21 OCTOBER 1922, page 48

Some Books Of The Week.

(Notice in this column does not necessarily preclude subsequent review.) THE CONTROL OF AMERICAN FOREIGN RELATIONS. By Quincy Wright. (New . York : Macmillan.)—Dr. Wright, who......

Finance—public And Private.

THE ELECTION AND MARKETS. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—The prospect of a General Election has had no effect upon the Stock Markets. Prices have improved in most......

Evidence Of The High Esteem In Which Lord Inchcape Is

held by financial circles was afforded by the influential gathering which assembled in his honour on Monday evening to wish him God-speed on the eve of his departure for India.......

The 74th (yeomanry) Division In Syria And France. By Major

C. H. Dudley Ward, D.S.O., M.C. (Murray. 21s. net.)—Thc 74th Division was formed in March, 1917, from yeomanry regiments who had been sent dismounted to Egypt. General Girdwood......

Even After Allowing For The Fact That Comparison Is With

a period when we were suffering from the great coal strike of 1921, the Trade figures for September are satisfactory. The value of Imports, namely, £77,000,000, was i:lightly......

The New Art : A Study Of The Principles Of

Non-Repre- sentational Art and their Application in the Work of Lawrence Atkinson. By Horace Shipp. (Cecil Palmer. 15s. net.)— Mr. Shipp appears to be convinced that all the art......

This Guarantee, Of Course, Is Given Under The Arrange- Ment

entered into last year whereby the Government obtained powers up to a total of 25 millions to guarantee certain loans where the proceeds were to be spent in relieving......

. Whatever May Be The Ultimate Outcome Of The Recent

recommendations of the Colonial Office in the matter of the restriction of output, it is quite clear that the decision has restored some semblance of life to the market for......

Financial Notes.

Although the domestic political crisis has not had any disturbing effect upon the Stock Markets it has probably exerted some restraint upon financial activities in the shape of......