16 APRIL 1927, page 17

Mr. Herbert N. Casson, The Able -and Original Editor Of

M ore Net Magazine, has written a remarkable volume in '"ore Net Profit (87 Regent Street. 5s.). The book is P ri marily intended for the small business man, but others— in deed......

The League Of Red Cross Societies' Conference On " The

health of Merchant Seamen," held in Norway last summer, has published its report and recommendations—it may be obtained through any Red Cross society. Anything to improve the......

Mr. Abe Mitchell's Deeply Interesting The Essentials Of...

and Stoughton, 7s. 6d.) can only be recommended here and not reviewed. It is wonderfully good value for the money and we trust it will attain a large circulation, for there is......

In Our Issue Of April 2nd, The Safety Of St.

Paul's, by Canon Alexander, should have been described as published by Messrs. Jolui Murray at 2s.......

It Is Ten Years Since Maxim Gorki Has Produced A

novel, but Decadence was worth waiting for. The events in the life' of Gorki's peasants are unimportant ("- Men are bees and we are the flowers for them," says a peasant woman),......

This Week's Books

WE have just . added to our reference library an important book which every student of international politics will want : it is Mr. H. T. Montague Bell's The Near East. Year......

" I Was Delicate, 0 Monks, Extremely Delicate,...

I used no sandal wood that was not Benares ; my dress was of Benares cloth, my tunic, my underwear and cloak." So Buddha speaks of his early life according to the Pali Canon. On......

The National Association Of Schoolmasters Send Us An...

(price 4d.) with a short preface by Lord Burnham, on Broadcasting as a Factor in Primary Education. This is an important subject and the considered opinion of the authors (who......

Count Dc Souza, Most Famous Of The Diminishing Race Of

deuyers, has written Advanced Equitation (John Murray, 21s.) on the difficult art of haute creole for the benefit and instruction of those who still love a well " maneged "......

The General Public Would Have A Better Understanding Of Our

newspapers and of the forces by which opinion is moulded if they would read some of the excellent books about journalism which are now being published in America. Mr. G. W.......