30 APRIL 1921, page 23

Mr. Wingfield-stratford, Displeased With What He Calls...

of mind-training " whose owners charge four guineas for their course, has written a book (The Reconstruction of Mind ; Books, Ltd., 6s.) which purports to give the student very......

How England Is Governed. By O. F. G. Masterman. (selwyn

and Blount. 8s. 6d. net.)—This is a readable and on the whole an impartial account of English institutions—the franchise, the local administration, the courts, Parliament, and......

Arnould On The Law Of Marine Insurance A:z-f, Average. Tenth

Edition by E. L. de Hart and R. L Simey. (Stevens ; Sweet and Maxwell. £5 net.)—The last edition of Arnould'a classic treatise appeared in 1914. Since then, many new points have......

The Quarterly Statement Of The Palestine Exploration...

resumed work with new vigour now that Palestine has been freed from the Turk, contains an excellent paper by Mr. Phythian-Adams on the history of Askalon and a brief account by......

The Geology Of The British Empire. By F. R. C.

Reed. (Arnold. 40e. net.)—This is a compact account of the geological character of each part of the British Empire overseas, including the manda- tory territories, but not......

Map Reading. By G. H. C. Dale. (macmillan. '75. 6d.

net.) —Mr. Dale's lucid little treatise is intended to teach soldiers and other people how to read a map and to use it in practice. Many thousands of men during the late war......

Enchanter's Nightshade. By J. B. Morton. (philip Allan....

agreeable rambling book made up of essays, accounts of walks, or of conversations. A pleasant holiday or bedside book.......

The Russian Workers' Republic. By H. N. Brailsford. (g....

and Unwin. 6s. net.)—Mr. Brailsford spent two months in Russia last autumn and stayed a fortnight in the small pro- vincial town of Vladimir. He says that he was not personally......

Sun, Sand, And Somas. By Major Il Rayne. (witherby. 12s.

6d. net.)—Major Rayne, who is a district Commissioner in British Somaliland, has written an amusing description of his daily experiences at Zeila. He is not blind to the faults......

Primitive Society. By E. S. Hartland. (methuen. 6s. Net.)...

is a very able and interesting statement of the case for descent through the mother as the rule of primitive society. Mr. Hartland is a well-known exponent of the matriarchal......

The Print Collector's Quarterly, Hitherto Published In...

scholarly editorship of Mr. Fitzroy Carrington, has now been transferred to London. The first number of the eighth volume is issued by Messrs. J. M. Dent (20s. a year), and the......

Dr. Arthur Shadwell Has Reprinted From The Times His...

letters on The Revolutionary Movement in Great Britain (Grant Richards, Is.), which are informed by real knowledge and sympathy and deserve - attentive reading. Dr. Shadwell......