THE 'RED CROSS: The Idea and its Development. By Colonel
Sir James Magill, K.C.B., M.A., M.D. (Cassell. 5s. net.)—Under the above heading Sir James Magill, whose name will be known to every Red Cross worker, gives a brief but comprehensive sketch of the British Red Cross Society, its inception and its subsequent work. The peace work since the War is outlined in the final, chapter and „will be .a surprise to many people: OithOpaedie- climes where not only adults rat hundreds Of children- are being tteated, sUrgical aid depots where pdor can hire surgical apparattts and comforts, health lectures throughout the length and breadth of England and Wales, .ambulances inwhich civilian patients may obtain transport, library books for'. hospitals, health training for childten under tke Junior Departnierit—all this makes a record of service to the country which carries out the fine purpose of the Red Cross, "the improvement of health, the prevention of disease, and the mitigation of suffering throughout the world," as the Covenant of the League says.
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