6 JULY 1944, Page 22

The Annual Register, 1943. Edited by Dr. M. Epstein. (Longmans,

42s.)

Tins indispensable annual arrives this year a little later than usual, but with its value unimpaired. It covers all the principal events of 1943, domestic and foreign, and includes the text of various public documents such as the agreement constituting U.N.R.R.A and the Russo-Czechoslovak Treaty of last December. The name of the author or authors of the record of domestic events is not given, and it might be wise if the same course were followed in regard to other contributions, for the list of such signatures as do appear is not, as a whole, impressive. The Annual Register cannot afford to be content with anything less than the highest authorities on every subject.