19 JANUARY 1924, Page 22

On the whole this general sketch of European History for

schools is more successful than most books of its kind, for it gets deeper below the surface than the doings of central governments. But it is not quite as good as we would have expected from the author of Professor Carlton Hayes's fine two volumes on Modern Europe. The maps are very many and good, but the illustrations are poor and would be more interesting if their sources were always stated. The history is brought up to Messrs. de Valera, Kerensky and Trotsky, and all the other new men -who are endeavouring to rule the world to the discomfort of everyone else.