17 MAY 1902, Page 23

The Foundations of American Foreign Policy. By Albert Bushnell Hart.

(Macmillan and Co. 6s. net.)—The contents ef. this book are for the most part of but secondary interest to an 'English reader. This does not pre vent it from being a welcome help to the student of general history. Professor Hart is naturally partibus Americanis non iniquus. We are not disposed to concede that the Maine Boundary question was " peacefully and honorably quieted" by the Arbitration Treaty (1842). A mere look at the map with the sudden bend to the north gives a presumption that the final settlement was one-sided, and it is 'commonly said that Daniel Webster had in his possession a map which conclusively refuted the American claim. But perhaps 'things are better as they are.