4 MARCH 1916, Page 20

Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology. By J. Thomas.

(Lippincotts. £2 2s. net.)—Here is a " Who's Who " of all nations, languages, and ages, from Adam, who, " according to the computation of some writers," was created earlier than 4000 B.c., to Woodrow Wilson, who " advocates strict neutrality in the European conflict." The Oriental hero Roostam is sandwiched between Roosevelt (Theodore) and Root (Elihu). It is a useful, comprehensive, and necessarily superficial book of reference.