24 JUNE 1911, Page 24

Public Ownership of Telephones on the Continent of Europe. By

A. N. Holcombe, Ph.D. (Constable and Co. 8s. 6d. net.)—This is a volume in the series of "Harvard Economic Studies." In the United States there has been for some years past competition in the telephone business. " The public is now reconsidering the policy of competition." Dr. Holcombe does not champion one cause or another ; he gives facts, and his book cannot fail to be useful.