30 DECEMBER 1922, Page 26

WHY EUROPE LEAVES HOME. By Kenneth L. Roberts. (T. Fisher

Unwin. 12s. 6d.) WHY EUROPE LEAVES HOME. By Kenneth L. Roberts. (T. Fisher Unwin. 12s. 6d.)

If the reader can bear up long enough under the multiple reduplication of ideas in this book, and the flippant, slangy journalese in which it is written, he will learn a great many new and arresting facts about emigration, immigration, European polities and prohibition in England as seen by an American journalist. Although Mr. Roberts's attitude is often intolerant and the interpretation of his facts warped by mis- understanding, he has given us a quantity of original material for serious thought and immediate attention. It is a pity that he has so nearly destroyed the impressive effect of his evidence by the cheapness of his presentation.