MALARIA AND GREEK HISTORY.
Malaria and Greek History. By W. H. S. Jones, M.A. (University Press of Manchester. 58. net.)—This volume has a direct interest as a study in Greek history, an indirecbais a con- tribution to the campaign which is being carried on against disease as produced by external causes, the struggle for existence in which, as Mr. Jones puts it, disease parasites are competitors with man. Mr. Jones deals separately with non-medical and medical authorities, and brings an imposing array of testimony from them. Yet we cannot help fooling how many are the gaps. Our knowledge of Athens and Athenian life is great ; but what do we know of B000tia P Yet it is probable that the low- lying country round Lake Copais suffered much more from the malaria trouble than did Attica. We must not be understood as depreciating Mr. Jones's labours. He has accumulated and arranged a large amount of information on a very important subject.
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