WORKS OF REFERENCE. - The New Age Encyclopaedia, edited by Sir Edward
Parrott (Nelson, 3s. 6d. a volume), is a useful little book, which has been well planned and shows careful attention to detail. It is to be completed in ten volumes, appearing fortnightly. The first four volumes-A to Fredro- predispose us in its favour. The brief articles are clear and accurate, the maps are good, the illustrations are apt. The volumes are of a convenient size and are well printed.-The Daily Mail Year Book for 1921, edited by David Willianuson (Associated Newspapers, Is. 6d. net), is the twenty-first issue of a cheap and trustworthy reference-book. It contains, besides the usual matter, a number of interesting articles, the first of which, written by Sir Frederick Maurice, deals with the Arab rising in Mesopotamia. Lord Montagu of Beaulieu, writing on "Road v. Rail Transport," predicts that the road will steadily gain in popularity at the expense of the railway, and declares that the roads must be improved.-Berdelfs Hospitals and Charities, 1920 (Scientific Press, 17s. 6d.), appears opportunely to throw light on the pressing financial needs of the voluntary hospitals. The preface pays tribute to the late Sir Henry Burdett, who founded this valuable work and edited it for thirty years. The springs of charity are not drying up ; for every El given in 1896, 12 8s. was given in 1918, and the increase of income exceeded the increase of expenditure.-The University of Liverpool Calendar, 1920-21 (Liverpool University Press), is well edited. The programmes of the School of Social Studies and of the Department of Commerce deserve attention.
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