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The Balkan Peninsula And The Near East. By Ferdinand...

(G. Bell and Sons. 20s. net.) Professor Schevill, of the University of Chicago, writes with all the dignity of the historian who is conscious of a specialized knowledge and......

Another Well-documented Study From An American Uni-...

only superficially concerns himself with the kinds of history and their several purposes ; but his account of the Hebrew, Greek, and Latin historians is acute ; and to a reader......

With The Help Of Mr. Samuel Crowther, Mr. Henry Ford

has been able to write his biography. It is evident from his account that it is by personal qualities that he has gained his position. We see Mr. Ford as a man of specialized......

Who's Who In America: Vol. Xii. 1922-1923. Edited By A.

N. Marquis. (Stanley Paul. $7.50 net.) This excellent book of reference passes into a new edition every two years. The present issue, as compact, compre- hensive and accurate as......

The Romance Of Coal. Illustrated. By C. R. Gibson. (seeley,

Service and Co. Os. net.) We may not be grateful for all the gifts that coal mines have given us—smoke palls, fogs, an industrialized England, and a social revolution—but their......

The Life Of Sir Arthur Pearson, Bt., C.b.e.

By. Sidney Dark. (Hodder and Stoughton. 10s. Od. net.) Having had twenty years of acquaintance with his subject, and at least ten .years of considerable intimacy, Mr. Dark has......

Finance-public & Private.

By ARTHUR W. KIDDY. EUROPE'S DEBT TO AMERICA. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sra,—On the 27th of this month the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Governor of the Bank of......

Mr. Pember Reeves, The Chairman Of The Anglo-hellenic...

written a vigorous pamphlet on the diplomacy of the Western Powers in the Near East. He points out that Mustapha Kemal has finished the conflict that began in the eleventh......

Who's Who In The New Parliament. Edited By T. W.

Walding. (Philip Gee. 2s. net.) Politicians will find this little book uncommonly useful. To each short biography is appended a summary of the Member's election address, which......