15 APRIL 1938, page 30

Trade Unionism By John A. Mahon

In this addition to the New People's Library series (Gollanez, is. 6d.) Mr. John A. Mahon puts forward what is substantially the left-wing point of view on Trade Unionism in......

Alarms And Excursions By Lieut.-gen. Sir Tom Bridges

Sir Tom Bridges' light-hearted and amusing reminiscences of a soldier (Longmans, 12s. 6d.) are full of interest. He was commissioned as a gunner in 1892 and retired in 1922 to......

The Herods Of Judaea By A. H. M. Jones

Now that Whiston's Josephus is no longer to be found in every small library, as it was half a century ago, Mr. Jones's learned and well-written account of the historical setting......

The Baths Of Bath In The 16th And Early 17th

CENTURIES By P. Rowland James While much has been written about eighteenth-century Bath, Mr. James's little book (Arrowsmith, is.) deals only with the century following the......

The Birthplace And Genesis Of Life Assurance By J. G.

Anderson - - It is well known, as Professor Clapham Observes in his standard economic history, that modern life assurance was begun by the directors of the Equitable at the......

Current Literature

FOREIGN BALANCES By Paul Einzig Foreign balances, it is said—and Dr. Einzig on the whole agrees—are like teeth ; a nuisance while they are coming, a nuisance while they are......