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Those who may be called to Serbia or the surrounding

States may be glad to know of an English-Serbian Phrase Book (Oxford: B. H. Blackwell, Is. net). This is a short grammar of the South Slav language, with phrases classified according to subjects (horses, post office, armies, &c.), in English, Slav, and the transliterated Slav for the sake of pronunciation.