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Dr. Charlemagne Tower, who was formerly American Ambassador in Vienna,

Berlin, and Petrograd, has published a small volume of Essays (J. B. Lippincott Co.), amongst which his personal experience gives special value to that on " Diplomacy as a Profession." He holds that " diplomacy is in fact business," and that it can best be performed by men who have been trained in what are ordinarily called "business methods." But he admits that the European plan of making diplomacy a special profession has some advantages.