National and International Links. By T. H. S. Escott. (Eveleigh
Nash and Grayson. 12s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Escott draws once again on his long experience and wide reading for a pleasant volume on various sections of society, past and present. He begins with the Court, passes on to the Church and the Diplo- matic Service, discusses the " Anglo-French Social Exchange," the medical profession, the social and literary connexions between Great Britain and America and the " Cult of the Colonies at Home," and concludes with a chapter on " Inter- national Precedents and Parallels." Mr. Escott flies from one topic to another and leaves the reader rather breathless ; in details he is apt to be inaccurate. But his anecdotes and his comments are often amusing, and from his well-stored memory he illustrates in many ways the continuity of history. In the diplomatic chapter he quotes Talleyrand's definition of " non- intervention " as " un mot metaphysique et politique, qui signifie h peu pres la meme chose qu' intervention."
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