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The Statesman's Year-Book for 1915 (Macmillan and Oa., 10s. 6d.

net) has been issued in the face of obvious difficulties. It has been impossible to obtain the usual official revision of the chapters upon Germany and Austria-Hungary; while, to quote the preface, " both Belgium and Serbia have been com- pletely disorganized." In spite of this, the book remains as valuable as ever for purposes of reference. We learn that the Turkish pages have been largely rewritten, as also those dealing with Chinn. Among the special additions to this issue is a list of the more important publications upon the war, arranged according to the countries of origin, 111111 including German publications.