15 JANUARY 1921, page 20

Oxford University Roll Of Service. Edited By E. S. Craig

and W. M. Gibson. (Clarendon Press. 15s. net.)—This final edition of the list of Oxford men who served in the war is an impressive document. It contains 14,561 names. Each entry......

The Times Of India Annual For 1921 (1 Rupee 8

annas) is a handsome production, with a coloured photograph of the Duke of Connaught as frontispiece and some elaborate coloured illus- trations of the .Rubaiyat. We like best......

Poets And Poetry.

WHEELS. 1920.* IF you go to see the glass-blowers at Murano they will sometimes give you little twisted blowings of glass that are like dolls. You used before the war to be able......

Now That The Political Difficulties In The Way Of Climbing

Mount Everest have been removed by the Tibetan Government, General Bruce's paper on the question in the Geographical Journal for January appears opportunely. General Bruce......

The Foundations Of Chemical Theory. . By R. M. Caven....

12s. 6d. net.)—Professor Caven's clear exposition of modern chemical theory, though mainly intended for use as a text-book, will interest laymen who have not followed the......

Taxation Annual, 1921. By W. E. Snelling. (sir Isaac Pitman.

10s. 6d. net.)—This is the first issue of an annual of painful interest, which is to give information regarding all taxes and duties, and " to reflect each year the current......

Early Italian Literature. Vol. Ii.: " The Dawn Of Italian

Prose." Edited by E. Grillo. (Blackie. 10s. 6d. net.)—Dr. Grillo has followed up his volume of selections from the Italian poets before Dante with a similar volume of extracts......

Poems Worthy Of Consideration.—the Goldfinches. By Sylvia...

R. Cobden-Sanderson. 3s. 6d.)— Charming verses full of music and accomplishment. The author has an exceptionally good knowledge of country things —haystacks, mowers, birds,......

Some Books Of The Week.

[Notice in this column does not necessarily preclude subsequent review.] The II ibbert J ournal for January contains a thoughtful article by Dr. Foster Watson on " Tho Entente......