30 SEPTEMBER 1922, Page 22

The Argentine Sepublic—Its Development and Progress, by Mr. Pierre Denis

(Fisher Unwin, 21s.), appears translated from the French as an informative book full of statistics that will be useful to men of business and prospective emigrants. The metric system of the original has been retained in the trans- lation. It is, of course, one of the unnecessary barriers ; between the conservative Englishman, with his yard, pound , and quart, and business success in South America. The description of Patagonia as "a semi-arid region with a sub-desert climate" is not enticing, though a considerable Welsh colony contrives to subsist there.