamber of Peers,...

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POETRY.

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PASCHAL (IN TIME OF WRONG AND UNREST). Tkoven still Thy plague-clouds blot the heaven, Staffiess our hands ! We do not gird Our loins, and in our souls no leaven Of Paschal...

BOOKS.

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DR. HUNTER'S VICTORY.* WE are delighted to see that the Royal Society of Medicine has given to the world Dr. Hunter's exceedingly interesting account of the terrible epidemics...

NOTIOE.—Whew " Correspondence " or Articles are signed- with the

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writer's noneS or initial*, or with a- pseudonym . ,. or are marked " Communicated," the Editor must not necessarily be held to be in agreement with the views therein expressed...

SOME PLAYS WORTH SEEING.

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ST. MARTIR'S.—The Skim Game .. 8.30-2.30 [A capital good play.] ALDWYCH.—The Unknown . . . . .. 8.30-2.30 [Interesting, but a little pretentious and platitudinous.] VA...

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THE EGYPTIAN PROBLEM.*

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Six VALENTrNE CHIROL'S long and close observation of Egyptian affairs has flowered in this very interesting book. The future of Egypt has yet to be determined, for the...

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SOCIAL ECONOMICS.*

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As a lucid and dispassionate analysis of current economic and industrial problems, Professor Jones's new book is of consider- able value. His main purpose is to show how complex...

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MEDIAEVAL ADMINISTRATION.• THE City church of St. Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe in Queen

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Victoria Street preserves the name of a long-forgotten depart. ment of State. In Stow's day there still stood next to St. Andrew's " the King's Great Wardrobe," where lodged Sir...

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ME HAPPY FOREIGNER.* ALL those who have read and even

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those who have most disliked Miss Enid 13agnokl's A Diary Without Dates will havefelta certain interest when they heard that she had published a new volume. The Happy Foreigners...

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TWO PLAYS.* Touch and Go' is unfortunately just what Mr.

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D. H. Lawrence's Play for a People's Theatre is not. His dramatic style is as yet very different from his poetic style, and he has in the present instance shown himself to be...

TWO GOOD WAR BOOKS.* Tux worst of trying to write

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an adequate -review of a book like this one of Mr. Hilton Young's' is that it is so very much better than anything one can say about it that one wants to fill several columns...

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POETS AND POETRY.

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VOICE AND VERSE. bias. WILKINSON writes an interesting and suggestive preacs. to her book of poems entitled Bluestone (Macmillan). Why, she asks, has the making of lyrics with...

• The Revels of Onera: a Mediaeval Romance. By 13.onald

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BAWL London ; John Murray. 171. Cid. not.] Virginia Tempest, who receives a most undeserved prize for general good conduct in the first sketch. Most of these young ladies'...

FICTION.

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THE REVELS OF ORSERA.* DR. WEIR MITCHELL, himself honourably distinguished alike in the domains of medicine and romantic fiction, has spoken of Sir Ronald Ross as one who had...

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The Bookman's Journal for August 13th gives a four-page photographic

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facsimile of a very remarkable fragment of early printing which has just been discovered. This piece of vellum, from a binding, forms two complete leaves of a Donatus—the...

We wish to draw our readers' attention to the second

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edition of Mr. Williams-Ellis's book on Collage Building in Cob, Pise Chalk and Clay (with an introduction by Mr. J. St. Loe Strachey). (Country Life. 7s. 6d. net.) We cannot,...

SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK.

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[Notice in Ms column does not necessarily preclude subsequent review.] The Round Table for September has an instructive article on the League of Nations which it is now...

A Handbook to the Septuagint. By R. R. Ottley. (Methuen.

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8s. net.)—This is a scholarly introduction to the study of the oldest Greek version of the Old Testament. Mr. Ottley assumes that his readers know the English Bible and a little...

The Teaching of History. By E. L. Hasluck. (Cambridge University

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Press. 80. net.)—This volume in a new series of handbooks for teachers of special subjects is suggestive and helpful. Mr. Hasluck admits that opinions are much divided as to the...

Labour Conditions in Soviet Russia. (Harrison. 7s. 6d. net.)—The International

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Labour Office of the League of Nations proposes.to send a commission of inquiry to Russia, to examine the conditions of labour under Bolshevik rule—a commission composed of five...

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The Ownership and Valuation of Mineral Property. By Sir R.

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A. S. Redmayne and Gilbert Stone. (Longmans. 12s. 6d. net.)—This is a technical treatise on the interests connected with mines and minerals, and the valuation, rating and...

Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan. By Lieut.-Col. James Tod. Edited

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by W. Crooke. 3 vols. (H. Milford. 52s. 6d, net.)—Dr. Crooke has taken great pains with this new edition of Tod's famous book on the Rajputs, annotating it freely and pointing...

Modern Pig-Feeding in 1917-20. By K. J. J. Mackenzie and

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John Fleming. (University of Cambridge School of Agriculture.) —Farmers ought to read this little pamphlet, describing some experiments in pig-feeding made during the war by the...

By-Paths in Sicily. By Eliza Putnam Heaton. (New York :

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E. P. Dutton.)—The late Mrs. Heaton was a clever New York journalist who for reasons of health had to spend seven years in Sicily. She devoted herself to the study of the...

Woman Workers of the Orient. By Margaret E. Burton. Revised

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by E. I. M. Boyd. (United Council for Missionary Education. 2s. 6d. net.)—This little book, by an American writer, gives an instructive account of the changes which are taking...