The Statesman's Year-Book, 1942. (Macmillan. 3os.)
Shorter Notice THE preparation of a volume like The Statesman's Year-Book at a time like the present is a perplexing as well as a laborious task, for conditions are changing daily, and few of the changes, it may be hoped, will be permanent. With perhaps undue conservatism—or pessimism—the editor has left Ethiopia under the head of Italy, an allocation which he should feel able to revise in his next issue. On the other hand, under the section "Additions," some very useful information about conditions in Vichy France is included. Inci- dentally, the main article on France mentions the little-known fact that " by a decree of March, 1941, the monks of the Grande Chartreuse again received official recognition, and were allowed to return to France." The Year-Book, it need hardly be said, is as indispensable as ever to any student of foreign affairs.
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