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The Revival of Italy. By Professor George D. Herron. (G.

Allen and Unwin. 55. net.)—Professor Herron believes firmly in Italy's future, and describes with sympathy and no little insight the social movements of the difficult years since the armistice. He attaches perhaps more importance to Signor Giolittrs scheme for giving workmen partial control of factories than the veteran ex-Premier himself would ascribe to it. Pro- fessor Herron for no apparent reason denounces the Treaty of Versailles, but he also denounces the Bolsheviks. He seems to think that Italy will adopt a moderate Socialist programme, though it is hard to believe that peasant proprietorship in Italy will be any more reconcilable with Marxian principles than it is in France.