1 DECEMBER 1917, Page 10

Economic Development of Modern Europe. By F. A. Ogg. (Macmillan

and Co. 10s. 6d. not.)—Mr. Ogg, of Wisconsin University, has presented in a compact form a history of the economic develop- ment of Great Britain, France, and Germany, and, more briefly, of other European countries, with special reference to tariffs, labour legislation, and the Socialist movement. His narrative is, on the whole, clear and accurate, and his elaborate bibliographies will be useful to students of special topics. His remarks on the political activity of the German Socialists, written no doubt before the war, now require revision, for the Socialist Majority leaders have shown themselves as subservient to the Government as any of the other 'Italics.