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 ward Montague,
 "A collection of sketches at the front and elsewhere, of rare insight, power and beauty, presenting much of the philosophy of war and peaee,s THE ECONOMIC BAsIs OF POLL
 TICS bg Charles Austin Heard.
 Tn these four lectures given al Am- heFst college in lal6, the author studies the doctrines of some Of the political philosophers who have gone before,
 Rarely is more good sense, good scholarship and good writing packed into hundred pages than is found in Mr, Boards latest little book"
 Nation, INTRopucTIoN T6 AMERICAN GOVERNMENT by Frederic Aus tin ogg, ''it is well-propoftiened and req senably complete, though iRiredue- tory survey Its practical educational value extends beyond the require ments of the student, for whom it is intended, all who desire 10 be in- strueted regarding our national, state | and local institutions. their successes and limitations, will find the material authoritative and clearly and engag- ingly presented" Springfield Rep, LAST POEMS by Alfred Edward Housman, Bright with romance from cover | to cover, and the romance Is not inc dead echo Of nineteenth century in- carnations. but the old, authentic | magic. II is the romance called poetry" New Statesman. CONTROL OF CITY FINANCES by c. w. Frazier
 THE MODERN IDEA OF THE STATE by Hugo Krabbc.
 ''The work Of Professor Krabbe which is here presented in translation Is a notable effort both to show the of current political theory and to outline the new form which political relationships are as- suming."
  MOSCOW ART THEATER PLAYS by Oliver NJ. Sayier.
 MY EXPERIENCES AT SCOTLAND YARD by Basil Thomson.
 sir Basil Thomson's dryly humor- ous voice--and those who have heard him lecture will know what I mean can almost be heard, as the reader turns the pages of his delightful book. My Experiences of Scotland Yard. Here is chief detective with sense of what is amusing. He was London's head policeman during the war: he had been governor of two prisons; he knows how to write, how to skim lightly over what is disagreeablc. .reat with duo seriousness all that is actually grave. and yet discuss with , twinkling eye the many laughable incidents of his work"
 E. L. Pearson-Ipdependent. OFFICIAL HANDBOOK OF THE GIRL SCOUTS. MINENT EUROPEANS by Eugene o S. Bagger.
 "A series of sprightly and engaging I tudies of living European notables, including the king and queen of Ru- mania, ex-Premier Venizelos of a Greece, King Constantine of Greece n md several less known lead n rs of Central European states. He 5 presenting to the English speaking \ lorld a group of characters with 1ost of whom that world has thus ar had only the slightest acquaint- nee. He has given us vivid pie gre of central European politics"
 Review of Reviews. AR OFF THINGS by Arthur Mac hen. A HE FARMER AND HIS COMMuN- ITY by Dwight Sanderson.
 This latest volume by Sandersor as the tone of 'moralizing.' It is an rgument for what ought to be and nly partly is; thesis and a propo- tion rather than a description. The q ook is an excellent text for a village |. igh school or for the worker in the VI ountry town who is intent upon Il edith or recreational improvement"
 Survey. II HE FEDERAL SERVICE by Lewis / Mayors.
 Accounts of the civil service :. bound, but we have hitherto had no :, ork, small or large, devoted entirely =, the system employed in securing, .,