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The Council of the Royal Empire Society have begun a noble undertaking by the publication of the first volume of a catalOgue of their library, which contains more than two hundred thoukand volumes. The work has been made possible by the co--Operation of the Carnegie United Kingdom frust and the Carnegie' Corporation of New York. The first voliime; which covers little more than the Continent of Africa, contains more than eight hundred large double- column pages: It is estimated that the whole work will require at least six Volumes. The basis of the compilation is geographical, with an indek of authors, though- it would have been- very helpful to have had some kind of guide to the Subjects. It'-is difficult to trace; for example, whether the lffirdrY. set of the Reports of-the-Lambeth- COafererice. Although that bddy now regarded as mainly
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concerned with ecclesiastical controversy, it was in fact the first expression of a desire for closer Imperial unity, and prepared the way for the Imperial Conferences. It may be, i
however, that it is one of the lacunae to which a catalogue draws attention. The wide range of the periodical literature included in the bibliography is not the least admirable feature in a work which will be indispensable to anyone studying any part or problem of the British Empire.
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