History of Modern Europe. By G. P. Gooch. (Cassell. 21s.)
This single big volume has been planned as a continuation of Fyffe's standard History of Modern Europe. Fyffe carried his chronicle down to the Treaty of Berlin, and Dr. Gooch follows straight on, his very first words being " I bring you Peace with Honour,' announced Beaconsfield . ." Queer words with which to begin the story of these last fateful forty years. It follows, of course, that Dr. Gooch has used his material very much as Fyffe did, that is, he has confined him- Lelf to the narrow field of international relations and conflicts, leaving social and economic history to look after itself. He has also adopted Fyffe's useful habit of having insets in heavy type to indicate leading points. With great courage, Dr. Gooch has dealt with events right up to the end of 1919, and as he is undoubtedly a first-rate historian and has been able to amass new material with the opening of some foreign archives, he has produced a very valuable piece of historical research.
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