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Scandinavia of the Scandinavians is the latest volume to be

added to the "Countries and Peoples" Series (Pitman and Sons, Gs. net). Its author is Mr. Henry Goddard Leach, who is the Secretary of the American-Scandinavian Foundation. Denmark, Norway, and Sweden are each treated separately, though an introductory chapter tells of the origins and early history of the Scandinavian race as a whole. Mr. Leach describes alike the physical and social conditions of the three countries, and pays special attention to their artistio and literary development.