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SOME REFERENCE BOOKS

Europa Year Book for 1926. (Routledge. 15s.) The great need of our time is light and more light on the facts of the world we live in. Europa is a remarkably well-planned survey of Europe, with signed essays by real experts on the social and political problems of the day, written with an admirable brevity, lucidity and fairness. This important work will receive a longer review in these columns : suffice it to say now that it is as original in conception as it is comprehensive in scope. The European Who's Who, alphabetically arranged by countries and brightened by remarkably good illustrations of men in the public eye cannot be too highly commended. the editors Must be congratulated on making a :book which can be read for pleasure and kept for reference.