The Royal Engineers' Journal For October (hugh Rees, Is....
contains a well-illustrated article on the bridging operations carried out during the war. It gives the layman some idea of the vast and complex problems which have to he faced......
Escaping From Germany. By Edward Page. (melrose. 4s. 6d....
Page, a private in the reserve of the Royal Marine Light Infantry, was called, up when the war began, and sent to Dunkirk - in September, 1914, and thence to Antwerp. He was......
Some Books Of The Week.
fir/dim in this column does not necessarily preclude subsequent review.] The National Review for October contains Mr. W. M. Aeworth's valuable address to the British Association......
We Have Received The First Number Of The Jewish Guardian,
a new weekly which " has been founded in order to provide the Jews of Great Britain and the Empire with an organ of their own." The paper is " tied neither to any Zionist......
Hydro-electric Survey Of India : Preliminary Report. By...
G. T. Barlow and J. W. Meares. (Calcutta : Superin- tendent Government Printing. 4a. 9d.)—The war gave a great stimulus to industry in India, and, as cheap power is essential to......
The Teaching Of The Qur'an. By The Rev. H. U.
W. Stanton. (S.P.C.K. 75. net.)—This is a compact handbook to the theology of the Koran with an introductory chapter on its origin. The book consists of 114 distinct......
The Hundred And Fifteenth Report Of The British And Foreign
Bale Society (Is.) as usual contains much curious and interesting information. It is significant of the rapid growth of Chinese immigration into Malaya that more Chinese than......
In The Prison City : Brussels, 1914-1918. By J. H.
Twells. (Melrose. 5s. net.)—Miss Twells, an American, lived in Brussels through the war. Her description of her experiences under German rule is worth reading. It speaks well......
Bolingbroke And Walpole. By J. M. Robertson. (t. Fisher...
12s. 6d. net.)—This essay in political biography is very readable, but Ms unduly controversial in tone. Mr. Robert. son takes a keener interest in arguing with his predecessors,......
Self's World's Press, 1919. Edited By E. T. Brown. (sells.
10s. 6d. net.)—The thirty-fifth edition of this familiar and valuable book of reference contains, we are told, over 32,000 entries. A hundred new journals have been started......
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