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THE author of this revealing little book went to Poland in December a year ago, as the delegate of the Central Council of Anglo-Polish Societies, to get first-hand information as to the need for relief work—particularly for school children and teachers. He has given us here the daily record of his extensive travels in almost every corner of the new Poland—what he saw and heard, with a bare minimum of comment—news rather than views. Knowing Central Europe, especially the Baltic basin, since before 1914 he was just the kind of man to do such an exploration, and the reader will profit much from history. True, he will also be disappointed at not finding the answers to many questions—the reason being that Mr. Anderson himself does not knovi them ; but he will find plenty of evidence as to the condition of things in mid-winter (they are better by now in many ways) in a land of fearful devastation, where millions of people were (and mostly still are) homeless and in a state of un- certainty about the future. What struck the author everywhere was (t) the courage and vitality of the common people, (2) their faith in their future. The incident related on page 169 of the villagers who had re-erected their monument from the year 1920 and repaired their church while themselves living in dug-outs is characteristic. It is to be hoped that this book will be read and pondered on by many who are concerned for the future of Europe.
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