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The Facts of the Case for Speakers, Writers,.and Thinkers. Com-

piled for the Economic Study Club by the Editor of Industrial Peace. (Simpkin, Marshall. es. net.)—This is a most useful counterblast to the revolutionary propaganda. It is arranged under heads such as Capitalism, Direct Action, Leninism, Nationalization, Revolution, and so forth, and examines con- cisely and dearly a number of Socialist utterances, which are printed in red. Thus at the top of one page we have Mr. Lana- bury's assertion that " There is infinitely more freedom in Red Russia than here." This is followed by a short account, with corroborative quotations, of the suppression of all non-Bolshevik papers, to show that Mr. Lansbury was, to put it mildly, inexact. Sometimes the opinion of a moderate Labour man is quoted. To each section there is a short and well-written introduction. As the facts of the case are either unknown to or ignored by most Socialists as well as their would-be dupes, this careful and accurate book deserves a wide circulation.