Poland's Case for Independence. (Allen and Unwin. 70. 6d. net.)—
This volume, published for the Polish Information Committee, contains eight papers, all but one of them by Polish writers, on the history, economic condition, and intelleotual life of Poland. In view of the present crisis, the book is well timed. The authors show that, if Russia in the past treated the Poles badly, Prussian rule has been at least as harsh and far more methodical in its tyranny. One instance of German meanness is noted in the case of the Jablonowski endowment given to Leipzig University in 1768 for the purpose of encouraging Polish students. Poles are now excluded from the management of the fund and no Polish essays are accepted. The papers on Polish literature, art, and music remind us that Poland, intellectually, is very much alive.
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