THE STATESMAN'S YEAR-BOOK, 1933 The seveatieth annual-issue of The Statesman's
Year-Rook, edited by Dr. M. Epstein (Macmillan, 20s.) calls for a friendly word of congratulation and gratitude. There is no other reference book in its class which can compare with it for fullness of detail and for accuracy in relation to the affairs of all the countries in the world. How Dr. Epstein contrives to pahk so much even into 1,500 closely printed pages is his seeret. He notes in the preface events up to March 80th. The one substantial change that he has not been able to mention is that which has occurred in Germany. In this section we still read of the Weimar Constitution, which " declares all Gormaas equal before the law and abolishes. all privileges of birth, class or creed," and under which " freedom of speech and of the PreSs is guaranteed." All that, of course, is dead and gone within the last two months, as Dr. Epstein will have to 'state in the next edition of his excellent and invaluable year-book.
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