WORKS OF REFERENCE.—The Year-book of the Universities of flee Empire,
1922, edited by W. H. Dawson (G. Bell, for the Universities Bureau, 7s. 6d. net), is a very useful work which is steadily improving with each new edition. It is arranged geographically, British Universities coining first, followed by those of Canada, Australia, and so on. The Indian section has been brought up to date ; the new Dacca University, for instance, is properly though briefly described. The appendices contain particulars of professional bodies and brief notes on some foreign universities. There is a good -index, which shows, however, that the staff lists are not complete.—The Foreign Office List for 1922 (Harrison, 30s. net), edited by Godfrey E. P. Hertslet, is in effect an official publication, and as such has suffered in the name of Economy. Many items for which we were accustomed to look in this place are now omitted— such as the regulations for entrance into the Diplomatic Service, the summary of the laws relating to marriages abroad and to nationality, the tables of fees, and so forth. The list of con- sulates has fewer blanks than last year, but normal conditions are far from being restored. It is surprising to find a score of consuls and vice-consuls named as serving in Russia ; some of them are said to be in Moscow or in London, but others may or may not be at their posts. Whether this obscurity of statement is deliberate or not we cannot say, but an official !` List " of this kind might as well be precise.
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