The New Europe. By Reginald W. Jeffery, M.A. (Constable and
Co. 8s. 6d. net.)—The period which Mr. Jeffery's book in- cludes is the hundred years beginning with 1789. He illustrates the story with maps—we may express our satisfaction v•ith the plan of giving only the names that occur in the narrative—with notes, diagrams, bibliographies, &c. The diagrams seem likely to be specially useful ; we get an excellent idea, for instance, of the changes of the French fortunes in the Peninsula from the diagram on p. 123. This would, however, have been improved by the addition of dates. On the narrative itself we cannot speak in detail. It seems, so far as we have been able to examine it, well proportioned —a great merit when so much has to be put into a space so limited—showing much careful study and moderation in tone.
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