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BRITISH ARCHIVES AND THE SOURCES FOR THE HISTORY OF THE

WORLD WAR. By Hubert Hall. (Oxford University Press. 16s. net.) Tins book is an extremely useful addition to the series published on behalf of the Carnegie Endowment for Inter- national Peace. It treats of the nature, scope, disposal and use of the British records of the War, both central and local.

In the second and larger half an historical survey is given of British archives, their decay and reform, and a valuable section is devoted to the use of records as historical sources. Mr. Hall issues a timely warning of the disastrous consequences of neglect of the materials from which alone an authentic history of our own times can be written.