OVERSEA BRITAIN.
Oversee Britain. By E. F. Knight. (John Murray. 6.9.)— This volume, as announced in its sub-title, is a "descriptive record of the geography, the historical, ethnological, and political development, and the economic resources of the Empire." It is the first of two volumes, and deals with the "Nearer Empire," which includes the Mediterranean possessions, British Africa, and British America, leaving to a subsequent volume our Colonies in Asia and Oceania. When to the above description it is added that the book is clearly and succinctly written, and that the subjects dealt with are greatly elucidated by a number of excellent charts, there is little more that can be said. The fact that "the author has travelled in most of the countries over
which the British flag flies and has therefore been able to draw on his own personal experiences when writing this short account of Britain beyond the seas," is, unfortunately, of but little advantage, for the book of necessity contains tee many bard facts to allow of much scope for the author's impressions of the lands he has visited. As a moderate-sized compendium of information about our Colonies the work is excellent. It is rather too large for school purposes, and scarcely detailed enough to be of use to the specialist, but it should serve as a good reference-book to the general reader who wishes to supplement his newspaper knowledge of Imperial history.
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