28 DECEMBER 1929, Page 24

The League • of Nations Union comes in for not

a little criticism these days, but no one can be blind to the educational value of its work in a country notoriously ignorant and nonchalant in questions of history or geography. In common with the publishers George Philip and Son Ltd., the Union has performed an all-important public service with the release of The League of Nations Map of the World including also the four-sheet large-scale map of Europe, also edited by George Philip, which has already been noticed in our columns. The price is 45s., which is within the purse of every public-spirited institution, No more urgent task exists than to bring knowledge of (not merely enthusiasm for) the League of Nations idea and achievement into every home.

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